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Plankinton, South Dakota

City in Aurora County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Plankinton

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Santee Sioux Reservation (NE), 69 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 15, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plankinton

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Plankinton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MitchellMHE

At an airfield/22.5 mi away/1,298 ft/223 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank142of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Plankinton 3.8 WSD-AR-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/1,567 ft/46 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mitchell-36MI.WWITS2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/1,627 ft/106 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mitchell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.5 mi from Plankinton, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mitchell, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MITCHELLSECTION, 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 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMitchell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 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 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Mitchell: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 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 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHEFIG. B THE AIR AT MITCHELLTHE 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 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 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 POINTTITLEMitchell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 28 mph, gusting 40 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mitchell, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 40; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHEFIG. C THE WIND AT MITCHELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 40 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMitchell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mitchell, 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 Plankinton

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

Near Plankinton

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