Estelline, South Dakota Weather
Estelline, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Estelline, Hamlin County.
Full aviation weather for Estelline is published on the Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) page, 27 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 Estelline 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 Estelline: Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 31 km · Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) 43 km · Myers Field Airport (KCNB) 53 km · Wilder Airport (K6E5) 54 km
Conditions reported at K3A9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Estelline specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Estelline.
About Estelline, South Dakota
Estelline stretches across the South Dakota prairie, a settlement defined by the vast, open sky and the subtle rise and fall of the land. It lies 71.5 miles north of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 352°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north-north-west of Brookings. Here, fields of grain, gold under the midday sun, ripple like a restless sea, their edges meeting the horizon in a clean, unbroken line. Farmsteads, stoic against the elements, punctuate the landscape, their silos reaching skyward like weathered sentinels, and the air itself often carries the faint, earthy perfume of turned soil and distant livestock, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this place. The light, especially in the late afternoon, softens the sharp contours of the prairie, bathing everything in a warm, honeyed glow that seems to linger long after the sun has begun its descent. This corner of Hamlin County, where Estelline makes its home, has long been shaped by the cycles of farming and the resilience of its people. The local economy remains intrinsically tied to the bounty of the land, with wheat, corn, and soybeans forming the backbone of its sustenance, and the quiet hum of agricultural machinery a familiar soundtrack to the seasons. Estelline itself, though small, carries the echoes of its founding, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of community that has allowed it to weather the passage of time. The town square, a modest but vital hub, serves as a gathering place, a silent witness to the generations who have worked this soil and called Estelline their home.
Live animated radar for Estelline 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 | Estelline, Hamlin County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.574688°N, 96.902284°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57234 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Estelline, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Estelline, 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 Estelline includes coordinates 44.574688°N, 96.902284°W, situated in Hamlin County. ZIP code 57234. 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.
