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Pearl Creek Colony, South Dakota

Community in Beadle County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Pearl Creek Colony

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Brookings (SD), 55 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pearl Creek Colony

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pearl Creek Colony, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Pearl Creek Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

HuronHON

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/1,261 ft/98 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank136of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Iroquois 3.8 ESD-KY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,484 ft/125 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Woonsocket 13NEWSKS2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/1,307 ft/52 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Huron, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Pearl Creek Colony, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 PM 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 Huron, 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 HONFIG. A THE SKY OVER HURONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHuron, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HONTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HON-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Huron: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HONFIG. B THE AIR AT HURONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.1 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 24.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLEHuron, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HONTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HON-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 49 mph.

Plan of the wind at Huron, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HONFIG. C THE WIND AT HURONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHuron, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HONTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HON-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Huron, in 6 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.

Near Pearl Creek Colony

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

Near Pearl Creek Colony

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