Green Valley, South Dakota Weather
Green Valley, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Green Valley, Pennington County.
Full aviation weather for Green Valley is published on the Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP) page, 4 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. 4 airfields within reach of Green Valley 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 Green Valley: Ellsworth Air Force Base (KRCA) 12 km · Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) 47 km · Custer County Airport (KCUT) 53 km
Conditions reported at KRAP describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Green Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Green Valley.
About Green Valley, South Dakota
Green Valley unfolds across a landscape sculpted by wind and time, where rolling grasslands meet the stark beauty of the Black Hills. It lies 6.7 miles east-south-east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 118°T), and is situated 5.7 miles south-south-west of Box Elder. The earth here is a deep, ruddy ochre, broken by outcrops of ancient stone that catch the sunlight like forgotten jewels. Sparse stands of ponderosa pine cling to the slopes, their needles whispering secrets to the ever-present breeze, while the wide, open sky stretches overhead, a vast canvas of blues and grays that shift with the passing clouds. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint perfume of sagebrush and the distant promise of rain. Life in Green Valley moves with a measured cadence, dictated less by the clock and more by the sun's arc across the horizon and the subtle shifts in the seasons. The history of Green Valley is as deeply etched into the land as the arroyos that carve through its terrain. This is a place where the echoes of prospectors and homesteaders still resonate, their dreams and struggles woven into the fabric of the present. For generations, the local economy has been tied to the land, with cattle ranching forming a bedrock of sustenance, the sturdy Angus and Hereford herds a familiar sight against the sweeping vistas. While the gold rushes of yesteryear have faded, a quiet resilience persists, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who chose to make Green Valley their home. The occasional glint of mica in a stream bed or the weathered wood of an old barn still hints at the earlier chapters of this enduring corner of South Dakota.
Live animated radar for Green Valley 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 | Green Valley, Pennington County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.035544°N, 103.111289°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57703 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Green Valley, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Green Valley, 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 Green Valley includes coordinates 44.035544°N, 103.111289°W, situated in Pennington County. ZIP code 57703. 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.
