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Upland Colony, South Dakota

Community in Sanborn County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Upland Colony

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Brookings (SD), 67 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Upland Colony

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Upland Colony, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Upland Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MitchellMHE

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/1,298 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank142of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Letcher 0.5 ESD-SB-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/1,301 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank432of 806

Fedora 10SFDRS2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/1,345 ft/48 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mitchell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Upland Colony, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mitchell, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MITCHELLSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMitchell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Mitchell: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHEFIG. B THE AIR AT MITCHELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEMitchell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHE-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 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mitchell, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHEFIG. C THE WIND AT MITCHELLPLAN, 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, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMitchell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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