Riverside Colony, South Dakota Weather
Riverside Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riverside Colony, Beadle County.
Full aviation weather for Riverside Colony is published on the Huron Regional Airport (KHON) page, 13 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. 3 airfields within reach of Riverside Colony 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 Riverside Colony: Wilder Airport (K6E5) 46 km · Clark County Airport (K8D7) 57 km
Conditions reported at KHON describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riverside Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Riverside Colony.
About Riverside Colony, South Dakota
Riverside Colony breathes under a sky that seems to hold its breath, a vast expanse of pale blue stretching over rolling prairies that whisper with the wind. It lies 69.7 miles south-south-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 166°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-north-east of Huron. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle sloping towards the murmur of the James River, its waters reflecting the immensity above. Fields of amber grain shimmer in the midday sun, rippling like a golden sea, and the air carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay. Farmsteads, small islands of weathered wood and tin, dot the horizon, their windmills turning with a slow, steady purpose against the boundless canvas of the South Dakota sky. Even the shadows that lengthen in the late afternoon possess a certain stillness, a quiet dignity that settles over the landscape as the day begins to yield to twilight. The history of Riverside Colony is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of those who coaxed life from this fertile, windswept ground. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil and the life-giving artery of the river, established a way of life deeply intertwined with the agricultural cycles. The local economy remains firmly rooted in the bounty of the land, with grain farming and cattle ranching forming the backbone of its livelihood. One might still find remnants of earlier settlements, perhaps a weathered barn or a forgotten fence line, hinting at the generations who have tended these fields. The absence of sprawling urban centers lends Riverside Colony a distinct character, a palpable sense of quiet resilience and a deep connection to the natural rhythms that have shaped its existence for so long.
Live animated radar for Riverside Colony 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 | Riverside Colony, Beadle County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.486369°N, 98.139257°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57350 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside Colony, 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 Riverside Colony includes coordinates 44.486369°N, 98.139257°W, situated in Beadle County. ZIP code 57350. 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.
