Swift Bird, South Dakota Weather
Swift Bird, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Swift Bird, Dewey County.
Full aviation weather for Swift Bird is published on the Gettysburg Municipal Airport (K0D8) page, 33 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 Swift Bird 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 Swift Bird: Mobridge Municipal Airport (KMBG) 54 km
Conditions reported at K0D8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Swift Bird specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Swift Bird.
About Swift Bird, South Dakota
Swift Bird lies under the vast, indifferent expanse of the South Dakota sky, a scattering of structures against a horizon that seems to stretch into forever. It lies 95.0 miles west-south-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 254°T), and is situated 19.8 miles west of Gettysburg. The land here is a study in subtle tones, a palette of muted greens and ochres under the relentless sun, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods that whisper secrets in the wind. Rolling prairie grasses, rippled like an ocean of tawny silk, surrender to the gentle slopes that define the terrain, an endless, undulating canvas where the wind carves ephemeral patterns. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the earth and the distant promise of rain, a scent that speaks of open spaces and a life lived under the wide, watchful eye of the heavens. The history of Swift Bird is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet perseverance of its people and the land that sustains them. This is a place where the local economy is intimately tied to the rhythms of agriculture, where cattle graze on the endless pastures and the amber waves of grain, when in season, catch the light like a thousand tiny suns. The legacy of early settlers, their hopes and hardships, is woven into the very fabric of this locale, a testament to the enduring spirit required to tame such a wild and beautiful country. There are no bustling avenues or clamoring marketplaces in Swift Bird; instead, a quiet dignity pervades, a sense of unhurried existence where community is found in shared sunsets and the quiet hum of daily life unfolding beneath that immense, ever-present sky.
Live animated radar for Swift Bird 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 | Swift Bird, Dewey County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.0601°N, 100.3545°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57442 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Swift Bird, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swift Bird, 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 Swift Bird includes coordinates 45.060100°N, 100.354500°W, situated in Dewey County. ZIP code 57442. 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.
