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Richland, South Dakota

Community in Union County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Richland

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Vermillion (SD), 14 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richland

None in the last 24 hours; 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

How far you can see at Richland, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Richland, 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

VermillionVMR

At an airfield/14.3 mi away/1,145 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank409of 817

SD RWIS North Sioux CitySD050

Beside a road/14.4 mi away/1,112 ft/16 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Elk Point 9.5 NNESD-UN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/1,302 ft/174 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

VermillionVRMS2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/1,138 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank56of 817

Station report

The weather at Vermillion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Richland, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 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 Vermillion, 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 VMRFIG. A THE SKY OVER VERMILLIONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEVermillion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VMRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VMR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Vermillion: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VMRFIG. B THE AIR AT VERMILLIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.9 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEVermillion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VMRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VMR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vermillion, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VMRFIG. C THE WIND AT VERMILLIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVermillion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VMRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VMR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Vermillion (VRMS2), 13.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 15:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Richland

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

Near Richland

River and lake gauges