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Weather in Rapid City, South Dakota
Current Conditions (Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 03:52 America/Denver time)
 | Temperature: -2°C |
Forecast Overview
| Wednesday, January 22 | sunrise: 07:20 sunset: 16:47 |
 | Low around -8°C, high around -2°C. Estimated precipitation: 0.125 mm. More clouds than sun. Wind: 42 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 23:00 02:00 |  | Overcast. | -3°C | 26 km/h | 65% | 0.258% |
| 02:00 05:00 | | Mostly clear, with a few passing clouds. | -4°C | 42 km/h | 69% | 0.258% |
| 05:00 08:00 | | Considerable cloudiness. | -5°C | 39 km/h | 73% | 0.258% |
| 08:00 11:00 | | Sunny. | -3°C | 39 km/h | 73% | 0.257% |
| 11:00 14:00 | | Sunny. Precipitation: 0.0625 mm. | -3°C | 41 km/h | 67% | 0.257% |
| 14:00 17:00 | | Clear. | -7°C | 33 km/h | 77% | 0.257% |
| 17:00 20:00 | | Overcast. Precipitation: 0.0625 mm. | -8°C | 37 km/h | 79% | 0.257% |
| 20:00 23:00 | | Overcast. | -8°C | 29 km/h | 81% | 0.257% |
| Thursday, January 23 | sunrise: 07:19 sunset: 16:48 |
| Low around -9°C, high around -3°C. Estimated precipitation: 0.0625 mm. More clouds than sun. Wind: 30 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 23:00 02:00 | | Overcast. | -9°C | 30 km/h | 78% | 0.257% |
| 02:00 05:00 | | Mostly cloudy. Precipitation: 0.0625 mm. | -9°C | 29 km/h | 76% | 0.257% |
| 05:00 08:00 | | Sunny. | -9°C | 17 km/h | 83% | 0.257% |
| 08:00 11:00 | | Sunny. | -5°C | 18 km/h | 59% | 0.257% |
| 11:00 14:00 | | Sunny. | -3°C | 8 km/h | 62% | 0.257% |
| 14:00 17:00 | | Mostly clear. | -7°C | 13 km/h | 66% | 0.257% |
| 17:00 20:00 | | Overcast. | -8°C | 10 km/h | 66% | 0.257% |
| 20:00 23:00 | | Overcast. | -7°C | 8 km/h | 67% | 0.257% |
| Friday, January 24 | sunrise: 07:18 sunset: 16:50 |
 | Low around -7°C, high around -0°C. Estimated precipitation: 0.0625 mm. Overcast skies. Wind: 24 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 23:00 02:00 | | Overcast. | -5°C | 5 km/h | 54% | 0.257% |
| 02:00 05:00 | | Overcast. | -5°C | 11 km/h | 66% | 0.257% |
| 05:00 08:00 | | Overcast. | -5°C | 13 km/h | 76% | 0.257% |
| 08:00 11:00 | | Overcast. | -0°C | 24 km/h | 65% | 0.257% |
| 11:00 14:00 | | Overcast. Precipitation: 0.0625 mm. | -1°C | 17 km/h | 66% | 0.256% |
| 14:00 17:00 | | Overcast. | -2°C | 15 km/h | 77% | 0.256% |
| 17:00 20:00 | | Overcast. | -4°C | 16 km/h | 75% | 0.256% |
| 20:00 23:00 | | Overcast. | -5°C | 16 km/h | 72% | 0.256% |
| Saturday, January 25 | sunrise: 07:17 sunset: 16:51 |
| Low around -11°C, high around -5°C. Overcast skies. Wind: 28 km/h. |
| Sunday, January 26 | sunrise: 07:17 sunset: 16:52 |
 | Low around -11°C, high around -1°C. Times of sun and clouds. Wind: 19 km/h. |
| Monday, January 27 | sunrise: 07:16 sunset: 16:54 |
| Low around -8°C, high around 9°C. More clouds than sun. Wind: 13 km/h. |
| Tuesday, January 28 | sunrise: 07:15 sunset: 16:55 |
 | Low around -5°C, high around 7°C. A few passing clouds. Wind: 24 km/h. |
Weather Station: Rapid City, Rapid City Regional Airport (latitude 44-02-44N, longitude 103-03-14W)
Local Time:
Rapid City 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 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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