Parmelee, South Dakota Weather
Parmelee, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Parmelee, Todd County.
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About Parmelee, South Dakota
Parmelee unfolds across a vast expanse of South Dakota prairie, where the earth rolls out in subtle, weathered waves under an immense sky. It lies 121.9 miles east-south-east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 115°T), and is situated 10.7 miles north-west of Rosebud. The landscape here is a study in muted tones: ochre grasses in summer's heat, fading to straw and then a starker beige as autumn draws near, punctuated by the occasional dark silhouette of a windbreak or a solitary, tenacious cottonwood. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a distillation of sun-baked soil and distant, unseen herds. Even the distant buttes, softly rounded by millennia of wind and rain, seem to absorb the light rather than reflect it, giving the horizon a hazy, almost ephemeral quality. It is a place where the elemental forces are always present, shaping the land and the lives lived upon it with a quiet, persistent insistence. The history of Parmelee is deeply intertwined with the movements of people across this land, a story etched into the very soil and the subtle shifts in its use. Once a waypoint on trails and later a stop on a railroad line, Parmelee's economy has always been tethered to the land's bounty, primarily cattle ranching and agriculture, pursuits that demand patience and a keen understanding of the seasons. The faded paint on the few remaining structures hints at a past that was perhaps more bustling, a time when the distant rumble of trains brought vital supplies and connections. Today, the pace of life in Parmelee is dictated by the sun's arc and the needs of the livestock, a rhythm as steady and predictable as the prairie wind. There are no grand monuments here, only the enduring character of a place that has always been defined by its openness and the resilience of those who call it home.
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| Location | Parmelee, Todd County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.323058°N, 101.026536°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57566 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Parmelee, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Parmelee, South Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Parmelee includes coordinates 43.323058°N, 101.026536°W, situated in Todd County. ZIP code 57566. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
