Andover, South Dakota Weather
Andover, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Andover, Day County.
Full aviation weather for Andover is published on the Groton Municipal Airport (K2E6) page, 20 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. 5 airfields within reach of Andover have their own pages, listed below.
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.
Other airports near Andover: The Sigurd Anderson Airport (K1D7) 33 km · Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR) 41 km · Britton Municipal Airport (KBTN) 47 km · Clark County Airport (K8D7) 59 km
Conditions reported at K2E6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Andover specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Andover.
About Andover, South Dakota
Andover rests upon the broad, sweeping contours of the South Dakota prairie, a landscape defined by an endless horizon and the subtle, patient work of wind and water. It lies 28.6 miles east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 97°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-south-east of Groton. Here, the land rolls in gentle, sun-bleached waves, punctuated by the stoic resilience of prairie grasses that shimmer with a dusty gold under the vast, ever-shifting sky. Farmsteads, often marked by solitary silos and windbreaks of cottonwood, dot the expansive fields, their structures appearing small and deliberate against the immense canvas of the earth. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a distillation of sun-baked soil and the distant promise of rain, and the silence here is not an absence but a presence, a deep hum of the natural world that can feel both profound and intimately familiar. The history of Andover is etched into the very grain of this agricultural heartland, a story of homesteaders who arrived with grit and dreams to tame this fertile, if demanding, terrain. For generations, the local economy has been inextricably tied to the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as proud sentinels, testifying to the steady harvest of corn and soybeans that fuels the region. While no grand monuments mark its past, the character of Andover is found in the quiet dignity of its people, the enduring spirit of a community built on shared labor and a deep respect for the cycles of nature, where the slow unfolding of the seasons dictates the rhythm of daily life.
Live animated radar for Andover 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.
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| Location | Andover, Day County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.410232°N, 97.902597°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57422 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Andover, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Andover, 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 Andover includes coordinates 45.410232°N, 97.902597°W, situated in Day County. ZIP code 57422. 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.
