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Oral, South Dakota

Community in Fall River County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Oral

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wind Cave (SD), 15 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oral

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.46in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oral, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oral, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CusterCUT

At an airfield/28.3 mi away/5,534 ft/2,580 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank668of 806

measured daily2 instruments

OralORLS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/2,982 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Buffalo Gap 10.2 SSESD-FR-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/3,228 ft/274 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Custer, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.3 mi from Oral, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Custer, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER CUSTERSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECuster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 19.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Custer: temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 19.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CUTFIG. B THE AIR AT CUSTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.9 FTEMPERATURE 29.0 FDEW POINT 19.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLECuster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CUT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Custer, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CUTFIG. C THE WIND AT CUSTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECuster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Oral (ORLS2), 0.3 miles from here, read 10 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Oral

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

Near Oral

River and lake gauges