Tulare, South Dakota Weather
Tulare, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tulare, Spink County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tulare.
About Tulare, South Dakota
Tulare, a quiet presence on the South Dakota prairie, unfurls under a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 50.2 miles south of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 181°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Redfield. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a rolling expanse of cultivated fields and shortgrass prairie that stretches to horizons that seem to breathe with the shifting light. Wind, a constant companion, whispers through the stalks of corn and sorghum, carrying the scent of dry earth and the distant hum of farm machinery. The air itself has a clean, elemental quality, particularly in the early morning when a pearly mist can cling low to the ground, softening the edges of the world before the sun burns it away. Evenings bring a deepening of the blue, a slow fade of daylight that paints the western sky in hues of rose and lavender, a gentle spectacle that marks the end of another day in this open country. This particular patch of Spink County has long been tied to the fortunes of the land, its history shaped by homesteaders who sought a life in the fertile, yet often unforgiving, soil. The local economy, like so many places in this region, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with wheat, corn, and soybeans forming the backbone of its prosperity. While not a place of grand monuments, Tulare holds a certain distinctiveness in its enduring spirit, a resilience born of generations who learned to read the sky and coax abundance from the earth. The rhythm of life here is measured by the planting and harvesting seasons, a predictable ebb and flow that has sustained this community for decades, a quiet testament to the enduring power of the land and the people who tend it.
Live animated radar for Tulare and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Tulare, Spink County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.738034°N, 98.509818°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57476 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tulare, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tulare, South Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Tulare includes coordinates 44.738034°N, 98.509818°W, situated in Spink County. ZIP code 57476. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
