Stickney, South Dakota Weather
Stickney, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stickney, Aurora County.
Full aviation weather for Stickney is published on the Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) page, 38 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. 2 airfields within reach of Stickney 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 Stickney: Wagner Municipal Airport (KAGZ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMHE describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stickney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stickney.
About Stickney, South Dakota
Stickney, South Dakota, unfolds across a landscape of subtle, persistent swells, the land rippling like a calm sea under an immense sky. It lies 87.0 miles west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 272°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-south-east of Plankinton. The horizon, a clean, unwavering line, often bleeds into the heavens with a palette of bruised purples and molten golds as the sun descends, painting the vast expanse in shades that shift with the fleeting hours. Fields of grain, gold and green depending on the season, stretch to meet the distant humps of the earth, broken only by the occasional cluster of wind-battered trees or the stark geometry of a farmhouse. The air here carries the clean, dry scent of prairie earth, a perfume of sun-baked soil and ripening crops, and the silence is a tangible thing, broken only by the whisper of wind through tall grasses or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk. The history of Stickney is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who coaxed life from this fertile, yet demanding, prairie soil. Its economy has long been anchored to the land, with agriculture—corn, soybeans, and cattle—forming the bedrock of its sustenance, each harvest a testament to resilience. Grains are shipped out, fueling distant tables, while the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life in Stickney. The town itself, a collection of sturdy buildings facing the open sky, holds a quiet dignity, a place where neighborly waves are a common currency and the passage of time is measured by the slow, deliberate turning of the earth.
Live animated radar for Stickney 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 | Stickney, Aurora County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.589156°N, 98.437305°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57375 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stickney, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stickney, 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 Stickney includes coordinates 43.589156°N, 98.437305°W, situated in Aurora County. ZIP code 57375. 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.
