Vermillion, SD Weather Forecast
Clay County, South Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Vermillion, 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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Vermillion, SD at a glance
Vermillion is home to about 12,011 people in Clay County, across 4.7 square miles. It ranks 12th by population of 28 places in South Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Yankton, 25 miles away.
- County
- Clay County
- Population
- 12,011 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,577
- Forecast point
- 42.7814°N, 96.9254°W
How well can the network see Vermillion?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFSD (Sioux Falls, SD), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 4,200 ft above Vermillion. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Vermillion can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KVMR (Vermillion/Davidson Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Vermillion
- Yankton, SD25 mi
- Hawarden, IA27 mi
- North Sioux City, SD28 mi
- Sioux City, IA34 mi
- South Sioux City, NE34 mi
- Wayne, NE38 mi
- Le Mars, IA38 mi
- Sergeant Bluff, IA39 mi
Elsewhere in South Dakota
Sioux FallsRapid CityAberdeenBrookingsWatertownYanktonAll South Dakota forecasts →

