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Pringle, South Dakota

Town in Custer County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Pringle

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Wind Cave (SD), 6 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone38Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pringle

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pringle, 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 now3 instruments

SD RWIS PringleSD055

Beside a road/0.1 mi away/4,869 ft/1 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

CusterCUT

At an airfield/8.7 mi away/5,534 ft/664 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank668of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Custer 5.0 SSWSD-CS-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/5,326 ft/456 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Wind CaveWNDS2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/4,229 ft/641 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Custer, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.7 mi from Pringle, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 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 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

32.0 F with a dew point of 19.0 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Custer: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 19.0, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.3 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 19.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 north northwest (330 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Custer, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG 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 Wind Cave (WNDS2), 6.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 13:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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Near Pringle

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Near Pringle

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