Bonesteel, South Dakota Weather
Bonesteel, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bonesteel, Gregory County.
Full aviation weather for Bonesteel is published on the Wagner Municipal Airport (KAGZ) page, 53 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 KAGZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 53 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bonesteel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bonesteel.
About Bonesteel, South Dakota
Bonesteel sits upon the wide, rolling prairie where the earth seems to exhale the sky. It lies 106.2 miles north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 313°T), and is situated 19.0 miles east-south-east of Burke. The land here is a study in subtle shifts, long, gentle slopes giving way to shallow draws, all under an immense, ever-changing canvas of blue. In the late afternoon, the sun bleeds a warm, honeyed light across the stubbled fields, deepening the amber hues of the dry grasses and casting long, languid shadows that stretch and merge like secrets whispered across the miles. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of distant wildflowers, a testament to the vast, open country that defines this place. The founding of Bonesteel is tied to the railroad's arrival, a silver ribbon unspooling across the plains, bringing with it the promise of agriculture and a future rooted in the fertile soil. For generations, the economy has been shaped by the rhythm of the seasons, with wheat and corn standing as the golden arteries of this rural heartland. While the railroad’s once-mighty presence has softened, the spirit of resilience remains, evident in the quiet diligence of the farmers and the enduring sense of community that binds the scattered homesteads and the modest buildings of Bonesteel itself, a place where life moves at the unhurried pace of the sun’s arc across the horizon.
Live animated radar for Bonesteel 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 | Bonesteel, Gregory County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.076386°N, 98.944535°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57317 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bonesteel, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bonesteel, 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 Bonesteel includes coordinates 43.076386°N, 98.944535°W, situated in Gregory County. ZIP code 57317. 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.
