Mound City, South Dakota Weather
Mound City, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mound City, Campbell County.
Full aviation weather for Mound City is published on the Mobridge Municipal Airport (KMBG) page, 33 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 Mound City 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 Mound City: Eureka Municipal Airport (K3W8) 34 km · Linton Municipal Airport (K7L2) 56 km · Standing Rock Airport (KY27) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mound City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mound City.
About Mound City, South Dakota
Mound City rests on a high prairie, a place where the sky seems to possess an almost tangible presence, stretching in an unbroken expanse above the subtle swell of the land. It lies 78.6 miles west-north-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 284°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south of Herreid. The earth here is a palette of ochre and dun, giving way to the deeper greens of summer grasses and the stark, skeletal browns of winter. Wind is a constant companion, a sculptor of dust devils that dance across the fields and a whisper that rustles through the sparse cottonwoods lining the occasional, slow-moving creek. The air, especially in the long, luminous evenings, carries a crispness that speaks of distance and an unfettered openness, a quietude that settles deep into the bones. This is a land shaped by the plow and by the patience of generations who learned to coax sustenance from its sometimes-stubborn soil. The economy of Mound City is deeply tied to the earth, a testament to the enduring spirit of agriculture that defines the surrounding landscape. Ranching and grain farming have long been the backbone, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life. History here is less about grand monuments and more about the quiet persistence of families who have weathered droughts and prospered in good years, their stories etched into the very character of the place. While not a hub of bustling commerce, Mound City offers a genuine sense of community, where the handshake still carries weight and the shared understanding of the prairie's embrace binds its people together.
Live animated radar for Mound City 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 | Mound City, Campbell County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.72527°N, 100.068452°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57646 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mound City, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mound City, 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 Mound City includes coordinates 45.725270°N, 100.068452°W, situated in Campbell County. ZIP code 57646. 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.
