Alexandria, South Dakota Weather
Alexandria, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alexandria, Hanson County.
Full aviation weather for Alexandria is published on the Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) page, 25 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KMHE describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alexandria specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alexandria.
About Alexandria, South Dakota
Alexandria unfolds across the broad, cultivated plains of eastern South Dakota, a place where the sky seems to hold dominion. It lies 54.6 miles west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 278°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-north-west of Emery. The land here, a rich, dark soil, yields to a gentle, rolling topography, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees that offer a welcome, if sparse, punctuation to the horizon. In the quiet of a summer evening, the air itself feels softened, carrying the scent of freshly turned earth and the distant lowing of cattle, a soothing balm after the sun’s full embrace. The very character of Alexandria is etched in the sweeping vistas, in the way the light falls across the open fields, painting them in hues of gold and ochre as day transitions to dusk, a beauty that speaks of resilience and a deep, abiding connection to the earth. This particular stretch of land has a history as rich as its soil, shaped by the dreams of settlers who arrived to coax a living from the prairie. Alexandria’s economy, like so many in this region, remains tethered to the bounty of agriculture, with corn and soybeans dominating the landscape, their orderly rows stretching as far as the eye can see. The town itself, a modest collection of homes and businesses, embodies a spirit of quiet industry, where neighbors know each other by name and a handshake still carries the weight of a promise. It is a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather lives on in the enduring traditions of community gatherings and the simple, honest work that defines life in Alexandria.
Live animated radar for Alexandria and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.653592°N, 97.782848°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57311 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alexandria, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alexandria, South Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alexandria includes coordinates 43.653592°N, 97.782848°W, situated in Hanson County. ZIP code 57311. Telephone area code: 605. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
