Fairfax, South Dakota Weather
Fairfax, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairfax, Gregory County.
Full aviation weather for Fairfax is published on the Wagner Municipal Airport (KAGZ) page, 48 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 KAGZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 48 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfax specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairfax.
About Fairfax, South Dakota
Fairfax rests on the undulating prairie, a place where the sky feels impossibly vast and the horizon stretches without interruption. It lies 101.9 miles north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 313°T), and is situated 19.6 miles west-south-west of Lake Andes. The land here is a tapestry of sun-bleached grasses and stoic, wind-worn trees that cling to the gentle slopes. Farms, their silos like stoic sentinels, punctuate the vastness, their fields a patchwork quilt of gold and green depending on the season. The air itself often carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of worked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening crops, and in the late afternoon, the light softens, casting long, melancholic shadows that stretch across the open plains. The history of Fairfax is etched into the very soil, a story of hardy settlers drawn by the promise of fertile land and the quiet solitude of the western plains. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the cultivation of corn and soybeans, the steady rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. Generations have worked this earth, their resilience a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this community. While not a bustling metropolis, Fairfax holds a distinctive character, a place where neighborly bonds are strong and the pace of life allows for contemplation, a stark contrast to the hurried world elsewhere.
Live animated radar for Fairfax 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 | Fairfax, Gregory County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.027497°N, 98.888423°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57335 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfax, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfax, 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 Fairfax includes coordinates 43.027497°N, 98.888423°W, situated in Gregory County. ZIP code 57335. 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.
