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McLaughlin, South Dakota

City in Corson County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at McLaughlin

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 70 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at McLaughlin

0.06 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
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McLaughlin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SD RWIS McLaughlinSD042

Beside a road/5.4 mi away/2,093 ft/91 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

MobridgeMBG

At an airfield/26.8 mi away/1,690 ft/312 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank425of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Mclaughlin 0.1 NSD-CR-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,004 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

McLaughlinMCGS2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/2,054 ft/52 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank139of 806

Station report

The weather at Mobridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.8 mi from McLaughlin, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,100 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mobridge, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 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 34.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Mobridge: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,100 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 34.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 (350 degrees) at 29 mph, gusting 46 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 54 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mobridge, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 29 miles an hour, gusting 46; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong 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 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 46 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

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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