Reliance, South Dakota Weather
Reliance, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Reliance, Lyman County.
Full aviation weather for Reliance is published on the Chamberlain Municipal Airport (K9V9) page, 26 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. 2 airfields within reach of Reliance 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 Reliance: Winner Regional Airport (KICR) 58 km
Conditions reported at K9V9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Reliance specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Reliance.
About Reliance, South Dakota
Reliance unfurls itself across a landscape of subtle, rolling contours, where the earth’s breath seems to have shaped the very grain of existence. It lies 122.5 miles south-south-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 207°T), and is situated 14.4 miles west-north-west of Chamberlain. The sky here is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, its blues deepening to bruised violets and fiery oranges as the sun dips toward the horizon, casting long, languid shadows across fields that stretch to the edge of perception. The air, especially in the hushed hours of late afternoon, carries a dry, sun-warmed scent of prairie grass and distant dust, a perfume that clings to the sparse clusters of buildings. The land itself, a palette of muted greens and ochres, possesses a patient, enduring strength, accustomed to the wind’s ceaseless whispers and the sun’s unwavering gaze. The story of Reliance is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they cultivate. Founded in an era when railroads were the arteries of the American heartland, Reliance owes its genesis to the promise of connection and commerce. Its economy, once tied to the rhythms of grain elevators and the steady flow of agricultural produce, still hums with the activity of farming, the land yielding its bounty under the diligent hands of its inhabitants. A palpable sense of history resides in the weathered wood of older structures and the quiet dignity of the community, a testament to generations who have weathered droughts and celebrated harvests, their lives interwoven with the very fabric of this place.
Live animated radar for Reliance 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 | Reliance, Lyman County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.878881°N, 99.603164°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57569 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Reliance, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Reliance, 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 Reliance includes coordinates 43.878881°N, 99.603164°W, situated in Lyman County. ZIP code 57569. 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.
