Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD Weather

Pennington County12:28 PM MDT44.14°N, 103.08°WElevation 3,189 ft

Current conditions

Clear and Windy
47°
Clear and Windy
Feels like 39°
High 52°·Low 35°
WindNNW 23 mph
Humidity37%
Dew point22°
Pressure30.33 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover32%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:55 PM

Observed at Ellsworth Air Force Base · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny. High near 52, with temperatures falling to around 47 in the afternoon. North wind 8 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    A slight chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Sunday

    A chance of snow before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 48°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 50°
  3. 2 PM Sunny 51°
  4. 3 PM Sunny 50°
  5. 4 PM Sunny 49°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 47°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  8. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 42°
  9. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 41°
  10. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 40°
  11. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 40°
  12. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 39°
  13. Sun12 AM Partly Cloudy 39°11%
  14. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 38°11%
  15. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 38°11%
  16. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 37°11%
  17. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 37°11%
  18. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 36°11%
  19. 6 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 36°21%
  20. 7 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 36°21%
  21. 8 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 38°21%
  22. 9 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 40°21%
  23. 10 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 42°21%
  24. 11 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 43°21%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°80°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny20%42°84°
  3. TodayOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny17%35°52°
  4. SunOct 25 Chance Light Snow Chance Light Snow48%32°47°
  5. MonOct 26 Chance Rain And Snow Chance Rain And Snow26%31°45°
  6. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny13%35°53°
  7. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny11%35°58°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy29°39°
  9. FriOct 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny26°50°
  10. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny33°50°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

35
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Rapid City, SD reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:19 AM
Sunset 5:55 PM
Daylight 10 h 36 min (−2 min 51 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 97% lit
Moonrise 4:49 PM Moonset 5:35 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low56° / 30°
Record high84° (1978)
Record low15° (1942)
Wettest0.31 in (2012)
Month to date0.12 in (normal 1.15 in)

Rapid City Area, records since 1942. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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