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Cedar Grove Colony, South Dakota

Community in Brule County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Cedar Grove Colony

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Santee Sioux Reservation (NE), 68 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cedar Grove Colony

None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cedar Grove Colony, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cedar Grove Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sd RWIS KimballSD537

Beside a road/16.2 mi away/1,768 ft/157 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Lake Andes RAWSRLAS2

A remote fire weather station/19.0 mi away/1,709 ft/98 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Chamberlain9V9

At an airfield/30.3 mi away/1,672 ft/61 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Citizen station GW4826GW4826

In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.9 mi away/1,336 ft/275 ft below here

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measured daily2 instruments

Platte 10.1 NSD-BL-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,616 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PlattePLTS2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,608 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Chamberlain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.3 mi from Cedar Grove Colony, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 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 Chamberlain, 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 9V9FIG. A THE SKY OVER CHAMBERLAINSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEChamberlain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9V9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 32.5 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chamberlain: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.5, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. B THE AIR AT CHAMBERLAINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.2 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 32.5 FSPREAD 15.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLEChamberlain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9V9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chamberlain, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. C THE WIND AT CHAMBERLAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChamberlain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9V9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Platte (PLTS2), 9.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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