Blunt, South Dakota Weather
Blunt, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blunt, Hughes County.
Full aviation weather for Blunt is published on the Pierre Regional Airport (KPIR) page, 27 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. 2 airfields within reach of Blunt 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 Blunt: Gettysburg Municipal Airport (K0D8) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPIR describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blunt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blunt.
About Blunt, South Dakota
Blunt lies under a vast expanse of South Dakota sky, where the land rolls in broad, patient swells toward horizons that seem to stretch into forever. It lies 98.7 miles south-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 229°T), and is situated 13.9 miles south-south-east of Onida. The air here carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and prairie grasses, a subtle perfume that shifts with the wind’s mood. Fields of amber grain, gold under the midday sun, give way to pastures where cattle graze in slow, deliberate movements, their silhouettes dark against the wide, open canvas. The light, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a luminous quality, turning the dust motes dancing in the air into a shimmering, almost tangible presence. Even the shadows cast by the scattered farmhouses and the low-slung grain elevators seem to hold a certain stillness, a reflection of the quiet grandeur of this place. The history of Blunt is etched into the very way the land is worked, a testament to the resilience of those who settled this part of Hughes County. The local economy, rooted deeply in agriculture, thrives on the bounty of the rich soil, with wheat and corn being perennial staples, though cattle ranching also plays a significant role. It’s a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a rhythm that has persisted through generations. You can still feel the echo of those early pioneers, their determination a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. While there are no grand monuments, the enduring spirit of Blunt is visible in the sturdy barns, the well-tended fences, and the unpretentious grace with which its people greet the dawn.
Live animated radar for Blunt 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 | Blunt, Hughes County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.512204°N, 99.992066°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57522 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blunt, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blunt, 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 Blunt includes coordinates 44.512204°N, 99.992066°W, situated in Hughes County. ZIP code 57522. 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.
