Sunset Colony, South Dakota Weather
Sunset Colony, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunset Colony, Marshall County.
Full aviation weather for Sunset Colony is published on the Britton Municipal Airport (KBTN) 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 Sunset 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 Sunset Colony: Groton Municipal Airport (K2E6) 34 km · Oakes Municipal Airport (K2D5) 44 km · Gwinner Roger Melroe Field (KGWR) 50 km · Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBTN describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunset Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunset Colony.
About Sunset Colony, South Dakota
Sunset Colony lies on the broad, patient shoulders of the prairie. It lies 37.4 miles north-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 51°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west of Britton. The land here rolls in gentle, sun-bleached swells, a vast expanse where the sky feels like an overcoat. Fields of ripening grain, a rich ochre and gold under the immense South Dakota sky, stretch to horizons that seem to breathe with the coming dusk. The air itself carries a dry, sweet scent of grasses and distant earth, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western heavens in strokes of rose and bruised purple. A scattering of farmsteads, their silos like stoic sentinels, punctuate the landscape, each a small universe under the watchful eye of the wind. The history of Sunset Colony is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of those who worked this fertile, unforgiving ground. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil and boundless opportunity, established a life here through sheer grit and a deep understanding of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the land, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of life. While agriculture forms the backbone, a few small businesses offer services to the surrounding farms, their storefronts reflecting the unhurried pace of a place where time is measured by the sun's arc and the turning of the agricultural year. Occasionally, a hawk circles high above, a dark, keen eye surveying the quiet dominion of Sunset Colony.
Live animated radar for Sunset 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 | Sunset Colony, Marshall County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.8059°N, 97.8857°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57430 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunset Colony, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunset 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 Sunset Colony includes coordinates 45.805900°N, 97.885700°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 57430. 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.
