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Hitchcock, South Dakota

Town in Beadle County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Hitchcock

Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 58 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hitchcock

0.23 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
0.23in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hitchcock, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hitchcock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Redfield1D8

At an airfield/17.1 mi away/1,302 ft/38 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 806

Huron RAWSRHUS2

A remote fire weather station/32.2 mi away/1,900 ft/560 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank133of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Hitchcock 2.7 WSD-BD-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,318 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Wessington 2 SEWTNS2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/1,427 ft/87 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Redfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.1 mi from Hitchcock, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Redfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1D8FIG. A THE SKY OVER REDFIELDSECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERedfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1D8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1D8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Redfield: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1D8FIG. B THE AIR AT REDFIELDTHE 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 39.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLERedfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1D8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1D8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Redfield, north up: blowing from 320 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 1D8FIG. C THE WIND AT REDFIELDPLAN, 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, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERedfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1D8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1D8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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