Pukwana, South Dakota Weather
Pukwana, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pukwana, Brule County.
Full aviation weather for Pukwana is published on the Chamberlain Municipal Airport (K9V9) page, 11 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K9V9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pukwana specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pukwana.
About Pukwana, South Dakota
Pukwana rests in a landscape shaped by wind and water, where the land rolls in broad, sweeping curves towards the horizon. It lies 121.4 miles south-south-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 197°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-south-east of Chamberlain. The soil, a rich, dark loam, crumbles easily underfoot, hinting at its fertility, and the vast expanse of sky overhead dominates everything, its moods shifting from the sharp clarity of winter mornings to the bruised purples of summer thunderstorms. The air here carries the scent of sun-baked earth and, when the wind is right, the faintest whisper of distant livestock. Sparse stands of cottonwood and willow mark the courses of intermittent creeks, their branches reaching out like bony fingers against the immense blue. The history of Pukwana is tied to the agricultural pulse of Brule County, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, established a community that has largely sustained itself through farming and ranching, the legacy of which is still visible in the weathered barns and fences that dot the countryside. The local economy, though modest, is deeply rooted in the land's bounty, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the harvest. There's a quiet endurance to Pukwana, a sense of continuity that connects the present to the past, where the simple act of watching the sun dip below the prairie rim can feel like a profound communion with the enduring spirit of this place.
Live animated radar for Pukwana 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 | Pukwana, Brule County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.778052°N, 99.181485°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57370 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pukwana, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pukwana, 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 Pukwana includes coordinates 43.778052°N, 99.181485°W, situated in Brule County. ZIP code 57370. 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.
