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Murdo, South Dakota

City in Jones County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Murdo

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 39 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Murdo

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.32 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.32in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Murdo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Pierre 24SPRES2

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.0 mi away/2,110 ft/192 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank266of 806

Pierre 24S94085

At a climate reference station/20.0 mi away/2,123 ft/179 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank511of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Murdo 0.0 ESD-JN-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,327 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MurdoMURS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/2,313 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank60of 806

Station report

The weather at Sd RWIS Westover, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.4 mi from Murdo, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:26 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 31.1 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sd RWIS Westover: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.1, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD623FIG. B THE AIR AT SD RWIS WESTOVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.1 FTEMPERATURE 45.5 FDEW POINT 31.1 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLESd RWIS Westover, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD623TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD623-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (294 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 51 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sd RWIS Westover, north up: blowing from 294 degrees, the west northwest, at 21 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 SD623FIG. C THE WIND AT SD RWIS WESTOVERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 294°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESd RWIS Westover, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD623TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD623-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,798 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.03 inHg and the temperature at 52.6 F; it reports 45.5 F, 7.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sd RWIS Westover stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,798 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.03 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD623FIG. D WHERE SD RWIS WESTOVER 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 ATMOSPHERESD RWIS WESTOVER6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,798 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 HERE28.03 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.5 FTITLESd RWIS Westover, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD623TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD623-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sd RWIS Westover, in 5 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.

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Near Murdo

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