Fulton, South Dakota Weather
Fulton, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fulton, Hanson County.
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About Fulton, South Dakota
Fulton rests on land that has long known the patient work of the sun and the wind. It lies 57.5 miles west-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 283°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-north-west of Alexandria. The terrain here is a broad, sweeping expanse, where the earth itself seems to breathe with a gentle, rolling rhythm, a canvas of cultivated fields stretching to horizons that feel as boundless as the sky above. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent of turned soil and ripening grain, a subtle perfume that clings to the senses. Occasional groves of cottonwoods, their leaves a shimmering green in the breeze, offer brief, welcome punctuation to the vastness, their roots anchoring deeply in the rich prairie soil. The story of Fulton is one etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of those who have worked this land. Its economy has always been tied to the bounty of the prairie, the amber waves of grain a constant presence, from the earliest homesteaders who arrived seeking opportunity to the farmers who continue to tend the soil today. The quiet hum of agricultural machinery is the town's prevailing sound, a testament to a way of life that values hard work and resilience. While not a place of bustling attractions, Fulton offers a profound sense of place, a quiet dignity that comes from generations of living in concert with the land, a feeling that the very bedrock of the community is composed of shared endeavor and the enduring strength of the prairie spirit.
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| Location | Fulton, Hanson County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.724703°N, 97.823684°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57340 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fulton, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fulton, South Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Fulton includes coordinates 43.724703°N, 97.823684°W, situated in Hanson County. ZIP code 57340. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
