Fairview, South Dakota Weather
Fairview, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairview, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for Fairview is published on the Canton Municipal Airport (K7G9) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Fairview 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 Fairview: Rock Rapids Municipal Airport (KRRQ) 36 km · Sioux County Regional Airport (KSXK) 37 km · Sioux Falls Regional Airport (KFSD) 45 km · Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport (KLYV) 49 km · Sheldon Regional Airport (KSHL) 53 km
Conditions reported at K7G9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairview.
About Fairview, South Dakota
Fairview rests in a broad expanse of South Dakota prairie, a place where the horizon stretches with an almost infinite generosity. It lies 25.0 miles south-south-east of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 155°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west of Rock Valley. The land itself is a gentle swell of earth, a soft green blanket in the summer months, turning to muted golds and browns as the seasons progress. Here, the sky is a constant companion, a vast canvas that shifts from the sharp, blue clarity of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the open fields with a transient, breathtaking beauty. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and the distant, sweet perfume of grasses. The story of Fairview is one of resilience and quiet industry, a narrative written in the fertile soil that has sustained its inhabitants for generations. This is a landscape shaped by agricultural endeavors, the land yielding crops that form the backbone of its economy, a steady, dependable rhythm that defines the pulse of daily life. While much of Fairview’s character is defined by its farming roots, the history of the region also hints at the broader currents of westward expansion, of pioneers who carved a life from this seemingly endless openness. Though no grand monuments mark its past, the very texture of the land, the way the light catches the stubble of harvested fields, speaks of enduring human connection to this particular patch of earth.
Live animated radar for Fairview 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 | Fairview, Lincoln County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.22165°N, 96.490037°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57027 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairview, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairview, 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 Fairview includes coordinates 43.221650°N, 96.490037°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 57027. 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.
