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Camp Crook, South Dakota

Town in Harding County, South Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Camp Crook

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Camp Crook, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Camp Crook, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Buffalo2WX

At an airfield/21.1 mi away/3,015 ft/108 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 806

Buffalo 13ESEBCRS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/32.7 mi away/2,881 ft/242 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank459of 806

Buffalo 13 ESE94081

At a climate reference station/32.8 mi away/2,883 ft/240 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank513of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Camp CrookCACS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/3,117 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Camp Crook 13.7 SSD-HR-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.8 mi away/3,348 ft/225 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Buffalo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.1 mi from Camp Crook, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 26.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Buffalo: temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2WXFIG. B THE AIR AT BUFFALOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.4 FTEMPERATURE 29.0 FDEW POINT 26.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEBuffalo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2WXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2WX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Buffalo, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2WXFIG. C THE WIND AT BUFFALOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuffalo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2WXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2WX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 3,015 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.80 inHg and the temperature at 48.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.69 inHg means its barometer reads 27.49 inHg; it reports 29.0 F, 19.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Buffalo stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,015 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.69 and the station pressure it means, 27.49.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2WXFIG. D WHERE BUFFALO 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 ATMOSPHEREBUFFALO10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,015 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 HERE26.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.69 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.49 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED29.0 FTITLEBuffalo, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2WXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2WX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Buffalo, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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