Watertown, SD Weather Forecast
Codington County, South Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Watertown, 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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Watertown, SD at a glance
Watertown is home to about 23,230 people in Codington County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 28 places in South Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Milbank, 33 miles away.
- County
- Codington County
- Population
- 23,230 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,260
- Forecast point
- 44.9092°N, 97.1557°W
How well can the network see Watertown?
The nearest Doppler radar is KABR (Aberdeen, SD), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,900 ft above Watertown. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Watertown can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KATY (Watertown Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Watertown
- Milbank, SD33 mi
- Brookings, SD46 mi
- Madison, SD62 mi
- Huron, SD64 mi
- Aberdeen, SD75 mi
- Pipestone, MN76 mi
- Dell Rapids, SD78 mi
- Hartford, SD90 mi
Elsewhere in South Dakota
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