Florence, South Dakota Weather
Florence, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Florence, Codington County.
Full aviation weather for Florence is published on the Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) page, 21 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. 3 airfields within reach of Florence 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 Florence: The Sigurd Anderson Airport (K1D7) 30 km · Clark County Airport (K8D7) 35 km
Conditions reported at KATY describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Florence specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Florence.
About Florence, South Dakota
Florence sits on a broad, sun-drenched expanse of South Dakota prairie, where the sky seems to stretch an impossible distance. It lies 63.0 miles east-south-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 116°T), and is situated 15.0 miles north-west of Watertown. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a gentle rolling that hints at the deeper forces that shaped it over eons. Fields of ripening grain, gold and amber under the vast blue, march in orderly rows towards horizons that blur into the haze of late summer. The air, when it’s not carrying the sharp scent of turned earth or the sweet perfume of wild clover, is often alive with the hum of insects and the distant, almost mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead. The buildings of Florence themselves appear small against this immensity, weathered and honest, their paint faded by years of wind and sun, solid anchors in the boundless sweep of the plains. The story of Florence is written in the soil and the sturdy resolve of its people. This is a place that grew from the dreams of homesteaders, a testament to the grit required to coax life from this fertile but demanding land. Its economy has always been tied to the bounty of the earth, primarily agriculture, with the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. You can still see the sturdy grain elevators, monuments to a bygone era of rail transport, standing sentinel over the town, their metal skins gleaming under the prairie sun. While the world outside may rush on, Florence retains a quiet dignity, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the land, the architecture, and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Florence 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 | Florence, Codington County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.054685°N, 97.329802°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57235 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Florence, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Florence, 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 Florence includes coordinates 45.054685°N, 97.329802°W, situated in Codington County. ZIP code 57235. 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.
