Rapid City weather
The forecast for Rapid City (United States) for the next 10 days in local time: every 3 hours for the first 6 days, then every 6 hours. See when it will rain, how hard the wind will blow and how warm it will get.
South Dakota, United States44.08°N, 103.23°WAmerica/Denver (UTC-6)ECMWF: October 25 at 06:00 AM
A real measurement from an airport weather station (NOAA, METAR reports), updated every hour. The forecast next to it comes from a model. NOAA Aviation Weather Center
Next 48 hours (local time)
10-day forecast
- TodayOctober 25Light rain
1 mm · gusts 19 km/h3°C 2°C - TomorrowOctober 26Cloudy
0.6 mm · gusts 25 km/h3°C 1°C - TuesdayOctober 27Clear sky
0.2 mm · gusts 38 km/h17°C 1°C - WednesdayOctober 28Mostly clear
0.3 mm · gusts 29 km/h14°C 5°C - ThursdayOctober 29Mostly clear
gusts 18 km/h16°C 4°C - FridayOctober 30Light rain
0.3 mm · gusts 13 km/h9°C 3°C - SaturdayOctober 31Partly cloudy
gusts 27 km/h12°C 7°C - SundayNovember 1Cloudy
2 mm · gusts 43 km/h18°C 7°C - MondayNovember 2Partly cloudy
3 mm · gusts 65 km/h6°C 2°C - TuesdayNovember 3Heavy snow
20 mm · gusts 73 km/h4°C 2°C
Over the next 10 days in Rapid City, temperatures will range from 1°C to 18°C, with 28 mm of rain or snow in total. Days with at least 1 mm of precipitation: 4. ECMWF model run from October 25 at 06:00 AM.
Rapid City wind forecast for 10 days
Windiest: Tuesday, November 3 - average 32 km/h, gusts up to 73 km/h. Calmest: Friday, October 30 - average 6 km/h. The wind blows most often from the west.
| Day | Wind | Gusts | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 9 km/h | 19 km/h | east |
| Tomorrow | 8 km/h | 25 km/h | southeast |
| Tue, 10/27 | 12 km/h | 38 km/h | south |
| Wed, 10/28 | 9 km/h | 29 km/h | west |
| Thu, 10/29 | 8 km/h | 18 km/h | west |
| Fri, 10/30 | 6 km/h | 13 km/h | southeast |
| Sat, 10/31 | 10 km/h | 27 km/h | west |
| Sun, 11/1 | 13 km/h | 43 km/h | south |
| Mon, 11/2 | 23 km/h | 65 km/h | northwest |
| Tue, 11/3 | 32 km/h | 73 km/h | northwest |
Climate through the year
In October, daytime temperatures here average 15°C and nights 3°C, with about 33 mm of rain over the month. The warmest month is July (an average of 33°C by day), the coolest is December (3°C by day, -7°C at night). The wettest month is May (about 87 mm) and the driest is January (8 mm).
| Month | Day | Night | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | -7°C | 8 mm |
| February | 3°C | -8°C | 14 mm |
| March | 10°C | -4°C | 24 mm |
| April | 15°C | 1°C | 51 mm |
| May | 21°C | 6°C | 87 mm |
| June | 28°C | 13°C | 68 mm |
| July | 33°C | 17°C | 56 mm |
| August | 31°C | 15°C | 48 mm |
| September | 25°C | 10°C | 38 mm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 33 mm |
| November | 9°C | -3°C | 12 mm |
| December | 3°C | -7°C | 11 mm |
Long-term averages from NASA POWER data (MERRA-2, 2001-2020 reanalysis, CC BY 4.0). Sea temperature is the average water surface temperature at the nearest grid point over the sea. This is climate, not a forecast for a specific day. NASA POWER
The forecast for Rapid City comes from the ECMWF model and is computed for the point 44.08°N, 103.23°W. Temperature is measured 2 m above the ground, wind at 10 m. Gusts are the strongest bursts of wind within each 3-hour period.
Source: ECMWF IFS model (CC BY 4.0), data modified. A forecast is a model result, not a measurement. ECMWF