White Rock, South Dakota Weather
White Rock, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for White Rock, Roberts County.
Full aviation weather for White Rock is published on the Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH) page, 15 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 White Rock 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 Rock: Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) 36 km · Sisseton Municipal Airport (K8D3) 43 km · Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field (KFFM) 52 km
Conditions reported at KETH describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at White Rock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for White Rock.
About White Rock, South Dakota
White Rock’s character is etched into the broad sweep of the prairie, a place where the horizon feels close enough to touch and the sky, a vast, ever-changing canvas, dominates the landscape. It lies 66.8 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 172°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-north-west of Wheaton. Gentle swells of land, the color of ripe wheat in late summer and a stark, snow-dusted white in winter, roll outwards from the modest cluster of buildings that constitute White Rock. The air here carries the clean scent of cultivated earth and, when the wind shifts, the faintest whisper of distant cattle. The land itself, a rich loam, yields its bounty with a steady, dependable rhythm, supporting the quiet lives that have taken root here. The history of White Rock is, like much of this region, a story of perseverance and the cultivation of fertile ground. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of land and the quietude of the open spaces, established a way of life deeply connected to the agricultural cycles. The local economy remains firmly rooted in farming, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the sky, testament to the enduring importance of the harvest. While not boasting grand monuments, White Rock holds a certain distinctiveness in its unpretentious grace; it is a place where the everyday unfolds with a quiet dignity, a subtle beauty found in the enduring spirit of its people and the vast, open skies that watch over them.
Live animated radar for White Rock 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.
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| Location | White Rock, Roberts County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.916627°N, 96.571736°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57260 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This White Rock, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for White Rock, 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 Rock includes coordinates 45.916627°N, 96.571736°W, situated in Roberts County. ZIP code 57260. 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.
