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Canistota, South Dakota

City in McCook County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Canistota

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 30 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Canistota

None in the last 24 hours; 0.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Canistota, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Canistota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Sioux FallsFSD

At an airfield/27.1 mi away/1,407 ft/141 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank135of 817

measured daily2 instruments

Montrose 3.1 SWSD-MC-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/1,522 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sioux Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.1 mi from Canistota, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:56 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 Sioux Falls, 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 FSDFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIOUX FALLSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESioux Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FSD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sioux Falls: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSDFIG. B THE AIR AT SIOUX FALLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.0 FTEMPERATURE 43.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLESioux Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FSD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sioux Falls, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 5 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 FSDFIG. C THE WIND AT SIOUX FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FSD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Sioux Falls-26MI.Wnw (MONS2), 9.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Canistota

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

Near Canistota

River and lake gauges