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Pine Lakes Addition, South Dakota

Community in Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Pine Lakes Addition

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 3 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pine Lakes Addition

None in the last 24 hours; 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pine Lakes Addition, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Pine Lakes Addition, 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 now6 instruments

Sioux FallsFSD

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/1,407 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank141of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Sioux Falls 5.2 ESD-MH-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,406 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sioux FallsJACS2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/1,522 ft/128 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank737of 806

Station report

The weather at Sioux Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Pine Lakes Addition, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 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 Sioux Falls, 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 FSDFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIOUX FALLSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESioux Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sioux Falls: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSDFIG. B THE AIR AT SIOUX FALLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.9 FTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLESioux Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sioux Falls, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 10 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 FSDFIG. C THE WIND AT SIOUX FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Sioux Falls (JACS2), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Pine Lakes Addition

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

Near Pine Lakes Addition

River and lake gauges