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Gettysburg, South Dakota

City in Potter County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Gettysburg

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 47 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gettysburg

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gettysburg, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gettysburg, 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

Gettysburg0D8

At an airfield/1.7 mi away/2,060 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank453of 806

Sd RWIS AgarSD501

Beside a road/10.1 mi away/1,886 ft/175 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank775of 806

Blunt 6ENEBLNS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/31.8 mi away/1,722 ft/339 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Gettysburg 0.4 NNWSD-PT-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,070 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Pierre-27MI.NeODAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/21.5 mi away/1,837 ft/224 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Gettysburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.7 mi from Gettysburg, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Gettysburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0D8FIG. A THE SKY OVER GETTYSBURGSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEGettysburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0D8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0D8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 37.4 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 Gettysburg: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 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 0D8FIG. B THE AIR AT GETTYSBURGTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 37.4 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 POINTTITLEGettysburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0D8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0D8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 29 mph, gusting 40 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 51 mph.

Plan of the wind at Gettysburg, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 29 miles an hour, gusting 40; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0D8FIG. C THE WIND AT GETTYSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 40 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGettysburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0D8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0D8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pierre-27MI.Ne (ODAS2), 21.5 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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