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Blucksberg Mountain, South Dakota

Community in Meade County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Blucksberg Mountain

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rapid City (SD), 21 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone31Good34 ppb15.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)28Good15.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blucksberg Mountain

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blucksberg Mountain, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blucksberg Mountain, 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 now4 instruments

Sturgis49B

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/3,232 ft/563 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 806

Sd RWIS KirkSD585

Beside a road/15.3 mi away/5,010 ft/1,215 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank717of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Sturgis 4.5 SESD-MD-53

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/3,810 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank98of 806

Fort MeadeFTMS2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/3,297 ft/498 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank62of 806

Station report

The weather at Sturgis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Blucksberg Mountain, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sturgis, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. A THE SKY OVER STURGISSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESturgis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-49B-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Sturgis: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. B THE AIR AT STURGISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLESturgis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-49B-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 29 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 54 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sturgis, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 29 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. C THE WIND AT STURGISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESturgis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-49B-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fort Meade (FTMS2), 4.0 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 Blucksberg Mountain

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

Near Blucksberg Mountain

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