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Weather in Rapid City, Meade County, South Dakota
Current Conditions (Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 00:55 America/Denver time)
 | Temperature: -2°C |
Forecast Overview
| Wednesday, January 22 | sunrise: 07:20 sunset: 16:47 |
 | Low around -9°C, high around -3°C. Chance of light snow in the evening and during the night (after 5 pm). Estimated precipitation: 0.4375 mm. Considerable cloudiness. Wind: 47 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 23:00 02:00 |  | Overcast. | -3°C | 40 km/h | 72% | 0.274% |
| 02:00 05:00 | | Clear. | -4°C | 47 km/h | 78% | 0.273% |
| 05:00 08:00 | | Times of sun and clouds. | -5°C | 43 km/h | 81% | 0.273% |
| 08:00 11:00 | | Overcast. | -3°C | 39 km/h | 74% | 0.273% |
| 11:00 14:00 | | Overcast. Precipitation: 0.1875 mm. | -3°C | 41 km/h | 68% | 0.273% |
| 14:00 17:00 | | Clear. | -6°C | 36 km/h | 74% | 0.273% |
| 17:00 20:00 | | Chance of light snow. Precipitation: 0.125 mm. | -8°C | 33 km/h | 87% | 0.273% |
| 20:00 23:00 | | Chance of light snow. Precipitation: 0.125 mm. | -9°C | 30 km/h | 90% | 0.273% |
| Thursday, January 23 | sunrise: 07:20 sunset: 16:48 |
 | Low around -9°C, high around -3°C. Chance of light snow between 11 pm and 2 am. Estimated precipitation: 0.375 mm. More sun than clouds. Wind: 32 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 23:00 02:00 | | Chance of light snow. Precipitation: 0.25 mm. | -9°C | 32 km/h | 90% | 0.273% |
| 02:00 05:00 | | Considerable cloudiness. Precipitation: 0.125 mm. | -9°C | 31 km/h | 81% | 0.273% |
| 05:00 08:00 | | Mostly sunny. | -9°C | 25 km/h | 85% | 0.273% |
| 08:00 11:00 | | Sunny. | -5°C | 26 km/h | 67% | 0.273% |
| 11:00 14:00 | | Sunny. | -3°C | 14 km/h | 65% | 0.273% |
| 14:00 17:00 | | Clear. | -7°C | 12 km/h | 83% | 0.273% |
| 17:00 20:00 | | Overcast. | -8°C | 15 km/h | 71% | 0.273% |
| 20:00 23:00 | | Overcast. | -7°C | 10 km/h | 68% | 0.273% |
| Friday, January 24 | sunrise: 07:19 sunset: 16:50 |
 | Low around -7°C, high around -1°C. Overcast skies. Wind: 34 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 23:00 02:00 | | Overcast. | -6°C | 8 km/h | 72% | 0.273% |
| 02:00 05:00 | | Overcast. | -7°C | 10 km/h | 73% | 0.273% |
| 05:00 08:00 | | Overcast. | -3°C | 33 km/h | 72% | 0.273% |
| 08:00 11:00 | | Overcast. | -1°C | 34 km/h | 72% | 0.272% |
| 11:00 14:00 | | Overcast. | -1°C | 27 km/h | 72% | 0.272% |
| 14:00 17:00 | | Overcast. | -2°C | 24 km/h | 78% | 0.272% |
| 17:00 20:00 | | Overcast. | -4°C | 22 km/h | 80% | 0.272% |
| 20:00 23:00 | | Overcast. | -5°C | 26 km/h | 77% | 0.272% |
| Saturday, January 25 | sunrise: 07:18 sunset: 16:51 |
| Low around -11°C, high around -5°C. Overcast skies. Wind: 38 km/h. |
| Sunday, January 26 | sunrise: 07:17 sunset: 16:52 |
 | Low around -13°C, high around -0°C. Times of sun and clouds. Wind: 29 km/h. |
| Monday, January 27 | sunrise: 07:16 sunset: 16:54 |
| Low around -9°C, high around 8°C. More sun than clouds. Wind: 31 km/h. |
| Tuesday, January 28 | sunrise: 07:15 sunset: 16:55 |
| Low around -4°C, high around 7°C. More sun than clouds. Wind: 32 km/h. |
Weather Station: Ellsworth Air Force Base (latitude 44-09N, longitude 103-06W)
Local Time:
Rapid City, Meade County is in the "America/Denver" timezone.
The "America/Denver" timezone uses a Standard Time (ST) / Daylight Saving Time (DST) alternation scheme, and it currently is in ST (since Sunday, 3 November 2024, 01:00 AM local time). During ST, the timezone abbreviation is MST and the offset to Universal Time (UTC, GMT or Zulu) is -7:00 hours.
Rapid City, Meade County will exit standard time (entering DST) on Sunday, 9 March 2025, at 02:00 AM local time, when clocks will be turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, 9 March 2025, 03:00 AM local daylight time. During DST, the timezone abbreviation is MDT and the offset to UTC will be -6:00 hours.
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