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Vale, South Dakota

Community in Butte County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Vale

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rapid City (SD), 37 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Vale

0.22 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
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vale, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sturgis49B

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/3,232 ft/464 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Newell 6.6 SSD-BT-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,762 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NewellNWLS2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/2,848 ft/80 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sturgis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Vale, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sturgis, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. A THE SKY OVER STURGISSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESturgis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-49B-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sturgis: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. B THE AIR AT STURGISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLESturgis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-49B-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 54 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sturgis, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 49BFIG. C THE WIND AT STURGISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESturgis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 49BTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-49B-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sturgis, 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 Vale

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

Near Vale

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