White Horse, South Dakota Weather
White Horse, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for White Horse, Todd County.
Full aviation weather for White Horse is published on the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Airport (KSUO) page, 22 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. 3 airfields within reach of White Horse 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 White Horse: White River Municipal Airport (K7Q7) 30 km · Miller Field (KVTN) 50 km
Conditions reported at KSUO describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at White Horse specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for White Horse.
About White Horse, South Dakota
White Horse, South Dakota, rests upon the vast, undulating plains of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the sky stretches to an almost unimaginable horizon. It lies 142.0 miles east-south-east of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 111°T), and is situated 3.1 miles east of Mission. The landscape here is a study in muted earth tones, a panorama of golden grasses rippling under the immense prairie wind, punctuated by the occasional hardy juniper and the deep, patient shadows of coulees. The air, when it stills, carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and distant sage, a perfume of solitude. Evenings bring a profound quiet, broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures and the distant, melancholic howl of a coyote, a sound as ancient as the land itself. The light at dusk bleeds across the west in hues of bruised plum and fiery orange, a fleeting spectacle that paints the sky with an artist's boldest strokes before surrendering to the deep indigo of night. White Horse owes its existence to the enduring spirit of the Lakota people, a place where history is not just remembered but lived, breathed into the very soil. The local economy, like the land itself, is deeply tied to ranching and agriculture, with cattle grazing on the expansive pastures and fields yielding their modest harvests under the generous, if sometimes harsh, prairie sun. This is a place where community ties run deep, a close-knit fabric woven from shared heritage and the quiet resilience of generations. While not a place of grand monuments, its distinctive character lies in its unvarnished authenticity, a stark and beautiful testament to the enduring power of the land and the people who call White Horse home.
Live animated radar for White Horse 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 | White Horse, Todd County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43.308337°N, 100.596526°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57555 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This White Horse, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for White Horse, 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 White Horse includes coordinates 43.308337°N, 100.596526°W, situated in Todd County. ZIP code 57555. Telephone area code: 605. Timezone: Central Time.
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.
