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Bison, South Dakota

Town in Perkins County, South Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bison

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bison, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Bison, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Shadehill RAWSSHDS2

A remote fire weather station/17.7 mi away/2,487 ft/303 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank130of 806

measured daily2 instruments

BisonBISS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/2,789 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Bison 0.6 WNWSD-PK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2,766 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sd RWIS Prairie City, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.7 mi from Bison, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:46 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

38.8 F with a dew point of 31.6 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sd RWIS Prairie City: temperature 38.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.6, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD606FIG. B THE AIR AT SD RWIS PRAIRIE CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.0 FTEMPERATURE 38.8 FDEW POINT 31.6 FSPREAD 7.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLESd RWIS Prairie City, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD606TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD606-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (317 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 27 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 59 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sd RWIS Prairie City, north up: blowing from 317 degrees, the northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 27; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD606FIG. C THE WIND AT SD RWIS PRAIRIE CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 317°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 27 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESd RWIS Prairie City, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD606TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD606-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,756 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.06 inHg and the temperature at 49.2 F; it reports 38.8 F, 10.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sd RWIS Prairie City stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,756 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.06 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD606FIG. D WHERE SD RWIS PRAIRIE CITY STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESD RWIS PRAIRIE CITY10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,756 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.06 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED38.8 FTITLESd RWIS Prairie City, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD606TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD606-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sd RWIS Prairie City, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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