New Underwood, South Dakota Weather
New Underwood, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Underwood, Pennington County.
Full aviation weather for New Underwood is published on the Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP) page, 18 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. 3 airfields within reach of New Underwood 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 New Underwood: Ellsworth Air Force Base (KRCA) 22 km · Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRAP describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Underwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Underwood.
About New Underwood, South Dakota
New Underwood rests in the wide-open embrace of western South Dakota, where rolling hills, a muted palette of tan and sage, meet a sky that seems to stretch on forever. It lies 19.6 miles east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 87°T), and is situated 11.6 miles east of Box Elder. The land here is a study in resilience, the soil a dry, dusty brown in the summer heat, interspersed with hardy grasses that whisper secrets to the wind. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a bright, hopeful green in the spring and a shimmering gold in autumn, cluster along the gentle curves of the landscape, offering pockets of shade. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the faint aroma of sun-baked earth and distant pine. In the early evening, the light softens, painting the already vast horizon with strokes of rose and lavender, a quiet, daily spectacle that defines the character of this place. The history of New Underwood is as much about the land's enduring promise as it is about the people who sought to harness it. Originally a stop along the railroad, its economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of agriculture and ranching, the broad pastures and cultivated fields a testament to generations of hard work. Even now, the scent of hay and the distant lowing of cattle are part of the town's auditory landscape. While not a bustling metropolis, New Underwood maintains a steady, unhurried pace, its residents connected by shared experiences and a deep understanding of the challenges and rewards of life on the prairie. The local general store, a fixture for decades, serves not just as a place for provisions, but as a quiet hub where news is exchanged and the community's pulse can be felt.
Live animated radar for New Underwood 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 | New Underwood, Pennington County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.09332°N, 102.836282°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57761 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Underwood, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Underwood, 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 New Underwood includes coordinates 44.093320°N, 102.836282°W, situated in Pennington County. ZIP code 57761. Telephone area code: 605. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
