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Reliance, South Dakota

Town in Lyman County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Reliance

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pierre (SD), 48 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Reliance

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Reliance, 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 now4 instruments

SD RWIS RelianceSD059

Beside a road/2.8 mi away/1,821 ft/41 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Chamberlain9V9

At an airfield/16.1 mi away/1,672 ft/108 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank117of 806

Pierre 24S94085

At a climate reference station/38.6 mi away/2,123 ft/343 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank511of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Reliance 0.1 ESESD-LY-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,772 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

KennebecKENS2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/1,699 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank57of 806

Station report

The weather at Chamberlain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Reliance, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chamberlain, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. A THE SKY OVER CHAMBERLAINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChamberlain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9V9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Chamberlain: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. B THE AIR AT CHAMBERLAINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 45.5 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 9.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEChamberlain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9V9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chamberlain, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9V9FIG. C THE WIND AT CHAMBERLAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChamberlain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9V9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9V9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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