Mayfield Colony, South Dakota Weather
Mayfield Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mayfield Colony, Clark County.
Full aviation weather for Mayfield Colony is published on the Clark County Airport (K8D7) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Mayfield Colony 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 Mayfield Colony: Wilder Airport (K6E5) 29 km · Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) 41 km · Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) 49 km
Conditions reported at K8D7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mayfield Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mayfield Colony.
About Mayfield Colony, South Dakota
Mayfield Colony unfurls across a landscape shaped by the patient hand of the prairie, a vast canvas where the sky feels impossibly close. It lies 69.2 miles south-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 140°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-west of Bryant. The earth here, a rich, dark loam, rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, interrupted only by the shallow dips and rises that guide the eye towards horizons that seem to stretch into infinity. In the heat of a summer afternoon, the air itself hangs heavy and golden, shimmering with an almost visible stillness, broken only by the distant drone of an unseen tractor. The scattered farmsteads, painted in hues of white and faded barn red, are like punctuation marks against the endless green and gold of ripening grain fields, each one a solitary testament to human endeavor in this wide-open expanse. The story of Mayfield Colony is one of resilience and the deep-rooted agricultural spirit that defines this region. Settled by those seeking fertile ground and the promise of a life built from the earth, its economy has always been intrinsically tied to the bounty of the land, primarily corn and soybeans, their stalks rustling secrets in the wind. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very persistence of these cultivated fields, stretching in neat, ordered rows, speaks of generations who have worked this soil. The quiet hum of life in Mayfield Colony is a testament to this enduring connection, a subtle yet powerful acknowledgment of the land's enduring influence.
Live animated radar for Mayfield Colony 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.
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| Location | Mayfield Colony, Clark County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.695215°N, 97.577219°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57278 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mayfield Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mayfield Colony, 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 Mayfield Colony includes coordinates 44.695215°N, 97.577219°W, situated in Clark County. ZIP code 57278. 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.
