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Weather in Rapid City, Meade County, South Dakota
Current Conditions (Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 05:55 America/Denver time)
![]() | Temperature: -3°C |
Forecast Overview
Saturday, February 22 | sunrise: 06:43 sunset: 17:29 |
![]() | Low around -6°C, high around 8°C. Overcast skies. Wind: 11 km/h. |
Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
23:00 02:00 | ![]() | Partly cloudy. | -6°C | 9 km/h | 84% | 0.275% |
02:00 05:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | -5°C | 7 km/h | 83% | 0.275% |
05:00 08:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | -2°C | 7 km/h | 79% | 0.275% |
08:00 11:00 | ![]() | Times of sun and clouds. | 6°C | 7 km/h | 65% | 0.282% |
11:00 14:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 6°C | 8 km/h | 71% | 0.292% |
14:00 17:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 4°C | 6 km/h | 76% | 0.295% |
17:00 20:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 3°C | 11 km/h | 67% | 0.295% |
20:00 23:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 2°C | 9 km/h | 68% | 0.295% |

Sunday, February 23 | sunrise: 06:41 sunset: 17:31 |
![]() | Low around 1°C, high around 17°C. Considerable cloudiness. Wind: 16 km/h. |
Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
23:00 02:00 | ![]() | Clear. | 2°C | 14 km/h | 66% | 0.295% |
02:00 05:00 | ![]() | Partly cloudy. | 2°C | 13 km/h | 69% | 0.295% |
05:00 08:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 4°C | 14 km/h | 60% | 0.295% |
08:00 11:00 | ![]() | Sunny. | 12°C | 16 km/h | 47% | 0.298% |
11:00 14:00 | ![]() | Sunny. | 16°C | 12 km/h | 40% | 0.301% |
14:00 17:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 8°C | 9 km/h | 61% | 0.301% |
17:00 20:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 6°C | 9 km/h | 65% | 0.301% |
20:00 23:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 5°C | 6 km/h | 67% | 0.301% |

Monday, February 24 | sunrise: 06:39 sunset: 17:32 |
![]() | Low around 3°C, high around 16°C. Partly cloudy skies. Wind: 41 km/h. |
Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
23:00 02:00 | ![]() | Clear. | 4°C | 8 km/h | 69% | 0.301% |
02:00 05:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 5°C | 10 km/h | 62% | 0.301% |
05:00 08:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 8°C | 25 km/h | 57% | 0.301% |
08:00 11:00 | ![]() | Sunny. | 16°C | 41 km/h | 37% | 0.3% |
11:00 14:00 | ![]() | Sunny. | 14°C | 41 km/h | 40% | 0.296% |
14:00 17:00 | ![]() | Sunny. | 10°C | 38 km/h | 41% | 0.292% |
17:00 20:00 | ![]() | Mostly cloudy. | 6°C | 14 km/h | 50% | 0.291% |
20:00 23:00 | ![]() | Overcast. | 4°C | 8 km/h | 53% | 0.291% |

Tuesday, February 25 | sunrise: 06:38 sunset: 17:33 |
![]() | Low around 2°C, high around 17°C. Times of sun and clouds. Wind: 50 km/h. |

Wednesday, February 26 | sunrise: 06:36 sunset: 17:35 |
![]() | Low around 1°C, high around 10°C. Mostly sunny. Wind: 44 km/h. |

Thursday, February 27 | sunrise: 06:34 sunset: 17:36 |
![]() | Low around 1°C, high around 12°C. Partly cloudy skies. Wind: 17 km/h. |

Friday, February 28 | sunrise: 06:33 sunset: 17:37 |
![]() | Low around 4°C, high around 13°C. More sun than clouds. Wind: 37 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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