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Bryant, South Dakota

City in Hamlin County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Bryant

Index 31, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 27 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bryant

None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bryant, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bryant, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Desmet6E5

At an airfield/11.7 mi away/1,726 ft/118 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank101of 817

measured daily2 instruments

Brookings-38MI.NwBRYS2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/1,847 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Lake Preston 10.5 NNESD-KY-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/1,797 ft/47 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Desmet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Bryant, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Desmet, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6E5FIG. A THE SKY OVER DESMETSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDesmet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6E5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Desmet: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6E5FIG. B THE AIR AT DESMETTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 32.0 F, 30.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEDesmet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6E5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Desmet, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6E5FIG. C THE WIND AT DESMETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDesmet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6E5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

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