Claremont, South Dakota Weather
Claremont, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Claremont, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Claremont is published on the Groton Municipal Airport (K2E6) page, 16 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 Claremont 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 Claremont: Britton Municipal Airport (KBTN) 26 km · Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR) 40 km · Oakes Municipal Airport (K2D5) 56 km · The Sigurd Anderson Airport (K1D7) 58 km
Conditions reported at K2E6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Claremont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Claremont.
About Claremont, South Dakota
Claremont sits on the vast, open prairie, a landscape defined by the endless horizon and the ever-present sweep of the wind. It lies 26.9 miles east-north-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 58°T), and is situated 16.0 miles north-north-east of Groton. Rolling fields of wheat and corn stretch out in every direction, their cultivated patterns a stark yet harmonious contrast to the wild grasses that still cling to the ditches and fence lines. The sky here is an immense canvas, shifting from the sharp, clear blue of midday to the bruised, dramatic hues of approaching storms, and at dusk, it often bleeds into shades of apricot and rose, painting the flat land with a transient, otherworldly light. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a mixture of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain, and when the wind picks up, it whispers secrets across the plains. The history of Claremont is deeply entwined with the homesteading spirit that settled this part of Brown County, a testament to the resilience of those who sought a life on the fertile, yet demanding, Dakota soil. The local economy has long been anchored in agriculture, with generations of families working the land, their livelihoods dependent on the capricious generosity of the seasons. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very character of Claremont is built upon the quiet industry of its people, the steady hum of tractors in the distance and the friendly nods exchanged between neighbors on the gravel roads. It is a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the planting and harvesting, a slow, deliberate pulse that beats in time with the turning of the earth.
Live animated radar for Claremont 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 | Claremont, Brown County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.671898°N, 98.01566°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57432 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Claremont, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Claremont, 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 Claremont includes coordinates 45.671898°N, 98.015660°W, situated in Brown County. ZIP code 57432. 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.
