Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday

A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >

Current conditions at

Rapid City, Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP)

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

Overcast

-5°F

-21°C

Humidity	79%
Wind Speed	N 15 mph
Barometer	30.24 in (1031.8 mb)
Dewpoint	-10°F (-23°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-26°F (-32°C)
Last update	25 Jan 7:52 am MST

More Information:

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles NNW Rapid City SD

Today
High: 5 °F
Chance
Flurries
Tonight
Low: -5 °F⇑
Mostly Clear
Monday
High: 43 °F
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 15 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 35 °F
Partly Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 20 °F
Mostly Clear
Wednesday
High: 42 °F
Mostly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 21 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 41 °F
Partly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

A chance of flurries before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 5. Wind chill values as low as -15. North wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a temperature falling to near -5 by 10pm, then rising to around 3 during the remainder of the night. Wind chill values as low as -17. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values as low as -2. Northwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 20. West wind around 6 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Light and variable wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the evening.