Bushnell, South Dakota Weather
Bushnell, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bushnell, Brookings County.
Full aviation weather for Bushnell is published on the Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) page, 14 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. 6 airfields within reach of Bushnell 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 Bushnell: Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) 39 km · Tyler Municipal Airport (K63Y) 39 km · Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) 47 km · Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) 50 km · Myers Field Airport (KCNB) 54 km
Conditions reported at KBKX describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bushnell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bushnell.
About Bushnell, South Dakota
Bushnell lies where the prairie begins to whisper secrets, a scattering of buildings against a horizon that stretches to forever. It lies 53.9 miles north of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 3°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Brookings. The land here is a study in quiet tenacity, a vast expanse of fertile earth that rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, broken only by the occasional weathered barn or a lone windbreak of trees. In the high summer, the air hums with the drone of unseen insects, and the light, when it’s at its most generous, seems to pour from the sky in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still air. The drainage ditches that web the fields catch the fleeting brilliance of the sun, glinting like scattered silver, a reminder of the water that nourishes this deep, rich soil. The story of Bushnell is written in the grain elevators that stand sentinel over the horizon and the quiet hum of agricultural machinery that forms the town’s enduring soundtrack. For generations, this corner of Brookings County has been a place where the earth yields its bounty, primarily through the cultivation of corn and soybeans that carpet the landscape in varying shades of green and gold. The town itself, a compact collection of homes, a few businesses, and a proud school, has weathered the ebb and flow of rural life, its character shaped by the resilience and industry of its people. There’s a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the rhythms of planting and harvest have dictated the pace of life for so long that they are now woven into the very air one breathes, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land they cultivate.
Live animated radar for Bushnell 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 | Bushnell, Brookings County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.328578°N, 96.64255°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57276 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bushnell, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bushnell, 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 Bushnell includes coordinates 44.328578°N, 96.642550°W, situated in Brookings County. ZIP code 57276. 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.
