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Vilas, South Dakota

Town in Miner County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Vilas

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Brookings (SD), 46 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Vilas

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vilas, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Vilas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MadisonMDS

At an airfield/25.4 mi away/1,709 ft/224 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank706of 817

measured daily2 instruments

Howard 5.3 WSD-MN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,442 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank699of 817

HowardHOWS2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,555 ft/70 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank18of 817

Station report

The weather at Sd RWIS Howard, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.3 mi from Vilas, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:09 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

33.8 F with a dew point of 28.3 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sd RWIS Howard: temperature 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.3, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD597FIG. B THE AIR AT SD RWIS HOWARDTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.1 FTEMPERATURE 33.8 FDEW POINT 28.3 FSPREAD 5.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 Howard, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD597TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SD597-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sd RWIS Howard, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD597FIG. C THE WIND AT SD RWIS HOWARDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESd RWIS Howard, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD597TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SD597-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,516 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.32 inHg and the temperature at 53.6 F; it reports 33.8 F, 19.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sd RWIS Howard stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,516 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.32 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SD597FIG. D WHERE SD RWIS HOWARD 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 HOWARD5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,516 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 HERE28.32 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED33.8 FTITLESd RWIS Howard, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS SD597TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SD597-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Howard (HOWS2), 3.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 09:55. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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

Near Vilas

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

Near Vilas

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