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Belvidere, South Dakota

Town in Jackson County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Belvidere

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 61 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Belvidere

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.62 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
0.62in

Visibility

How far you can see at Belvidere, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Belvidere, South DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Belvidere, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PhilipPHP

At an airfield/22.2 mi away/2,204 ft/115 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank109of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Kadoka 0.2 NNWSD-JK-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.9 mi away/2,462 ft/143 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MidlandMDLS2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/1,877 ft/442 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank430of 806

Station report

The weather at Philip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.2 mi from Belvidere, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,600 ft, overcast at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Philip, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILIPSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPhilip, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Philip: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILIPTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPhilip, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Philip, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILIPPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhilip, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Philip, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Midland (MDLS2), 17.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Belvidere

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Belvidere

River and lake gauges