Crooks, South Dakota Weather
Crooks, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crooks, Minnehaha County.
Full aviation weather for Crooks is published on the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (KFSD) page, 10 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 Crooks 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 Crooks: Canton Municipal Airport (K7G9) 44 km · Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) 45 km · Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport (KLYV) 48 km · Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) 54 km · Rock Rapids Municipal Airport (KRRQ) 56 km
Conditions reported at KFSD describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crooks specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crooks.
About Crooks, South Dakota
Crooks, South Dakota, unfolds across a broad expanse of prairie, a land where the horizon stretches with an almost audacious generosity. It lies 9.7 miles north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 325°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-north-east of Hartford. The terrain here is a subtle masterpiece of gentle slopes and wide, shallow valleys, a landscape that breathes under the immense South Dakota sky. In the heat of summer, the air itself seems to shimmer, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening crops, a faint, sweet perfume that speaks of the land's generous spirit. Even the wind, when it sweeps across these open fields, feels like a physical presence, a constant companion shaping the way things grow and the way people move. The story of Crooks is one of quiet resilience, a narrative etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they cultivate. This is a place where agriculture has long been the lifeblood, the fertile soil yielding harvests that have sustained generations. The local economy, deeply rooted in farming and related industries, hums with a steady, dependable rhythm, a stark contrast to the fleeting trends of larger metropolises. While not a place of bustling nightlife or tourist throngs, Crooks offers a distinct character, a grounded sense of community where neighbors know each other's names and the changing seasons dictate the pace of life, a pace that feels both timeless and profoundly present.
Live animated radar for Crooks 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 | Crooks, Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.664697°N, 96.810886°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57020 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crooks, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crooks, 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 Crooks includes coordinates 43.664697°N, 96.810886°W, situated in Minnehaha County. ZIP code 57020. 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.
