Harrison, South Dakota Weather
Harrison, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Harrison, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Harrison is published on the Wagner Municipal Airport (KAGZ) page, 45 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. 2 airfields within reach of Harrison 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 Harrison: Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) 55 km
Conditions reported at KAGZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 45 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harrison specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Harrison.
About Harrison, South Dakota
Harrison unfolds across the South Dakota prairie like a forgotten chapter in a farmer's almanac. It lies 92.0 miles west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 265°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west of Corsica. The land here is a study in subtle shifts, a vast, rolling expanse that breathes with the seasons. Fields of amber grain, broken by the stark, dark lines of windbreaks, stretch to horizons that seem impossibly distant, punctuated only by the occasional, stoic silhouette of a grain elevator. The air, especially on a late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of ripening corn, and the light itself possesses a rare, almost liquid quality, softening the sharp edges of the landscape and lending a golden hue to the low-slung farmhouses and barns. Even the silence here feels substantial, a palpable presence that amplifies the whisper of the wind and the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Harrison is etched into the very grain of its existence, a narrative of resilience and adaptation on the American plains. Founded by hardy settlers drawn to the fertile soil, its economy has long been anchored in agriculture, the cyclical rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. The grain elevator, a familiar sentinel against the endless sky, stands as a quiet monument to this enduring legacy, a testament to the generations who have coaxed sustenance from this challenging, yet generous, land. While no grand monuments mark its past, the character of Harrison is found in the steadfastness of its people and the enduring spirit of a community that understands the profound beauty of open skies and the quiet strength of the earth.
Live animated radar for Harrison 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 | Harrison, Douglas County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.429714°N, 98.527304°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57344 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harrison, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harrison, 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 Harrison includes coordinates 43.429714°N, 98.527304°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 57344. 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.
