Woonsocket, South Dakota Weather
Woonsocket, South Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Woonsocket, Sanborn County.
Full aviation weather for Woonsocket is published on the Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) page, 36 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 Woonsocket 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 Woonsocket: Huron Regional Airport (KHON) 37 km
Conditions reported at KMHE describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Woonsocket specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Woonsocket.
About Woonsocket, South Dakota
Woonsocket rests on a land that breathes the vast, quiet exhalation of the prairie. It lies 85.9 miles west-north-west of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 294°T), and is situated 14.7 miles east of Wessington Springs. Here, the horizon stretches with an almost audacious breadth, a canvas where clouds drift like slow, woolly thoughts across an immense sky. The terrain, a gentle, rolling undulation of earth, is scored by the patient work of wind and water, leading the eye towards distant, shimmering heat hazes in the summer or stark, skeletal trees etched against a pale winter sun. The air itself carries a crispness, a clean scent of dry grasses and distant soil, and in the late afternoon, the light falls in long, golden shafts, painting the weathered barns and modest homes with a transient, ethereal glow. The very stillness of Woonsocket invites a contemplation of the immense forces that shaped this place, a profound sense of space that can feel both humbling and liberating. The history of Woonsocket is tied to the agricultural promise of this land, a story of pioneers who saw fertile ground and a future in the wide-open spaces. Its economy, like many in this region, has long been rooted in the cycles of farming and ranching, the steady pulse of planting and harvest dictating the rhythm of life. The distinctive character of Woonsocket is perhaps best seen in its quiet resilience, a community that has weathered the shifts in agricultural fortunes and the ebb and flow of rural life with a steadfast spirit. While grand landmarks may be few, the true monument is the enduring connection between the people and the land, a testament to the enduring strength found in the simplicity of life lived under such an expansive sky.
Live animated radar for Woonsocket 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 | Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 44.053598°N, 98.275643°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 57385 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Woonsocket, South Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woonsocket, 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 Woonsocket includes coordinates 44.053598°N, 98.275643°W, situated in Sanborn County. ZIP code 57385. 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.
