Rapid Valley, SD Weather

Pennington County9:28 PM MDT44.06°N, 103.15°WElevation 3,156 ft
Wind Advisory from 11:00 PM Fri until 9:00 AM Sat

Current conditions

Slight Chance Light Rain
63°
Slight Chance Light Rain
Feels like 63°
High 55° Saturday·Low 43° tonight
WindW 16 mph gusts 29 mph
Humidity38%
Dew point37°
Cloud cover38%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:57 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West wind 8 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

  • Saturday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Slight Chance Light Rain 63°24%
  2. 10 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 61°24%
  3. 11 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 59°24%
  4. Sat12 AM Chance Light Rain 57°31%
  5. 1 AM Chance Light Rain 54°31%
  6. 2 AM Chance Light Rain 52°31%
  7. 3 AM Chance Light Rain 49°31%
  8. 4 AM Chance Light Rain 46°31%
  9. 5 AM Chance Light Rain 44°31%
  10. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 43°
  11. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 43°
  12. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 44°
  13. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 45°
  14. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 47°
  15. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 49°
  16. 12 PM Sunny 51°
  17. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 53°
  18. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 54°
  19. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 54°
  20. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 53°
  21. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 51°
  22. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 49°
  23. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 47°
  24. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 45°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny50°70°
  2. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°81°
  3. TodayOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny31%43°84°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny12%36°55°
  5. SunOct 25 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain44%33°49°
  6. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Rain And Snow Slight Chance Rain And Snow22%33°48°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny36°60°
  8. WedOct 28 Rain Rain0.05 in31°52°
  9. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny28°54°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny32°56°

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

38
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 7:18 AM
Sunset 5:57 PM
Daylight 10 h 39 min (−2 min 51 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 95% lit
Moonrise 4:29 PM Moonset 4:25 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low57° / 31°
Month to date0.12 in (normal 1.12 in)

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

Nearby

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