Box Elder, SD Weather Forecast
Pennington County, South Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Box Elder, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Box Elder, SD at a glance
Box Elder is home to about 13,868 people in Pennington County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 10th by population of 28 places in South Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rapid City, 7 miles away.
- County
- Pennington County
- Population
- 13,868 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 940
- Forecast point
- 44.1109°N, 103.0811°W
How well can the network see Box Elder?
The nearest Doppler radar is KUDX (Rapid City, SD), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 650 ft above Box Elder. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Box Elder show up clearly. Box Elder is closer to its radar than 93% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KRCA (Ellsworth AFB). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Box Elder
- Rapid City, SD7 mi
- Summerset, SD14 mi
- Sturgis, SD29 mi
- Lead, SD38 mi
- Spearfish, SD45 mi
- Hot Springs, SD51 mi
- Belle Fourche, SD54 mi
- Newcastle, WY58 mi
Elsewhere in South Dakota
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