Emery, South Dakota Weather
Emery, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Emery, Hanson County.
Full aviation weather for Emery is published on the Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) page, 39 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KMHE describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Emery specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Emery.
About Emery, South Dakota
Emery rests on the broad, sweeping canvas of the South Dakota prairie, a place where the sky feels like an immense, boundless ocean of blue. It lies 46.3 miles west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 275°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-south-east of Alexandria. The land here is a study in subtle contours, rolling softly towards horizons that stretch into infinity, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods or the straight, determined lines of agricultural fields. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the sunlight softens, bathing the stubble-covered fields in a warm, honeyed glow that seems to make the very air vibrate with a gentle hum. The character of Emery is one of quiet resilience, of a life lived in sync with the turning of the seasons and the steady pulse of the land. The history of Emery is intrinsically tied to the vast agricultural heartland it inhabits, a story of homesteaders who wrestled sustenance from this fertile soil. For generations, the local economy has been rooted in the bounty of the earth, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the persistent spirit of its founding families is palpable in the well-maintained homes and the enduring sense of neighborly connection that defines Emery. The gentle murmur of conversation in the general store and the distant rumble of tractors are the everyday sounds that weave the present into the fabric of this enduring prairie settlement.
Live animated radar for Emery 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 | Emery, Hanson County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.601648°N, 97.622567°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57332 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Emery, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Emery, 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 Emery includes coordinates 43.601648°N, 97.622567°W, situated in Hanson County. ZIP code 57332. 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.
