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Collins Colony, South Dakota

Community in Clark County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Collins Colony

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 37 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Collins Colony

0.38 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.38in
Last 3 days
0.38in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Collins Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Desmet6E5

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/1,726 ft/23 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank105of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Willow Lake 7.1 WSWSD-CK-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/1,619 ft/130 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Brookings-38MI.NwBRYS2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/1,847 ft/98 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Desmet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Collins Colony, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:30 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Desmet, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDesmet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6E5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Desmet: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6E5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Desmet, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong 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 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDesmet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6E5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

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