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Lantry, South Dakota

Community in Dewey County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Lantry

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 72 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lantry

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Lantry, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lantry, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SD RWIS Red ElmSD058

Beside a road/18.3 mi away/2,477 ft/91 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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FaithD07

At an airfield/28.7 mi away/2,554 ft/168 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 806

measured daily2 instruments

DupreeDUPS2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/2,365 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Eagle Butte 0.7 WSD-ZB-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/2,451 ft/65 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Faith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.7 mi from Lantry, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:56 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Faith: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D07FIG. B THE AIR AT FAITHTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.9 FTEMPERATURE 34.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEFaith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS D07TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D07-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Faith, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 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 D07FIG. C THE WIND AT FAITHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFaith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS D07TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D07-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 2,554 ft above sea level, 9 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.26 inHg and the temperature at 49.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.70 inHg means its barometer reads 27.97 inHg; it reports 34.0 F, 15.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Faith stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,554 feet above sea level with 9 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.26 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.70 and the station pressure it means, 27.97.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D07FIG. D WHERE FAITH STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFAITH9 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,554 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.26 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.70 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.97 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED34.0 FTITLEFaith, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS D07TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D07-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Faith, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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