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Cottonwood, South Dakota

Town in Jackson County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Cottonwood

Index 48, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rapid City (SD), 69 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good14.9 mi
  • Ozone32Good20 ppb14.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)48Good14.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cottonwood

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cottonwood, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cottonwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PhilipPHP

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/2,204 ft/188 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank109of 806

Pinnacles RAWSPINS2

A remote fire weather station/17.5 mi away/3,074 ft/682 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank281of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Cottonwood 2ECWDS2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/2,369 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Philip 18.7 SWSD-JK-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/2,533 ft/141 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank477of 806

Station report

The weather at Philip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Cottonwood, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,300 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Philip, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILIPSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPhilip, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Philip: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILIPTHE 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 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,300 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEPhilip, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 62 mph.

Plan of the wind at Philip, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHPFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILIPPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhilip, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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