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Java, South Dakota

Town in Walworth County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Java

Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 68 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Java

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Java, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MobridgeMBG

At an airfield/25.4 mi away/1,690 ft/411 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank425of 806

Sand Lake RAWSLLKS2

A remote fire weather station/34.6 mi away/2,011 ft/90 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank172of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Java 1.9 SESD-WL-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/2,156 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mobridge-20MI.ESBYS2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/1,864 ft/237 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mobridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.4 mi from Java, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:52 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 Mobridge, 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 MBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOBRIDGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMobridge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Mobridge: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 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 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBGFIG. B THE AIR AT MOBRIDGETHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 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 POINTTITLEMobridge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 54 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mobridge, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBGFIG. C THE WIND AT MOBRIDGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMobridge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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