Madison, South Dakota Weather
Madison, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Madison, Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Madison is published on the Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) page, 2 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 Madison 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 Madison: Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 41 km · Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) 43 km · Sioux Falls Regional Airport (KFSD) 56 km · Wilder Airport (K6E5) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMDS describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Madison specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Madison, South Dakota
Madison sits at the edge of a landscape that sighs with the vastness of the prairie, a place where the sky seems to press down with a benevolent weight. It lies 37.7 miles north-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 327°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-north-west of Lake Madison. Rolling farmland, a quilt of greens and golds depending on the season, stretches to horizons that feel both intimate and infinite. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the subtle sweetness of ripening corn and the faint mineral tang of the earth. The lakes, a defining feature of this locality, lie like scattered jewels, their surfaces reflecting the immense, ever-changing canvas of the sky, their shores often fringed with reeds that rustle with a sound like whispered secrets. Life in Madison moves with a steady, unhurried pulse, an acknowledgement of the open spaces and the enduring rhythms of the land. The history of Madison is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of its surroundings, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who settled this fertile ground. For generations, farming has been the bedrock of the local economy, with families cultivating the rich soil to feed the nation. The presence of the lakes has also shaped the character of Madison, drawing visitors and residents alike to its recreational opportunities, from fishing and boating to simply enjoying the cool breeze off the water. It’s a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather lives on in the quiet hum of daily life, in the stoic grain elevators that punctuate the skyline, and in the enduring connections between the people and the land that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Madison 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 | Madison, Lake County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.006085°N, 97.11395°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57042 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Madison, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Madison, 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 Madison includes coordinates 44.006085°N, 97.113950°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 57042. 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.
