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Horse Creek, South Dakota

Community in Mellette County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Horse Creek

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 62 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Horse Creek

None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Horse Creek, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Horse Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sd RWIS WestoverSD623

Beside a road/12.6 mi away/1,798 ft/205 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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RosebudSUO

At an airfield/19.8 mi away/2,700 ft/697 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Precip SW Of Rosebud431132100515200

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.3 mi away/2,830 ft/827 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Pierre 24S94085

At a climate reference station/38.9 mi away/2,123 ft/120 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Mission 11.2 NNWSD-TD-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/2,382 ft/379 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WoodWUDS2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/2,178 ft/175 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rosebud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.8 mi from Horse Creek, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rosebud, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROSEBUDSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERosebud, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Rosebud: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUOFIG. B THE AIR AT ROSEBUDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLERosebud, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rosebud, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUOFIG. C THE WIND AT ROSEBUDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERosebud, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Horse Creek

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

Near Horse Creek

River and lake gauges