Roscoe, South Dakota Weather
Roscoe, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roscoe, Edmunds County.
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About Roscoe, South Dakota
Roscoe, South Dakota, exhales a quiet vastness under a sky that stretches, unbroken, from horizon to horizon. It lies 41.3 miles west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 269°T), and is situated 15.0 miles west of Ipswich. The land here is a patient, rolling expanse, a muted palette of ochre and sage in the dry months, deepening to rich greens after the rain. Fields of grain, gold under the sun, give way to pastures where cattle graze like dark, slow-moving thoughts. The air itself feels clean and thin, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of alfalfa. Even the wind seems to move with a deliberate grace, rustling through the tall grasses with a sound like hushed secrets. The history of Roscoe is written in the soil and the sparse, sturdy buildings that dot the landscape. Founded by homesteaders drawn to the promise of fertile plains, the town’s economy has long been tethered to the agricultural cycle – wheat, corn, and livestock are the bedrock of its existence. The grain elevators, standing like sentinels against the prairie sky, are a constant reminder of this enduring connection. There’s a quiet pride here, a resilience born of weathering harsh winters and celebrating abundant harvests. While grand monuments are absent, the strength of Roscoe lies in its deep roots, its commitment to the land, and the enduring spirit of the people who call this wide-open country home.
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| Location | Roscoe, Edmunds County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.448588°N, 99.338728°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57471 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roscoe, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roscoe, 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 Roscoe includes coordinates 45.448588°N, 99.338728°W, situated in Edmunds County. ZIP code 57471. 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.
