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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXM26, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Pierre area of South Dakota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Aberdeen, SD programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Presho Tower. It transmits with 700 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 7 counties across South Dakota, listed below. A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo County | SD | 046017 |
Entire area |
| Hughes County | SD | 046065 |
Entire area |
| Hyde County | SD | 046069 |
Entire area |
| Jones County | SD | 046075 |
Entire area |
| Lyman County | SD | 046085 |
Entire area |
| Stanley County | SD | 046117 |
Entire area |
| Sully County | SD | 046119 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM26
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Pierre, SD
- Transmitter site
- Presho Tower
- Power
- 700 watts
- NWS office
- Aberdeen, SD
- Office address
- 824 Brown County 14, South Aberdeen, SD 57401
- Office phone
- 605-225-0519
- Coverage
- 7 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Sioux Falls-Mitchell, SD
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Location
WXM26 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Pierre, SD
- NWS office
- Aberdeen, SD
- Covers
- 7 counties
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