Rapid City, SD Hail & Wind Storm History
Severe weather within ~25 miles of Rapid City, South Dakota over the last 12 months — NWS warnings, observed storm reports, and official records, deduplicated.
Rapid City, South Dakota storm history at a glance (last 12 months)
This free weather history for Rapid City — home to roughly 79,894 residents in Pennington County — draws on StormAuditor's deduplicated public record: 751 wind and hail events within 25 miles of Rapid City in the trailing 12 months — 675 wind events and 76 hail events, including a maximum observed wind gust of 95 mph. Pennington County as a whole recorded 968 events (844 wind · 124 hail). Events fuse NWS warnings, observed Local Storm Reports, station measurements, and official NCEI records, deduplicated so one storm is counted once.
Biggest storm days near Rapid City
- January 16, 2026 — 81 recorded events · 81 wind
- December 18, 2025 — 50 recorded events · 50 wind
- November 25, 2025 — 41 recorded events · 41 wind
- January 18, 2026 — 39 recorded events · 39 wind
- December 17, 2025 — 35 recorded events · 35 wind
Rapid City hail map and wind map
Researching hail in Rapid City or severe wind in Rapid City? Radar-derived hail swaths and peak-gust wind swaths for South Dakota — including the Rapid City metro — are on the Hail Explorer and Wind Explorer: pick any storm date and see how estimated hail size and wind gust bands tracked through Pennington County. County-level activity is on the impact heatmap, and day-by-day history is on the Storm Calendar.
Free Rapid City weather report by address
Area maps show where storms tracked; an insurance claim or roof inspection needs what happened at the property. Start with a free weather report check: the Free Report Snapshot answers YES/NO instantly on estimated damaging wind (45+ mph) and damage-capable hail (0.75 in. or larger) at any Rapid City address, and the Address Lookup adds free Rapid City wind history and free Rapid City hail history context — NWS warnings, storm reports, and NOAA observations — at no charge. When you need the full document, a complete Weather Report is $2.99 and covers every qualifying storm date at one address. All values are estimates from public NOAA data under our published methodology — research documentation, not certified weather records (see Limitations).
Free Rapid City storm data download
The Rapid City dataset on this page — every deduplicated wind and hail event within about 25 miles from the last 12 months, with dates, counties, event types, measured gusts, and hail sizes — downloads free, reusable with attribution under the data license: download CSV · download JSON. Because the radius can cross county and state lines, these counts can legitimately differ from the Pennington County totals above. Statewide files are on the South Dakota storm data page.
More South Dakota city storm pages: Sioux Falls hail & wind history · Aberdeen hail & wind history · South Dakota statewide storm data
About this page: built by Storm Auditor LLC from public NOAA/NWS records — deduplicated warnings, storm reports, station measurements, and official records on a rolling 12-month window, under the published methodology. See the StormAuditor Editorial Team for how content is produced.
Data last refreshed August 23, 2026. Counts cover severe and sub-severe wind and hail; flood activity and Special Weather Statements are tracked separately on the dashboard.