Huron Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Huron Colony, Beadle County.
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Huron Colony lies spread across the broad, gently rolling plains of eastern South Dakota, a landscape defined by the immensity of the sky and the fertile dark earth. It lies 63.7 miles south-south-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 168°T), and is situated 13.9 miles north of Huron. Here, the horizon stretches out, an unbroken line where the pale blue of the heavens kisses the rich, loamy soil, a place where wind is a constant, invisible sculptor. The air itself carries a clean, crisp scent, particularly after a rain, a smell of damp earth and distant, growing things. In the late afternoon, the sun, when it deigns to break through the often-heavy cloud cover, casts long, golden shadows that stretch and deepen, lending a somber beauty to the fields of corn and soybeans that dominate the surrounding terrain. The occasional cluster of cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green in summer and a burnished gold in autumn, offer small pockets of shade, lonely sentinels against the vastness. This is a place built on the back of agriculture, where the legacy of homesteaders who tamed this prairie is etched into the very character of Huron Colony. The local economy, while diversifying, still finds its strongest roots in the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as proud monuments to harvests past and present. The nearby James River, a ribbon of silver winding its way through the countryside, has historically been a vital artery, though its presence is more subtle now, often masked by the dense agricultural growth. The history of settlement here is one of resilience and hard work, a narrative of individuals and families who carved a life from what was once an untamed frontier, a spirit that still echoes in the quiet determination of its residents.
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| Location | Huron Colony, Beadle County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.564424°N, 98.206759°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57350 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Huron Colony, 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 Huron Colony includes coordinates 44.564424°N, 98.206759°W, situated in Beadle County. ZIP code 57350. 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.