St. Onge, South Dakota Weather
St. Onge, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for St. Onge, Lawrence County.
Full aviation weather for St. Onge is published on the Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (KSPF) page, 9 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 St. Onge 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 St. Onge: Belle Fourche Municipal Airport (KEFC) 24 km · Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) 31 km
Conditions reported at KSPF describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Onge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St. Onge.
About St. Onge, South Dakota
St. Onge sprawls across a wide, sun-bleached expanse where the Black Hills begin their slow, patient rise from the prairie. It lies 40.3 miles north-west of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 323°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-north-east of Spearfish. The land here is a study in subtle transitions: rolling pastures, brushed with the ochre of dry grass, give way to scattered stands of ponderosa pine, their needles catching the light with a dusty, golden sheen. The air, especially in the long afternoons, carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sagebrush and distant woodsmoke, and the sky above is a vast, unbroken canvas, immense and ever-present. The character of St. Onge is one of quiet perseverance, a place where the elements have a strong say in the day-to-day, and where the horizon feels as much a part of life as the dusty road itself. The history of St. Onge is etched in the enduring spirit of those who sought a living from this rugged country, a story tied to the hardy pioneers who first homesteaded these lands. The local economy, though modest, still draws strength from the surrounding agricultural endeavors, with cattle ranching and hay production forming the backbone of its sustenance. This is a place where the past whispers in the wind that rustles through the sparse vegetation, a reminder of the long, arduous journeys that brought people to this particular stretch of South Dakota. A notable feature of St. Onge is its profound connection to the wider natural world; the sheer openness of the landscape fosters a sense of introspection, and the quality of light at dusk, when the sun dips low and paints the western sky in hues of rose and deep violet, is a spectacle that seems to hold the very breath of the land.
Live animated radar for St. Onge 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 | St. Onge, Lawrence County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.546651°N, 103.721031°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57779 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Onge, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Onge, 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 St. Onge includes coordinates 44.546651°N, 103.721031°W, situated in Lawrence County. ZIP code 57779. Telephone area code: 605. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
