Lake Preston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.3617, -97.3760
- Elevation
- 525 m above sea level
- Population
- 568
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1791 km away
What time is it in Lake Preston, South Dakota, United States
Current local time for Lake Preston, South Dakota, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Lake Preston, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lake Preston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Lake Preston keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 5:18 PM Daylight 10 h 08 min Night 13 h 52 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 5:48 PM
Weather in Lake Preston right now
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Lake Preston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 57249
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in South Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Kingsbury County — 9.2 km
- Hetland — 11.3 km
- De Smet — 14.1 km
- Erwin — 15.0 km
- Oldham — 15.9 km
- Arlington — 19.3 km
About the time in Lake Preston
Delivery zones in Lake Preston are marked by 1 postal code.
The local zone in Lake Preston is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
At Lake Preston the sun clears the horizon at 7:10 AM and sinks again at 5:18 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 08 min.
Check Lake Preston and you have also checked Kingsbury County and Hetland.
Questions and answers
- Is Lake Preston in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Lake Preston is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does Lake Preston follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time is first light in Lake Preston?
- The sun rises at 7:10 AM.