Wasta, South Dakota Weather
Wasta, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wasta, Pennington County.
Full aviation weather for Wasta is published on the Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP) page, 49 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 Wasta 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 Wasta: Ellsworth Air Force Base (KRCA) 53 km
Conditions reported at KRAP describe the airfield itself. Weather 49 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wasta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wasta.
About Wasta, South Dakota
Wasta sits in the vast expanse of western South Dakota, where the land unfolds in a series of low, rolling hills and wide, open plains. It lies 39.0 miles east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 91°T), and is situated 11.4 miles west-north-west of Wall. The sky here is an immense canvas, often painted with dramatic cloud formations that cast moving shadows across the prairie grass, a resilient green or sun-bleached gold depending on the season. The air carries the dry, clean scent of sagebrush and distant livestock, a subtle perfume that speaks of the country's quiet tenacity. Scattered farmsteads, their windmills turning with a steady, almost mournful creak, punctuate the landscape, small anchors in a sea of immensity. The road, a ribbon of grey asphalt, cuts a straight, unwavering line towards horizons that seem to recede as you approach, promising a world just over the next swell of land. The story of Wasta is etched into the very character of the place, a testament to the hardy souls who sought their fortunes and found their lives here. Originally established as a railroad town, its fortunes have long been tied to the agricultural rhythms of the surrounding land, primarily ranching and the cultivation of hardy grains. The economy, though modest, is deeply rooted in the land, a continuation of generations-old practices. You can still feel the echoes of those early days in the weathered grain elevators that stand sentinel over the quiet main street, silent monuments to a bygone era of booming commerce. There's a palpable sense of continuity, a quiet understanding of the land's demands and rewards, that shapes the unhurried pace of life in Wasta.
Live animated radar for Wasta 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 | Wasta, Pennington County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.068599°N, 102.44572°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57791 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wasta, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wasta, 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 Wasta includes coordinates 44.068599°N, 102.445720°W, situated in Pennington County. ZIP code 57791. 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.
