Verdon, South Dakota Weather
Verdon, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Verdon, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Verdon is published on the Groton Municipal Airport (K2E6) page, 32 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. 4 airfields within reach of Verdon 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 Verdon: Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR) 34 km · The Sigurd Anderson Airport (K1D7) 46 km · Clark County Airport (K8D7) 49 km
Conditions reported at K2E6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Verdon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Verdon.
About Verdon, South Dakota
Verdon lies under a vast prairie sky, its houses and fields spread across the gently rolling terrain of north-central South Dakota. It lies 24.3 miles south-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 129°T), and is situated 14.1 miles south of Groton. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a broad canvas of muted greens and golds that shift with the seasons. In summer, the air hums with the dry, insistent buzz of insects, a constant reminder of the sun’s persistent warmth. The horizon stretches out, an unbroken line where the earth meets the immense blue dome, and the quality of light, particularly in the late afternoon, can be startlingly pure, bleaching the muted colors of the grasses and the distant, low-slung farm buildings to a luminous, almost ethereal hue. The very soil, a rich, dark loam, seems to absorb the endless sunlight, releasing it slowly as the day wanes. The history of Verdon is inextricably tied to the fertile earth and the dreams of those who settled it. This is a place built on agriculture, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life. For generations, families have worked this land, coaxing sustenance from its generous, if sometimes unforgiving, depths. The local economy, while small, reflects this deep connection to the soil, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the railway lines that once brought prosperity and now serve as a nostalgic echo of a busier past. While Verdon itself might not boast grand monuments, its character is defined by a quiet resilience, a steadfastness born from enduring the vastness of the plains and the cyclical nature of the seasons, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who call this open country home.
Live animated radar for Verdon 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 | Verdon, Brown County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.24385°N, 98.097594°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57434 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Verdon, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Verdon, 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 Verdon includes coordinates 45.243850°N, 98.097594°W, situated in Brown County. ZIP code 57434. 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.
