Weather in Rapid City, South Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rapid City, SD
Sunday, May 17 at 2:33 AM
69
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
61°
Humidity
29%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:13 PM
Rapid City, SD
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
8p
65°
9p
60°
10p
56°
11p
54°
12a
53°
1a
52°
2a
52°
3a
49°
4a
51°
5a
53°
6a
58°
7a
63°
8a
65°
9a
69°
10a
72°
11a
75°
12p
75°
1p
78°
2p
79°
3p
79°
4p
77°
5p
76°
6p
73°
7p
Rapid City, SD
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle34%79°48°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain47%60°48°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow93%48°35°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast57%62°29°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast17%73°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast34%65°48°
- FridayMay 22Overcast24%72°47°
Rapid City, SD
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Rapid City, SD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
098° · veering 142°
Direction
E
098°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 10
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Rapid City, SD
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 2.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 103.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Rapid City, SD
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:53 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:13 PM
Civil dusk
2:47 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rapid City, SD
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:27 AM
- Moonset
- 2:51 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Rapid City, SD
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Rapid City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 69°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: May 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).