Vilas, South Dakota Weather
Vilas, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Vilas, Miner County.
Full aviation weather for Vilas is published on the Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS) page, 41 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 Vilas 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 Vilas: Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) 44 km · Wilder Airport (K6E5) 47 km · Arlington Municipal Airport (K3A9) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMDS describe the airfield itself. Weather 41 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vilas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vilas.
About Vilas, South Dakota
Vilas lies under a vast, ever-shifting sky, a place where the horizon stretches out like a promise whispered across miles of fertile land. It lies 54.9 miles north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 306°T), and is situated 3.5 miles west of Howard. The terrain rolls gently, a sea of amber and emerald in summer, a stark, wind-scoured expanse in winter, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional cluster of cottonwoods along unseen waterways. Here, the air itself feels clean and immense, carrying the scent of turned earth and the distant murmur of agricultural machinery. The light at dusk often paints the western sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold, a slow, magnificent descent that seems to hold the whole prairie in a hushed reverence. The story of Vilas is written in the soil and the resilience of its people, a community built on the sturdy foundation of agriculture. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life in Vilas. While the echoes of early homesteaders and the railroad that first connected this isolated prairie to the wider world still linger, the local economy today remains deeply rooted in the farming and ranching that define the surrounding landscape. There are no grand monuments or bustling industries here, but a quiet strength, a shared understanding forged in the shared experience of living under the immense South Dakota sky and the enduring spirit of a place that continues to cultivate its own destiny.
Live animated radar for Vilas 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 | Vilas, Miner County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.01053°N, 97.597294°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57349 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vilas, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vilas, 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 Vilas includes coordinates 44.010530°N, 97.597294°W, situated in Miner County. ZIP code 57349. 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.
