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Fairview, South Dakota

Town in Lincoln County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Fairview

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 25 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairview

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Fairview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Sioux FallsFSD

At an airfield/27.8 mi away/1,407 ft/172 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank141of 806

measured daily2 instruments

CantonCNNS2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/1,309 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 806

Canton 0.7 WSD-LN-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,275 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sioux Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.8 mi from Fairview, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sioux Falls, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 3,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESioux Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sioux Falls: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,300 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,300 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sioux Falls, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Canton (CNNS2), 7.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:20. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Fairview

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

Near Fairview

River and lake gauges