Rolland Colony, South Dakota Weather
Rolland Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rolland Colony, Brookings County.
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About Rolland Colony, South Dakota
Rolland Colony lies under a sky that seems to stretch on forever, a vast canvas of ever-shifting blues and grays above the gently rolling prairie. It lies 55.1 miles north of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 6°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-east of Aurora. The land here, a rich loam the color of dark chocolate, unfurls in broad, sweeping contours, broken only by the occasional cluster of wind-sculpted trees or the straight, unwavering lines of distant farm fields. In the late afternoon, sunlight spills across this landscape with a peculiar, buttery luminescence, catching the tall grasses in a golden haze and lending a quiet dignity to the sparse farmsteads that dot the horizon. The air, especially after a rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a promise of growth and sustenance that permeates the very being of Rolland Colony. This is a place where the memory of the land's original inhabitants, the Dakota people, lingers in the whispers of the wind and the deep, fertile soil. Rolland Colony, like much of this region, owes its existence to the tenacious spirit of homesteaders who arrived in waves, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the vast, open promise of the American West. The economy here remains deeply rooted in the earth, with agriculture forming the backbone of life, the steady rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of the seasons. Grain elevators, proud sentinels against the sky, stand as quiet testaments to the bounty of the fields, and the occasional rumble of a distant train hints at the larger world beyond the horizon, connecting Rolland Colony to markets and dreams.
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| Location | Rolland Colony, Brookings County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.3437°N, 96.5923°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57276 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rolland Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rolland 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 Rolland Colony includes coordinates 44.343700°N, 96.592300°W, situated in Brookings County. ZIP code 57276. 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.
