Lesterville, South Dakota Weather
Lesterville, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lesterville, Yankton County.
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About Lesterville, South Dakota
Lesterville unfolds as a quiet affirmation of the prairie's enduring spirit, a place where the vast South Dakota sky casts a generous, ever-shifting light upon the landscape. It lies 57.2 miles south-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 232°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-east of Scotland. The land here rolls with a gentle, patient grace, a tapestry of cultivated fields and open pastures stretching towards horizons that seem to breathe. The air carries the scent of turned earth and ripening grain, a constant reminder of the land's generous, if sometimes demanding, bounty. Evenings bring a particular stillness, a hush that settles over the scattered farmsteads and the modest heart of Lesterville itself, as if the very land were exhaling the day's warmth. This is a corner of Yankton County where the echoes of homesteading still resonate, a place built by resilient hands carving a life from the rich soil. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the predictable cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that has sustained Lesterville for generations. The Missouri River, a grand artery of the plains, lies not far off, its presence felt in the occasional moisture that graces the land and the history of river trade that once flowed through these parts. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the collective memory of hard work and community spirit forms the true, enduring landmark of Lesterville.
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| Location | Lesterville, Yankton County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.039441°N, 97.595621°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57040 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lesterville, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lesterville, 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 Lesterville includes coordinates 43.039441°N, 97.595621°W, situated in Yankton County. ZIP code 57040. 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.
