Sturgis, South Dakota Weather
Sturgis, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sturgis, Meade County.
Full aviation weather for Sturgis is published on the Sturgis Municipal Airport (K49B) page, 11 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. 5 airfields within reach of Sturgis 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 Sturgis: Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field (KSPF) 23 km · Ellsworth Air Force Base (KRCA) 44 km · Belle Fourche Municipal Airport (KEFC) 46 km · Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP) 54 km
Conditions reported at K49B describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sturgis specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sturgis.
About Sturgis, South Dakota
Sturgis rises from the high plains, a town etched against the vast South Dakota sky. It lies 26.6 miles north-north-west of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 329°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Whitewood. The land rolls with a subtle, persistent grace, bruised by the ochre tones of late summer grass and the dusty greys of exposed earth where the wind has scoured it clean. Distant buttes, like sleeping giants draped in shadow, punctuate the horizon, their ancient forms catching the slanted light of dawn and dusk in a spectacle of muted purples and fiery oranges. The air itself carries a dry, crisp purity, a scent of sagebrush and distant pine that whispers of the Black Hills to the south. This nexus of roads, Sturgis, carries echoes of a frontier spirit. Its founding, entwined with the military post established nearby, speaks of a history built on rugged resilience and the westward push. Today, the local economy, while diverse, still feels the hum of the land, with agriculture and ranching providing a steady backbone, their rhythms dictated by the sun and the seasons. Yet, Sturgis is also undeniably known for its annual pilgrimage, a vibrant surge of leather and chrome that transforms the quiet streets into a roaring testament to freedom and the open road, a stark contrast to the everyday calm that settles back in once the last rider has departed.
Live animated radar for Sturgis 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 | Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.409707°N, 103.509079°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57785 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sturgis, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sturgis, 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 Sturgis includes coordinates 44.409707°N, 103.509079°W, situated in Meade County. ZIP code 57785. 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.
