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Clear, few cirrus
Clear with cirrus
Clear, few cirrus
Clear with cirrus
Partly cloudy and few cirrus
Mostly cloudy
Clear with few low clouds and few cirrus
Mostly cloudy and cirrus
Temperature (°F)
41°
41°
48°
48°
53°
53°
59°
59°
56°
56°
47°
47°
42°
42°
37°
37°
Temperature felt (°F)
26°
32°
39°
44°
42°
34°
29°
25°
Wind direction
WSW
W
W
WNW
WNW
WNW
WNW
WNW
Wind speed (mph)
WSW
16-29
16-29
W
18-32
18-32
W
17-28
17-28
WNW
20-31
20-31
WNW
17-28
17-28
WNW
14-24
14-24
WNW
14-24
14-24
WNW
12-19
12-19
Precipitation (in/3h)
-
0%
-
-
0%
-
-
0%
-
-
0%
-
-
5%
-
-
5%
-
-
5%
-
-
15%
-
Precipitation probability
0%
0%
0%
0%
5%
5%
5%
15%
Precipitation hourly

00:00 to 01:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

01:00 to 02:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

02:00 to 03:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

03:00 to 04:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

04:00 to 05:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

05:00 to 06:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

06:00 to 07:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

07:00 to 08:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

08:00 to 09:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

09:00 to 10:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

10:00 to 11:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

11:00 to 12:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

12:00 to 13:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

13:00 to 14:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

14:00 to 15:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

15:00 to 16:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

16:00 to 17:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

17:00 to 18:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

18:00 to 19:00:
0% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

19:00 to 20:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

20:00 to 21:00:
5% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

21:00 to 22:00:
10% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

22:00 to 23:00:
15% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

23:00 to 00:00:
10% chance of precipitation in the area.
0″ are predicted by our local models.

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Weather report for Rapid City

Until noon a few clouds are expected, and some more clouds roll across for this afternoon. It is a sunny day. Temperatures peaking at 60 °F. On Thursday blows a fresh breeze (18 to 25 mph). Gusts to 33 mph are possible. Winds blowing at night and in the morning from West and during the afternoon from Northwest. The weather forecast for Rapid City for Thursday is likely to be accurate.

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UV 1
07:12
16:16
Waning crescent (294°)
01:28
13:21

Pressure: 1002 hPa

Timezone: MST (UTC -07:00h)

Official severe weather warnings near Rapid City

Extreme Fire Danger issued December 04 at 1:02AM MST by NWS RapidCity
Now
From Today 01:02 (41 minutes ago)
Until Today 17:00 (15 hours from now)
Air Quality Alert issued December 04 at 1:06AM MST by NWS RapidCity
Upcoming
From Today 08:00 (6 hours from now)
Until Today 20:00 (18 hours from now)

Storm watch - Wind map

High wind speeds expected for Rapid City. More Weather Maps

The animation shows the wind conditions of the storm at 200m above ground, which corresponds well with expected gusts at the surface. Choose other time steps to see the forecast of the storm.

Radar and precipitation nowcast for Rapid City

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The location marker is placed on Rapid City. This animation shows the precipitation radar for the selected time range, as well as a 1h forecast. Orange crosses indicate lightning. Data provided by nowcast.de (available in USA, Europe, Australia). Drizzle or light snow fall might be invisible for the radar. Precipitation intensity is colour coded, ranging from turquoise to red.

Meteogram - 5 days - Rapid City

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Our 5-day meteogram for Rapid City offers all weather information in 3 simple graphs: [More]
  • Temperature chart with weather pictograms. The time from sunrise to sunset is shown as white background, and night time is indicated as dark background.
  • Clouds in different altitudes: from few clouds (light grey) to overcast (dark grey). Dark blue bars show hourly precipitation and light blue showers. An asterisk indicates snow fall.
  • Forecasts for wind speeds are blue and for gusts are green. The arrowheads point in the same direction as the wind.

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Current satellite images for Rapid City, United States

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The real-time satellite image combines visible light during daytime with infrared radiation during nighttime. At night, the image is not dark as infrared radiation can detect temperature differences. Unfortunately, low clouds and fog are difficult to distinguish from ground temperatures and thus can be almost invisible during the night. Meteosat satellite images for Europe are updated in real-time every 5 minutes. GOES-16/GOES-17 (North & South America) and Himawari (Asia) images update every 10 minutes.

Precipitation is estimated from radar and satellites. Precipitation estimates from satellites are less accurate at night than during daytime.

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