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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 Rapid City, SD Elevation: 3247 feet County: Pennington Land area: 44.6 square miles Zip codes: 57701, 57702, 57703. Median resident age: 34.8 years New: Rapid City, SD residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Rapid City:
New: Political contributions by individuals in Rapid City, SD Ancestries: German (33.7%), Irish (13.7%), Norwegian (10.9%), English (9.9%), United States (4.5%), Swedish (3.8%). |
![]() For population 25 years and over in Rapid City
For population 15 years and over in Rapid City city
2.4% Foreign born (1.0% Europe, 0.9% Asia, 0.3% Latin America). |
![]() Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Aurora, CO (321.8 miles, pop. 276,393). Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (896.7 miles, pop. 1,188,580). Nearest cities: Rapid Valley, SD (5.6 miles), Colonial Pine Hills, SD (6.7 miles), Ashland Heights, SD (7.5 miles), Blackhawk, SD (7.7 miles), Green Valley, SD (8.3 miles), Box Elder, SD (10.4 miles), Ellsworth AFB, SD (11.8 miles), Hermosa, SD (16.6 miles). Single-family new house construction building permits:
Area code: 605 Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.4%), Retail trade (14.6%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.6%). |
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 | 26.2 | 33.4 | 42.8 | 53.4 | 63.3 | 70.1 | 68.7 | 58.6 | 47.2 | 32.8 | 24.9 |
| High temperature (°F) | 34.3 | 38.1 | 45.4 | 54.6 | 64.8 | 75.0 | 82.7 | 82.4 | 72.8 | 60.7 | 44.3 | 36.9 |
| Low temperature (°F) | 10.3 | 14.3 | 21.3 | 30.9 | 41.9 | 51.4 | 57.3 | 54.9 | 44.4 | 33.6 | 21.1 | 12.7 |
| Precipitation (in) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
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 |
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