Poinsett Colony, South Dakota Weather
Poinsett Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Poinsett Colony, Hamlin County.
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About Poinsett Colony, South Dakota
Poinsett Colony rests in a landscape of wide horizons, where the land rises and falls with a subtle, patient grace. It lies 76.1 miles north of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 353°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north of Estelline. The soil, a rich, dark loam, stretches out under an enormous sky, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset. Fields of corn and soybeans, their green stalks reaching for the sun, give way to scattered groves of cottonwood and aspen, their leaves a bright, shifting shimmer in the constant breeze. It is a place where the air itself feels clean and vast, carrying the scent of dry grass and distant rain, and where the quiet is profound, broken only by the rustle of wind through the crops or the cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Poinsett Colony is tied to the fertile earth and the enduring spirit of those who settled it. Early homesteaders, drawn by the promise of good farmland, established a life here, their efforts shaping the very character of the place. The local economy has long been rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the horizon, testament to the bounty of the land. While not a place of grand monuments, Poinsett Colony holds a quiet dignity, a sense of continuity in the rhythm of planting and harvest, and in the small, sturdy homes that dot the landscape, each one a chapter in the ongoing story of this corner of South Dakota.
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| Location | Poinsett Colony, Hamlin County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.641632°N, 96.901729°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57223 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Poinsett Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poinsett Colony, 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 Poinsett Colony includes coordinates 44.641632°N, 96.901729°W, situated in Hamlin County. ZIP code 57223. 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.
