Ortley, South Dakota Weather
Ortley, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ortley, Roberts County.
Full aviation weather for Ortley is published on the The Sigurd Anderson Airport (K1D7) 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 Ortley 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 Ortley: Sisseton Municipal Airport (K8D3) 41 km · Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) 47 km · Milbank Municipal Airport (K1D1) 50 km
Conditions reported at K1D7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ortley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ortley.
About Ortley, South Dakota
Ortley sits on a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually renewed. It lies 63.3 miles east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 98°T), and is situated 15.8 miles east of Webster. The land here rolls with a quiet grace, a tapestry of prairie grasses and cultivated fields stretching towards a horizon that seems impossibly vast under the South Dakota sky. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, golden shadows that pool in the shallow draws, transforming the familiar contours into something momentarily ethereal. The air, often carrying the scent of dry earth and distant hay, can also hold the crisp, clean promise of an approaching storm, a palpable shift that electrifies the stillness. The character of Ortley is etched in the patient endurance of its open spaces, the way the wind whispers through the stalks of corn and wheat, a constant, low hum that is the very breath of the place. The history of Ortley is tied to the fertile soil and the pioneering spirit that first settled these plains. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agricultural prosperity, established a way of life that continues to define the local economy, centered around the bounty of the land. While the grand pronouncements of boomtowns are absent, a quiet strength underpins the community, a resilience forged over generations of farming and ranching. There are no towering landmarks here, no bustling tourist attractions, but the true distinction of Ortley lies in its unpretentious authenticity. The rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the harvest, a steady, dependable pulse that resonates through the community and connects its present to the enduring legacy of those who first called this prairie home.
Live animated radar for Ortley 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 | Ortley, Roberts County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.332183°N, 97.195638°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57256, 57273 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ortley, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ortley, 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 Ortley includes coordinates 45.332183°N, 97.195638°W, situated in Roberts County. ZIP code 57256, 57273. 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.
