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Humboldt, South Dakota

Town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Humboldt

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 20 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Humboldt

0.40 in in the last 24 hours, 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.40in
Last 3 days
0.43in

Visibility

How far you can see at Humboldt, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Humboldt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Sioux FallsFSD

At an airfield/16.8 mi away/1,407 ft/292 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank141of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Montrose 3.7 ESD-MH-112

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/1,760 ft/61 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sioux Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Humboldt, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:37 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,300 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sioux Falls, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, 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

46.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sioux Falls: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 northwest (310 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sioux Falls, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 31; 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 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 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 Sioux Falls-26MI.Wnw (MONS2), 6.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Humboldt

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

Near Humboldt

River and lake gauges