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Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

Air quality

The air at Wounded Knee

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Wind Cave (SD), 63 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wounded Knee

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wounded Knee, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wounded Knee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Pine RidgeIEN

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/3,310 ft/39 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank788of 806

Porcupine RAWSPRGS2

A remote fire weather station/11.3 mi away/3,642 ft/371 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank133of 806

measured daily2 instruments

Wounded Knee 1.5 NESD-OL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/3,451 ft/180 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Oglala 1SOGAS2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/3,002 ft/269 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pine Ridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Wounded Knee, South Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:52 AM 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 Pine Ridge, 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 IENFIG. A THE SKY OVER PINE RIDGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPine Ridge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IENTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IEN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pine Ridge: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IENFIG. B THE AIR AT PINE RIDGETHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.7 FTEMPERATURE 34.0 FDEW POINT 28.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEPine Ridge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IENTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IEN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Pine Ridge, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IENFIG. C THE WIND AT PINE RIDGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPine Ridge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IENTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IEN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Dakota

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