Deadwood, South Dakota Weather
Deadwood, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Deadwood, Lawrence County.
Full aviation weather for Deadwood is published on the Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (KSPF) page, 12 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. 4 airfields within reach of Deadwood 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 Deadwood: Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) 28 km · Belle Fourche Municipal Airport (KEFC) 41 km · Ellsworth Air Force Base (KRCA) 56 km
Conditions reported at KSPF describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Deadwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Deadwood.
About Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood clings to the steep slopes of the Black Hills, a jumble of weathered buildings and bright awnings that spill down into a narrow gulch. It lies 32.1 miles north-west of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 310°T), and is situated 2.4 miles north-east of Lead. The air here carries a crispness, a scent of pine and damp earth, even on the warmest of days, and the sky above is a vast, cerulean dome often punctuated by the wheeling flight of hawks. Sunlight, when it finds its way through the canyon, paints the western hillsides in shifting hues of ochre and rust, while the creek itself, a silver thread of water, carves its persistent path through the valley floor, its murmur a constant counterpoint to the town’s spirited hum. This is a place where the ghosts of gold rushes still whisper through the saloons and assay offices, a legacy etched into the very granite of the hills. Deadwood’s economy, once fueled by the frantic pursuit of riches, now thrives on a different kind of allure, drawing visitors to its historic streets and the thrill of its casinos. The Homestake Mine, a titan of its era, may be silent now, but its shadow looms large, a reminder of the grit and ambition that shaped this rugged landscape. The wildness of the surrounding Black Hills National Forest, a verdant expanse of ponderosa pines and rolling terrain, offers a profound contrast to the town’s lively, sometimes raucous, heart, providing a sanctuary of quietude just a stone's throw from the neon glow.
Live animated radar for Deadwood 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 | Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.376651°N, 103.729642°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57732, 57754 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Deadwood, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Deadwood, 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 Deadwood includes coordinates 44.376651°N, 103.729642°W, situated in Lawrence County. ZIP code 57732, 57754. 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. 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.
