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Roscoe, South Dakota

City in Edmunds County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Roscoe

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 41 miles off.

5Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Roscoe

None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Roscoe, 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 now4 instruments

Aberdeen 35WNWABNS2

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.6 mi away/1,939 ft/107 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank297of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Roscoe 0.1 SSWSD-ED-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,825 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RoscoeROSS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,808 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sd RWIS Roscoe, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.5 mi from Roscoe, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:04 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

36.1 F with a dew point of 31.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sd RWIS Roscoe: temperature 36.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD639FIG. B THE AIR AT SD RWIS ROSCOETHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.1 FTEMPERATURE 36.1 FDEW POINT 31.2 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLESd RWIS Roscoe, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD639TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD639-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (335 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sd RWIS Roscoe, north up: blowing from 335 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD639FIG. C THE WIND AT SD RWIS ROSCOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 335°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESd RWIS Roscoe, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD639TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD639-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,831 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.99 inHg and the temperature at 52.5 F; it reports 36.1 F, 16.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sd RWIS Roscoe stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,831 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.99 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD639FIG. D WHERE SD RWIS ROSCOE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESD RWIS ROSCOE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,831 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.99 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED36.1 FTITLESd RWIS Roscoe, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD639TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SD639-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sd RWIS Roscoe, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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