Fordham Colony, South Dakota Weather
Fordham Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fordham Colony, Clark County.
Full aviation weather for Fordham Colony is published on the Clark County Airport (K8D7) 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 Fordham Colony 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 Fordham Colony: Wilder Airport (K6E5) 46 km · Huron Regional Airport (KHON) 50 km
Conditions reported at K8D7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fordham Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fordham Colony.
About Fordham Colony, South Dakota
Fordham Colony rests under a vast South Dakota sky, its character etched into the rolling prairie that stretches to horizons brushed with the soft hues of dawn and dusk. It lies 55.7 miles south-south-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 149°T), and is situated 11.5 miles south-west of Clark. The land here is a testament to the relentless forces of weather and time, a broad canvas of cultivated fields and whispering grasses that yield to a gentle topography. The air, particularly in the quiet hours before sunrise, carries a crisp, clean scent, a promise of the day's unfolding. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a clarity that seems to define the very edges of the world, illuminating the subtle contours of the terrain where farmsteads stand as solitary sentinels against the immensity of the open country. This was once a place where the dream of agricultural prosperity took root, a community built on the fertile earth and the enduring spirit of its settlers. The economy of Fordham Colony, like much of this region, has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as stoic markers of the harvest. While the original settlement’s pulse may have softened with the passage of years, a distinctive resilience persists, a quiet knowing that life here is shaped by the seasons and the enduring rhythm of rural existence. The very quietude of Fordham Colony, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a meadowlark, speaks to a profound connection with the natural world that has always defined this corner of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Fordham Colony 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 | Fordham Colony, Clark County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.768582°N, 97.909256°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57258 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fordham Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fordham Colony, 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 Fordham Colony includes coordinates 44.768582°N, 97.909256°W, situated in Clark County. ZIP code 57258. 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.
