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| Back to South Dakota, United States. Do you have any pictures of this city? ![]() Planning a vacation? Current weather forecast for Box Elder, SD Elevation: 3030 feet County: Pennington Land area: 5.8 square miles Zip code: 57719 Median resident age: 26.3 years New: Box Elder, SD residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Box Elder:
New: Political contributions by individuals in Box Elder, SD Ancestries: German (29.4%), Irish (12.7%), English (7.8%), United States (6.4%), French (4.0%), Norwegian (3.8%). |
![]() For population 25 years and over in Box Elder
For population 15 years and over in Box Elder city
2.7% Foreign born (1.4% Asia, 0.8% Latin America, 0.4% Europe). |
![]() Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rapid City, SD (10.4 miles, pop. 59,607). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Aurora, CO (327.9 miles, pop. 276,393). Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (894.2 miles, pop. 1,188,580). Nearest cities: Ellsworth AFB, SD (1.8 miles), Ashland Heights, SD (3.6 miles), Rapid Valley, SD (5.7 miles), Green Valley, SD (5.8 miles), Rapid City, SD (10.4 miles), Blackhawk, SD (16.0 miles), Colonial Pine Hills, SD (16.5 miles), New Underwood, SD (17.1 miles). Single-family new house construction building permits:
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.1%), Retail trade (14.3%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (13.2%). |
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Average temp. (°F) | 22.3 | 27.0 | 34.5 | 44.1 | 54.5 | 64.1 | 71.1 | 70.4 | 59.9 | 47.8 | 33.2 | 24.7 |
| High temperature (°F) | 33.8 | 38.5 | 46.3 | 56.4 | 66.5 | 76.7 | 84.7 | 84.7 | 74.5 | 61.4 | 44.6 | 36.3 |
| Low temperature (°F) | 11.0 | 15.4 | 22.6 | 31.8 | 42.3 | 51.4 | 57.5 | 55.9 | 45.4 | 34.3 | 21.8 | 13.1 |
| Precipitation (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Based on data reported by main weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Days with precip. | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Wind speed (mph) | 10.7 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| Morning humidity (%) | 69 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 69 |
| Afternoon humidity (%) | 64 | 61 | 54 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 41 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 60 | 64 |
| Sunshine (%) | 57 | 60 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 65 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 55 | 55 |
| Days clear of clouds | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Partly cloudy days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Cloudy days | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| Snowfall (in) | 5.2 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 |