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South Shore, South Dakota

Town in Codington County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at South Shore

Index 23, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 17 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good16.9 mi
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb16.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good16.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Shore

0.45 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.45in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Shore, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest South Shore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SD RWIS SummitSD066

Beside a road/15.3 mi away/1,982 ft/84 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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WatertownATY

At an airfield/17.1 mi away/1,725 ft/173 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank123of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Strandburg 2.5 NWSD-GT-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/1,770 ft/128 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Rauville 2WRALS2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/1,736 ft/162 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Watertown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.1 mi from South Shore, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Watertown, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATYFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATERTOWNSECTION, 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 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWatertown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ATYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Watertown: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATYFIG. B THE AIR AT WATERTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEWatertown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 51 mph.

Plan of the wind at Watertown, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 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 ATYFIG. C THE WIND AT WATERTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWatertown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Watertown, 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 South Shore

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

Near South Shore

River and lake gauges