Fort Pierre, South Dakota Weather
Fort Pierre, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Pierre, Stanley County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Pierre is published on the Pierre Regional Airport (KPIR) page, 8 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 KPIR describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Pierre specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Pierre.
About Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Fort Pierre rests on the western bank of the shimmering Missouri River, its landscape a testament to the vast prairie that stretches to the horizon. It lies 120.1 miles south-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 231°T), and is situated 1.5 miles south-west of Pierre. The land here is a study in subtle contours, rolling plains that meet the wide, generous sky in a way that feels both ancient and ever-present. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green in the summer sun, offer a welcome shade along the riverfront, their roots gripping the earth like old stories. The air, especially when the sun begins its slow descent, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the plains and the promise of cool evening air. Buildings here are low-slung, practical structures, as if designed to resist the wind and the wide-openness, their windows catching the light like scattered coins. This is a place with a long memory, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the very bones of the land and the enduring spirit of its people. Fort Pierre’s origins are tied to the fur trade and the westward expansion, a vital crossing point on the Missouri that saw explorers, traders, and settlers pass through. Today, the economy is still deeply connected to the land, with ranching and agriculture forming the bedrock of its livelihood, the wide ranches and fields a continuation of that historical relationship. The Stanley County Courthouse stands as a modest but solid landmark, a symbol of the community's governance and its continued presence. The river itself remains a central character, a powerful artery that has shaped the lives and fortunes of Fort Pierre for generations, its currents carrying whispers of the past and the steady pulse of the present.
Live animated radar for Fort Pierre 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 | Fort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.353593°N, 100.373745°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57532 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Pierre, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Pierre, 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 Fort Pierre includes coordinates 44.353593°N, 100.373745°W, situated in Stanley County. ZIP code 57532. Telephone area code: 605. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
