Claire City, South Dakota Weather
Claire City, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Claire City, Roberts County.
Full aviation weather for Claire City is published on the Sisseton Municipal Airport (K8D3) page, 22 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. 5 airfields within reach of Claire City 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 Claire City: Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH) 44 km · Britton Municipal Airport (KBTN) 50 km · Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) 58 km · Gwinner Roger Melroe Field (KGWR) 58 km
Conditions reported at K8D3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Claire City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Claire City.
About Claire City, South Dakota
Claire City is a quiet settlement where the land itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm. It lies 71.0 miles south of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 188°T), and is situated 13.6 miles north of Sisseton. The terrain here is a broad expanse of gently rolling prairie, the kind that stretches to meet an enormous sky, painted in shades of amber and ochre by the setting sun. Fields of golden grain, ripe for harvest, ripple like a shallow sea under the vast, open heavens, and the air carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay. Little pockets of trees, mostly cottonwoods and box elders, offer scant shade along the occasional, meandering waterway, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets. The houses of Claire City are scattered with a kind of unassuming grace, each one a small anchor against the immensity of the landscape. The story of Claire City is written in the soil and the sweat of those who have worked it. Its origins are tied to the homesteading spirit that swept across this part of Roberts County, a tenacious desire to carve a life from the seemingly endless plains. The local economy has always been tethered to the land, with agriculture forming the backbone of daily life; wheat and corn are the kings here, their growth dictated by the capricious, yet life-giving, rainfall and the long, bright summers. While the population may be small, there's a deep-rooted sense of community, a quiet understanding forged in shared seasons and the enduring strength of a place that has seen generations come and go. The distinctive character of Claire City lies not in grand monuments, but in the persistent hum of tractors in the distance, the shared nod between neighbors on a dusty road, and the way the twilight deepens the colors of the prairie, lending a profound, almost spiritual, stillness to the evening.
Live animated radar for Claire City 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 | Claire City, Roberts County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.857181°N, 97.103697°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57224 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Claire City, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Claire City, 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 Claire City includes coordinates 45.857181°N, 97.103697°W, situated in Roberts County. ZIP code 57224. 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.
