Cloverleaf Colony, South Dakota Weather
Cloverleaf Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cloverleaf Colony, Miner County.
Full aviation weather for Cloverleaf Colony is published on the Wilder Airport (K6E5) page, 28 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 Cloverleaf Colony 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 Cloverleaf Colony: Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) 40 km · Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) 40 km · Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 59 km · Huron Regional Airport (KHON) 60 km
Conditions reported at K6E5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cloverleaf Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cloverleaf Colony.
About Cloverleaf Colony, South Dakota
Cloverleaf Colony lies under a vast, unbroken sky, a quiet collection of buildings scattered across the broad expanse of the prairie. It lies 60.4 miles north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 317°T), and is situated 14.2 miles south of De Smet. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a rolling, open terrain where the wind, unhindered, sweeps across seas of grass and wheat. In the late afternoon, the light takes on a peculiar softness, bleaching the straw-colored fields to a pale gold and casting long, attenuated shadows from the few trees that dare to stand against the elements. The air, even on a warm day, carries a crisp, clean scent, a hint of dust and distant rain, and the silence is profound, broken only by the hum of insects or the distant creak of a windmill. This corner of Miner County, South Dakota, has long been shaped by the honest labor of agriculture, its economy tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, carved out lives from this seemingly immutable landscape, their stoic determination a quiet undercurrent to the daily routines. While grand landmarks are absent, the true character of Cloverleaf Colony resides in its enduring connection to the land, in the sturdy grain elevators that punctuate the horizon like sentinels, and in the unassuming farmhouses that have weathered generations. The pace of life is dictated by the sun and seasons, a steady, unhurried rhythm that fosters a deep sense of place and a quiet resilience.
Live animated radar for Cloverleaf Colony 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 | Cloverleaf Colony, Miner County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.182472°N, 97.537017°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57349 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cloverleaf Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cloverleaf Colony, 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 Cloverleaf Colony includes coordinates 44.182472°N, 97.537017°W, situated in Miner County. ZIP code 57349. 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.
