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Brandt, South Dakota

Town in Deuel County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Brandt

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Brookings (SD), 23 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good23.4 mi
  • Ozone17Good17 ppb23.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good23.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brandt

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Brandt, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brandt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BrookingsBKX

At an airfield/26.5 mi away/1,609 ft/244 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank106of 806

Precip At Waverly445959096582600

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.9 mi away/1,988 ft/135 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank427of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Brandt 3.1 WSWSD-DL-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,919 ft/66 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Brookings, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.5 mi from Brandt, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Brookings, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOKINGSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBrookings, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKX-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 39.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Brookings: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKXFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOKINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEBrookings, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Brookings, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKXFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOKINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrookings, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Watertown-23MI.Ese (CLKS2), 6.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Brandt

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

Near Brandt

River and lake gauges