Spring Lake Colony, South Dakota Weather
Spring Lake Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Spring Lake Colony, Kingsbury County.
Full aviation weather for Spring Lake Colony is published on the Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) page, 18 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. 4 airfields within reach of Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake Colony: Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) 26 km · Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 30 km · Wilder Airport (K6E5) 38 km
Conditions reported at K3A9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Spring Lake Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Spring Lake Colony.
About Spring Lake Colony, South Dakota
Spring Lake Colony unfolds across the South Dakota prairie, a place where the horizon stretches with an uncommon generosity. It lies 53.0 miles north-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 334°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-south-west of Arlington. The land here is a study in subtle contours, rolling softly under a sky that can shift from a bruised, stormy gray to an almost impossible, crystalline blue within hours. Sparse groves of cottonwoods and willows mark the low-lying areas, their leaves whispering secrets in the prevailing wind that carries the scent of dry grass and distant rain. The air itself possesses a clean, sharp edge, particularly in the early morning when a pearlescent mist often clings to the fields, softening the hard lines of the landscape and lending a quiet, introspective beauty to the day's beginning. The story of Spring Lake Colony is deeply entwined with the agricultural backbone of this region, a testament to the resilience and quiet determination of those who first cultivated this soil. While its origins are rooted in farming, the rhythms of life here are still dictated by the seasons and the land’s bounty, with grain fields dominating the visual narrative. The economy, like the landscape, is largely understated, relying on the steady, dependable work of planting and harvesting. There are no grand monuments or bustling thoroughfares in Spring Lake Colony; instead, its character is found in the weathered barns that stand like stoic sentinels against the vast sky, and in the enduring sense of community that binds its residents together, a quiet strength as constant as the prairie wind.
Live animated radar for Spring Lake 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 | Spring Lake Colony, Kingsbury County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.236314°N, 97.175767°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57212 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Spring Lake Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake Colony includes coordinates 44.236314°N, 97.175767°W, situated in Kingsbury County. ZIP code 57212. 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.
