Mansfield, South Dakota Weather
Mansfield, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mansfield, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Mansfield is published on the Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR) page, 25 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. 2 airfields within reach of Mansfield 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 Mansfield: Groton Municipal Airport (K2E6) 49 km
Conditions reported at KABR describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mansfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mansfield.
About Mansfield, South Dakota
Mansfield rests on the South Dakota prairie, a place where the sky seems to stretch further than the eye can follow. It lies 15.8 miles south-south-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 194°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-west of Warner. The land here is a study in subtle contours, low swells that rise and fall like the breath of a sleeping giant, broken by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods or a solitary windmill turning its patient arms against the wind. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, sharp scent of sun-baked earth and distant grasses, a fragrance that settles deep into the lungs. Even the light feels different, a softer, more diffused glow than one might expect, as if filtered through a veil of fine, golden dust. The roads, ribboning out from the settlement, are more suggestions than pronouncements, leading the eye towards horizons that promise nothing grand but everything essential. The history of Mansfield is tied to the earth and the grit of those who first broke its surface. Originally established as a stop on a railroad line, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the agricultural cycles of the surrounding farms. The local economy, then and now, is a testament to the resilience of farming and ranching, the quiet hum of tractors and the distant lowing of cattle forming the soundtrack to daily life. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very fabric of Mansfield is woven with the stories of generations who have worked this land, their labours etched not in stone but in the enduring character of the place. The sense of community here is palpable, a shared understanding born from the vastness of the landscape and the predictable rhythm of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Mansfield 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 | Mansfield, Brown County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.243032°N, 98.562873°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57460 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mansfield, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mansfield, 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 Mansfield includes coordinates 45.243032°N, 98.562873°W, situated in Brown County. ZIP code 57460. 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.
