Dell Rapids, SD Weather Forecast
Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Dell Rapids, 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.
Seven-day outlook
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Dell Rapids, SD at a glance
Dell Rapids is home to about 3,868 people in Minnehaha County, across 2.3 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 28 places in South Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Brandon, 17 miles away.
- County
- Minnehaha County
- Population
- 3,868 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,716
- Forecast point
- 43.8248°N, 96.7146°W
How well can the network see Dell Rapids?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFSD (Sioux Falls, SD), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 890 ft above Dell Rapids. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Dell Rapids show up clearly. Dell Rapids is closer to its radar than 89% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFSD (Sioux Falls/Foss Fld). Far enough that current conditions for Dell Rapids are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Dell Rapids
- Brandon, SD17 mi
- Hartford, SD18 mi
- Sioux Falls, SD20 mi
- Madison, SD23 mi
- Pipestone, MN23 mi
- Tea, SD26 mi
- Harrisburg, SD27 mi
- Luverne, MN28 mi
Elsewhere in South Dakota
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