Extreme Heat Across the Southern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest

Dangerous heat will remain across portions of the southern U.S. through the weekend. A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Severe thunderstorms will produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall over portions of the northern/central Plains into the mid/upper-Mississippi Valleys today. Read More >

Current conditions at

Rapid City, Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP)

Lat: 44.05°NLon: 103.05°WElev: 3202ft.

Fair

80°F

27°C

Humidity	56%
Wind Speed	N 10 mph
Barometer	29.97 in (1012.0 mb)
Dewpoint	63°F (17°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Heat Index	81°F (27°C)
Last update	30 Jul 1:52 pm MDT

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Extended Forecast for

Black Hawk SD

This Afternoon
High: 81 °F
T-storms
Likely
Tonight
Low: 63 °F
Chance
T-storms then
Mostly Clear
Friday
High: 88 °F
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: 62 °F
Mostly Clear
Saturday
High: 97 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 70 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 104 °F
Hot
Sunday Night
Low: 71 °F
Mostly Clear
then Mostly
Clear and
Breezy
Monday
High: 88 °F
Sunny and
Breezy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a steady temperature around 81. North wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. North wind 12 to 17 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 97. South wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 70. South wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Sunday

Sunny and hot, with a high near 104.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Breezy.