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Wakonda, South Dakota

Town in Clay County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Wakonda

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Vermillion (SD), 18 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wakonda

0.79 in in the last 24 hours, 0.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.79in
Last 3 days
0.80in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wakonda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

YanktonYKN

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/1,278 ft/111 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank283of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Wakonda 3.3 ESESD-CY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,230 ft/159 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CentervilleCENS2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/1,276 ft/113 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank661of 806

Station report

The weather at Yankton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Wakonda, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Yankton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. A THE SKY OVER YANKTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEYankton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Yankton: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. B THE AIR AT YANKTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEYankton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Yankton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKNFIG. C THE WIND AT YANKTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYankton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS YKNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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