Cherry Creek, South Dakota Weather
Cherry Creek, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cherry Creek, Ziebach County.
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About Cherry Creek, South Dakota
Cherry Creek unfolds across a landscape that breathes with the vastness of the western prairie, where the earth rolls in gentle, sun-baked waves toward horizons that seem to stretch into eternity. It lies 92.9 miles east-north-east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 66°T), and is situated 30.5 miles south-south-west of North Eagle Butte. The land here is a study in muted tones – ochre grasses that whisper secrets on the wind, punctuated by the deeper greens of hardy shrubs clinging to the low, rounded hills. The sky above is a dominion unto itself, a canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blues of midday to the fiery, bruised purples and oranges of sunset, painting the open country with an ephemeral glow. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, shivering emerald, cluster near the intermittent flow of the creek itself, offering scarce but welcome shade, their branches etching stark silhouettes against the immense sky. This is a place where the echoes of an earlier era still resonate, a land shaped by the resilience of those who sought a life on the open plains. The economy of Cherry Creek, like much of Ziebach County, is deeply tied to the earth, with ranching and agriculture forming the backbone of its sustenance, the cattle grazing on the expansive pastures a familiar sight against the undulating terrain. History here is not confined to museums but lives in the weathered barns and the quiet fortitude of the people. You can feel it in the air, a stillness that carries the weight of generations, a subtle testament to the enduring spirit of those who have made their lives in this corner of South Dakota, under its boundless sky.
Live animated radar for Cherry Creek and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Cherry Creek, Ziebach County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.60554°N, 101.49987°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57622 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cherry Creek, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cherry Creek, South Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Cherry Creek includes coordinates 44.605540°N, 101.499870°W, situated in Ziebach County. ZIP code 57622. Telephone area code: 605. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
