Arlington, South Dakota Weather
Arlington, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arlington, Kingsbury County.
Full aviation weather for Arlington is published on the Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) page, 3 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. 4 airfields within reach of Arlington 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 Arlington: Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 26 km · Wilder Airport (K6E5) 35 km · Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) 39 km
Conditions reported at K3A9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arlington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arlington.
About Arlington, South Dakota
Arlington rests on a wide expanse of South Dakota prairie, where the land rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, hinting at the glacial history beneath. It lies 60.2 miles north-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 339°T), and is situated 16.9 miles west-north-west of Brookings. The sky here is an immense, ever-present dome, often a vibrant, crystalline blue that intensifies the emerald hues of summer cornfields and the golden waves of ripening wheat in autumn. The air, especially in the quiet hours of early morning or the deepening twilight, carries a clean, crisp scent of damp earth and distant hay, a subtle perfume of the vast agricultural heartland. The scattered farmsteads, each a solitary sentinel against the horizon, punctuate the landscape, their silos and barns catching the low sun like weathered monuments to human endeavor. The story of Arlington is deeply entwined with the rich soil that has sustained generations of farmers and ranchers. Established in the late 19th century, its economy has always been anchored in the bounty of the land, a reliable cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of life. The grain elevators, starkly practical silhouettes against the sky, stand as enduring symbols of this agricultural foundation, processing the crops that feed the nation. While the world outside has hurried and changed, Arlington retains a steady, unhurried character, a place where community bonds are as strong as the deep roots of the prairie grasses, and where the quiet dignity of hard work is a shared and understood legacy.
Live animated radar for Arlington 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 | Arlington, Kingsbury County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.364413°N, 97.133121°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57212 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arlington, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arlington, 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 Arlington includes coordinates 44.364413°N, 97.133121°W, situated in Kingsbury County. ZIP code 57212. 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.
