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Wasta, South Dakota

Town in Pennington County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Wasta

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rapid City (SD), 41 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wasta

None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wasta, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wasta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SD RWIS WastaSD078

Beside a road/3.4 mi away/2,785 ft/463 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Pinnacles RAWSPINS2

A remote fire weather station/16.7 mi away/3,074 ft/752 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank276of 817

Rapid CityRAP

At an airfield/30.4 mi away/3,165 ft/843 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank286of 817

measured daily2 instruments

WastaWTAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/2,320 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Wall 9.4 NWSD-PN-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/2,302 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rapid City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.4 mi from Wasta, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rapid City, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RAPFIG. A THE SKY OVER RAPID CITYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERapid City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RAPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RAP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 25.0 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rapid City: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.0, 47 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RAPFIG. B THE AIR AT RAPID CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 25.0 FSPREAD 19.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 47 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 POINTTITLERapid City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RAPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RAP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rapid City, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RAPFIG. C THE WIND AT RAPID CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERapid City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RAPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RAP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Wasta (WTAS2), 1.0 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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