Lake City, South Dakota Weather
Lake City, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake City, Marshall County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake City.
About Lake City, South Dakota
Lake City breathes the wide, open air of northeastern South Dakota, a place where the horizon stretches and the sky feels impossibly vast. It lies 54.9 miles east-north-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 70°T), and is situated 18.1 miles west-north-west of Sisseton. The land itself is a study in gentle, sweeping contours, fields of ripening grain bowing in the constant prairie breeze, punctuated by the deeper, richer greens of cottonwood groves that cluster near the water’s edge. The namesake lake, a broad, placid expanse, mirrors the ever-shifting heavens, its surface sometimes a steely grey under cloud cover, other times a dazzling, sun-drenched blue. Evenings here often bring a hush, a palpable stillness as the sun dips below the rim of the world, painting the western sky in hues of rose and lavender, and the air, once warm and alive with the hum of insects, grows crisp and carries the faint, sweet scent of drying grass. The story of Lake City is one interwoven with the land and the determined spirit of those who have coaxed a living from it. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a fresh start, established a community that has always found its rhythm in the seasons and the demands of agriculture. While farming remains the bedrock of the local economy, the steady presence of the lake has also fostered a quieter vein of activity, drawing those who appreciate the tranquility and the opportunities for recreation it provides. The modest Main Street, with its well-kept storefronts, speaks of a long-held resilience, a place where neighbors still greet each other by name and the pace of life is measured not by the clock, but by the rising and setting of the sun.
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| Location | Lake City, Marshall County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.725232°N, 97.41454°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57247 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake City, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake City, 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 Lake City includes coordinates 45.725232°N, 97.414540°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 57247. 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.
