Point Forecast: Rapid City Regional Airport SD  44.04N 103.06W (Elev. 3100 ft)	Last Update: 12:29 am MDT Jul 15, 2025

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48-Hour Period Starting: 1am Tue, Jul 15 20252am Tue, Jul 15 20253am Tue, Jul 15 20254am Tue, Jul 15 20255am Tue, Jul 15 20256am Tue, Jul 15 20257am Tue, Jul 15 20258am Tue, Jul 15 20259am Tue, Jul 15 202510am Tue, Jul 15 202511am Tue, Jul 15 202512pm Tue, Jul 15 20251pm Tue, Jul 15 20252pm Tue, Jul 15 20253pm Tue, Jul 15 20254pm Tue, Jul 15 20255pm Tue, Jul 15 20256pm Tue, Jul 15 20257pm Tue, Jul 15 20258pm Tue, Jul 15 20259pm Tue, Jul 15 202510pm Tue, Jul 15 202511pm Tue, Jul 15 202512am Wed, Jul 16 20251am Wed, Jul 16 20252am Wed, Jul 16 20253am Wed, Jul 16 20254am Wed, Jul 16 20255am Wed, Jul 16 20256am Wed, Jul 16 20257am Wed, Jul 16 20258am Wed, Jul 16 20259am Wed, Jul 16 202510am Wed, Jul 16 202511am Wed, Jul 16 202512pm Wed, Jul 16 20251pm Wed, Jul 16 20252pm Wed, Jul 16 20253pm Wed, Jul 16 20254pm Wed, Jul 16 20255pm Wed, Jul 16 20256pm Wed, Jul 16 20257pm Wed, Jul 16 20258pm Wed, Jul 16 20259pm Wed, Jul 16 202510pm Wed, Jul 16 202511pm Wed, Jul 16 202512am Thu, Jul 17 20251am Thu, Jul 17 20252am Thu, Jul 17 20253am Thu, Jul 17 20254am Thu, Jul 17 20255am Thu, Jul 17 20256am Thu, Jul 17 20257am Thu, Jul 17 20258am Thu, Jul 17 20259am Thu, Jul 17 202510am Thu, Jul 17 202511am Thu, Jul 17 202512pm Thu, Jul 17 20251pm Thu, Jul 17 20252pm Thu, Jul 17 20253pm Thu, Jul 17 20254pm Thu, Jul 17 20255pm Thu, Jul 17 20256pm Thu, Jul 17 20257pm Thu, Jul 17 20258pm Thu, Jul 17 20259pm Thu, Jul 17 202510pm Thu, Jul 17 202511pm Thu, Jul 17 202512am Fri, Jul 18 20251am Fri, Jul 18 20252am Fri, Jul 18 20253am Fri, Jul 18 20254am Fri, Jul 18 20255am Fri, Jul 18 20256am Fri, Jul 18 20257am Fri, Jul 18 20258am Fri, Jul 18 20259am Fri, Jul 18 202510am Fri, Jul 18 202511am Fri, Jul 18 202512pm Fri, Jul 18 20251pm Fri, Jul 18 20252pm Fri, Jul 18 20253pm Fri, Jul 18 20254pm Fri, Jul 18 20255pm Fri, Jul 18 20256pm Fri, Jul 18 20257pm Fri, Jul 18 20258pm Fri, Jul 18 20259pm Fri, Jul 18 202510pm Fri, Jul 18 202511pm Fri, Jul 18 202512am Sat, Jul 19 20251am Sat, Jul 19 20252am Sat, Jul 19 20253am Sat, Jul 19 20254am Sat, Jul 19 20255am Sat, Jul 19 20256am Sat, Jul 19 20257am Sat, Jul 19 20258am Sat, Jul 19 20259am Sat, Jul 19 202510am Sat, Jul 19 202511am Sat, Jul 19 202512pm Sat, Jul 19 2025

Date	07/15																							07/16
Hour (MDT)	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00
Temperature (°F)	68	69	68	66	66	66	67	69	71	73	74	75	75	76	78	76	75	72	71	68	64	62	60	59
Dewpoint (°F)	57	57	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	59	59	59	58
Heat Index (°F)												75	75	76	78	76	75
Surface Wind (mph)	7	7	7	7	8	9	11	14	17	18	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	15	15	14
Wind Dir	S	SW	SW	W	NW	NW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Gust							18	23	28	31	33	33	33	33	32	33	32	31	30	30	29	28	25	23
Sky Cover (%)	76	76	68	61	57	57	38	19	46	44	45	58	59	59	65	88	78	84	80	78	92	94	94	94
Precipitation Potential (%)	18	20	16	20	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	34	34	34	41	41	41	48	48	48	48	48	48	74
Relative Humidity (%)	68	65	65	71	74	73	70	68	64	62	59	60	60	56	52	56	58	64	66	76	84	90	96	96
Rain	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Lkly
Thunder	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	SChc
Date																								07/17
Hour (MDT)	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00
Temperature (°F)	58	58	58	57	56	56	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53
Dewpoint (°F)	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	54	55	55	54	53	52	52	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51
Heat Index (°F)
Surface Wind (mph)	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7
Wind Dir	NE	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Gust	21	20	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	18	17	16	15
Sky Cover (%)	95	95	96	97	98	99	97	96	94	93	92	91	90	90	89	88	87	86	86	85	85	85	85	85
Precipitation Potential (%)	74	74	74	74	74	63	63	63	63	63	63	74	74	74	74	74	74	44	44	44	44	44	44	25
Relative Humidity (%)	100	96	96	100	100	100	96	90	87	87	87	87	81	75	72	72	78	80	83	83	86	90	90	93
Rain	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Lkly	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc
Thunder	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	SChc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	SChc	SChc	SChc	--	--	--	--

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