Jamesville Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jamesville Colony, Yankton County.
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Jamesville Colony unfolds across the broad, sweeping expanse of the South Dakota prairie, a landscape defined by the subtle, patient work of wind and water. It lies 50.0 miles south-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 232°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north-north-west of Yankton. Here, the land rolls with a quiet grace, the earth a rich, fertile brown that shifts to an ochre hue under the sun's relentless gaze. Horizons stretch to meet an impossibly vast sky, a canvas for clouds that drift like ships on an endless, cerulean sea, and at dusk, the light spills across the fields in molten gold, painting the grasses in shades of amber and rose. The air itself seems to carry the scent of turned earth and distant rain, a clean, elemental fragrance that speaks of the land's enduring character, even as the gentle undulations of the terrain whisper tales of ancient rivers and glaciers long departed. The story of Jamesville Colony is etched into the agricultural rhythms that have long dictated life here, a legacy of hardy settlers who cultivated these fertile plains. While the specific details of its founding are a matter of local lore, the character of Jamesville Colony is undeniably shaped by its agricultural roots, the economy still deeply tied to the bounty of the soil. The land is a testament to generations of farming, where fields of corn and soybeans stand tall, their green stalks rustling in the breeze, a living testament to human endeavor against the elements. The quiet hum of tractors often provides the soundtrack to the days, a steady pulse that belies the profound connection between the people and the earth that sustains them, a connection as deep and enduring as the prairie itself.
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| Location | Jamesville Colony, Yankton County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.103364°N, 97.482719°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57067 |
| 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 Jamesville 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 Jamesville Colony includes coordinates 43.103364°N, 97.482719°W, situated in Yankton County. ZIP code 57067. 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.