Hetland, South Dakota Weather
Hetland, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hetland, Kingsbury County.
Full aviation weather for Hetland is published on the Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) page, 9 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. 5 airfields within reach of Hetland 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 Hetland: Wilder Airport (K6E5) 26 km · Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 34 km · Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) 42 km · Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) 60 km
Conditions reported at K3A9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hetland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hetland.
About Hetland, South Dakota
Hetland is a quiet presence on the South Dakota prairie, a collection of buildings that seem to have grown organically from the vast, rolling landscape. It lies 63.1 miles north-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 335°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west of Arlington. The land here is a study in subtle shifts of contour, a gentle swell and dip that catches the wind and carries the scent of earth and ripening grain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-expansive skies, paints broad strokes of gold and amber across fields of corn and soybeans, and the horizon stretches out, an unbroken line where the blue of the heavens meets the green and brown of the earth. In the late afternoon, the air itself seems to thicken, taking on a palpable warmth that hums with the quiet industry of insects and the distant drone of a tractor. This agricultural heartland has been shaped by generations of farmers whose lives are inextricably tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, like that of many places in Kingsbury County, leans heavily on the bounty of the soil, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the stored wealth of wheat, corn, and soybeans. The history of Hetland is etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered barns and homesteads that dot the countryside, each a testament to the resilience and hard work of its founders. There’s a distinct sense of continuity here, a feeling that the present is built upon the foundations of those who came before, their stories whispered on the wind that sweeps across the open plains, carrying with it the faint, sweet perfume of freshly cut hay.
Live animated radar for Hetland 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 | Hetland, Kingsbury County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.378024°N, 97.235069°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57212 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hetland, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hetland, 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 Hetland includes coordinates 44.378024°N, 97.235069°W, situated in Kingsbury County. ZIP code 57212. 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.
