Point Forecast: Rapid City SD  44.08N 103.24W (Elev. 3291 ft)	Last Update: 4:50 pm MDT Jul 2, 2025

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48-Hour Period Starting: 7pm Wed, Jul 2 20258pm Wed, Jul 2 20259pm Wed, Jul 2 202510pm Wed, Jul 2 202511pm Wed, Jul 2 202512am Thu, Jul 3 20251am Thu, Jul 3 20252am Thu, Jul 3 20253am Thu, Jul 3 20254am Thu, Jul 3 20255am Thu, Jul 3 20256am Thu, Jul 3 20257am Thu, Jul 3 20258am Thu, Jul 3 20259am Thu, Jul 3 202510am Thu, Jul 3 202511am Thu, Jul 3 202512pm Thu, Jul 3 20251pm Thu, Jul 3 20252pm Thu, Jul 3 20253pm Thu, Jul 3 20254pm Thu, Jul 3 20255pm Thu, Jul 3 20256pm Thu, Jul 3 20257pm Thu, Jul 3 20258pm Thu, Jul 3 20259pm Thu, Jul 3 202510pm Thu, Jul 3 202511pm Thu, Jul 3 202512am Fri, Jul 4 20251am Fri, Jul 4 20252am Fri, Jul 4 20253am Fri, Jul 4 20254am Fri, Jul 4 20255am Fri, Jul 4 20256am Fri, Jul 4 20257am Fri, Jul 4 20258am Fri, Jul 4 20259am Fri, Jul 4 202510am Fri, Jul 4 202511am Fri, Jul 4 202512pm Fri, Jul 4 20251pm Fri, Jul 4 20252pm Fri, Jul 4 20253pm Fri, Jul 4 20254pm Fri, Jul 4 20255pm Fri, Jul 4 20256pm Fri, Jul 4 20257pm Fri, Jul 4 20258pm Fri, Jul 4 20259pm Fri, Jul 4 202510pm Fri, Jul 4 202511pm Fri, Jul 4 202512am Sat, Jul 5 20251am Sat, Jul 5 20252am Sat, Jul 5 20253am Sat, Jul 5 20254am Sat, Jul 5 20255am Sat, Jul 5 20256am Sat, Jul 5 20257am Sat, Jul 5 20258am Sat, Jul 5 20259am Sat, Jul 5 202510am Sat, Jul 5 202511am Sat, Jul 5 202512pm Sat, Jul 5 20251pm Sat, Jul 5 20252pm Sat, Jul 5 20253pm Sat, Jul 5 20254pm Sat, Jul 5 20255pm Sat, Jul 5 20256pm Sat, Jul 5 20257pm Sat, Jul 5 20258pm Sat, Jul 5 20259pm Sat, Jul 5 202510pm Sat, Jul 5 202511pm Sat, Jul 5 202512am Sun, Jul 6 20251am Sun, Jul 6 20252am Sun, Jul 6 20253am Sun, Jul 6 20254am Sun, Jul 6 20255am Sun, Jul 6 20256am Sun, Jul 6 20257am Sun, Jul 6 20258am Sun, Jul 6 20259am Sun, Jul 6 202510am Sun, Jul 6 202511am Sun, Jul 6 202512pm Sun, Jul 6 20251pm Sun, Jul 6 20252pm Sun, Jul 6 20253pm Sun, Jul 6 20254pm Sun, Jul 6 20255pm Sun, Jul 6 20256pm Sun, Jul 6 20257pm Sun, Jul 6 20258pm Sun, Jul 6 20259pm Sun, Jul 6 202510pm Sun, Jul 6 202511pm Sun, Jul 6 202512am Mon, Jul 7 20251am Mon, Jul 7 20252am Mon, Jul 7 20253am Mon, Jul 7 20254am Mon, Jul 7 20255am Mon, Jul 7 20256am Mon, Jul 7 2025

Date	07/02					07/03
Hour (MDT)	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Temperature (°F)	84	80	77	76	76	74	72	69	67	66	66	67	70	77	83	88	91	94	96	98	99	99	98	95
Dewpoint (°F)	63	63	62	60	57	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	55	56	55	55	53	51	51	50	49	48	48	50
Heat Index (°F)	85	81	77	76	76									77	82	86	89	91	93	95	96	96	95	92
Surface Wind (mph)	9	7	6	6	6	5	5	3	2	3	6	6	7	8	10	13	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	14
Wind Dir	SE	SE	SE	S	S	SW	W	SW	NW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Gust	18	16											15	18	22	25	30	32	32	32	31	30	30	28
Sky Cover (%)	34	41	48	49	50	50	47	44	40	38	36	33	26	18	10	10	10	10	13	17	21	27	34	40
Precipitation Potential (%)	7	7	5	5	5	12	12	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	9
Relative Humidity (%)	48	57	60	57	52	55	59	63	68	68	65	63	59	48	38	33	28	23	22	20	19	18	18	22
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Date						07/04
Hour (MDT)	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Temperature (°F)	91	87	83	80	77	75	73	71	69	68	68	68	70	74	78	80	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	82
Dewpoint (°F)	53	55	56	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	59	59
Heat Index (°F)	89	85	82	80	77	75									78	81	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	82
Surface Wind (mph)	11	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind Dir	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	W	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	N	N	N	N	N	N
Gust	25	23	21	17										15	16	17	20	21	22	22	22	21	20	18
Sky Cover (%)	42	44	46	53	60	67	64	60	57	61	66	70	66	63	59	60	62	63	64	64	64	61	57	54
Precipitation Potential (%)	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	45	45	45	45	45	45	33
Relative Humidity (%)	28	34	40	45	50	54	57	59	63	65	65	68	66	57	52	49	47	46	44	46	46	46	44	46
Rain	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc
Thunder	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc	Chc

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