Benton Township, South Dakota

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32°C
Feels like 31°
Mostly Clear
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
8 mph ENE
Humidity
31%
Dew Point
14°
Pressure
28.49 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
6.7
Cloud Cover
16%
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Sunset
9:07 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Benton Township is currently mostly clear at 32°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1070 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:05AM · Sunset: 9:07PM.

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43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
32°
3%
6 PM
32°
23%
7 PM
31°
23%
8 PM
28°
16%
9 PM
26°
16%
10 PM
23°
18%
11 PM
22°
18%
12 AM
21°
10%
1 AM
21°
5%
2 AM
21°
5%
3 AM
21°
5%
4 AM
21°
5%
5 AM
18°
5%
6 AM
18°
5%
7 AM
19°
5%
8 AM
21°
19%
9 AM
23°
27%
10 AM
24°
27%
11 AM
26°
31%
12 PM
28°
31%
1 PM
29°
39%
2 PM
29°
39%
3 PM
30°
39%
4 PM
30°
38%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 18°
Clear.
Sun
34° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 43% chance of rain.
Mon
38° 22°
Clear.
Tue
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 38% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Thu
28° 17°
Drizzle, 68% chance.
Fri
31° 18°
Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 32° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph ENE 31%
6 PM 32° Clear 23% 8 mph E 30%
7 PM 31° Clear 23% 8 mph E 36%
8 PM 28° Clear 16% 8 mph E 45%
9 PM 26° Clear 16% 8 mph E 53%
10 PM 23° Clear 18% 8 mph ESE 60%
11 PM 22° Mostly Clear 18% 8 mph ESE 67%
12 AM 21° Mostly Clear 10% 8 mph ESE 72%
1 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph ESE 74%
2 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph ESE 74%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph SE 75%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph SE 76%
5 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph SE 77%
6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 5% 7 mph SE 79%
7 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph SSE 75%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 19% 9 mph SSE 70%
9 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 27% 9 mph SSE 66%
10 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 27% 9 mph SSE 63%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 31% 9 mph SSE 59%
12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 31% 10 mph SSE 55%
1 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 39% 10 mph SSE 52%
2 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 39% 9 mph SSE 51%
3 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 39% 9 mph SSE 50%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 38% 9 mph SSE 53%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/18
Clear
18%
18°
33°
Sun
7/19
Partly Cloudy
43%
18°
34°
Mon
7/20
Clear
18%
22°
38°
Tue
7/21
Partly Cloudy
38%
18°
31°
Wed
7/22
Partly Cloudy
60%
16°
29°
Thu
7/23
Drizzle
68%
17°
28°
Fri
7/24
Clear
60%
18°
31°
Sat
7/25
Partly Cloudy
25%
18°
38°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
60%
21°
38°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
60%
19°
36°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
60%
12°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
60%
20°
34°
Thu
7/30
Clear
60%
21°
34°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
20°
34°
Sat
8/1
Clear
60%
19°
33°
43
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
33 AQI 5.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 43 Good 43 33
Mon 43 Good 41 43
Tue 54 Moderate 46 54
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sat Jul 18, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE55 J/kg
MLCAPE8 J/kg
MUCAPE55 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index1.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH5
0–3 km SRH-53
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion211° @ 10 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index24.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.03 in
0–3 km LR7.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals38.0
LCL749 hPa
LFC965 hPa
EL827 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,604 ft