Brookings, SD Weather Forecast
Brookings County, South Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Brookings, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Brookings, SD at a glance
Brookings is home to about 24,312 people in Brookings County, across 14 square miles. It ranks 4th by population of 28 places in South Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Madison, 26 miles away.
- County
- Brookings County
- Population
- 24,312 2023 est.
- Land area
- 14 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,742
- Forecast point
- 44.3034°N, 96.7873°W
How well can the network see Brookings?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFSD (Sioux Falls, SD), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 3,500 ft above Brookings. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KBKX (Brookings Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Brookings
- Madison, SD26 mi
- Pipestone, MN32 mi
- Dell Rapids, SD33 mi
- Watertown, SD46 mi
- Hartford, SD48 mi
- Brandon, SD50 mi
- Marshall, MN50 mi
- Sioux Falls, SD53 mi
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