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Freeman, South Dakota

City in Hutchinson County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Freeman

Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 39 miles off.

46Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Freeman

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Freeman, 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 now3 instruments

YanktonYKN

At an airfield/30.1 mi away/1,278 ft/240 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank283of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Freeman 0.2 NNESD-HT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,506 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sioux Falls-27MI.WswMARS2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/1,450 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Yankton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.1 mi from Freeman, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Yankton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. A THE SKY OVER YANKTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEYankton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 63 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 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Yankton: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 63 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 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. B THE AIR AT YANKTONTHE 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 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEYankton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Yankton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. C THE WIND AT YANKTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYankton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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