Winter Weather — Rapid City, South Dakota

2023-01-27 to 2023-01-28 · Rapid City, South Dakota

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance, combined with a slow passing Arctic cold front, produced a prolonged period of snowfall from the Black Hills area to southern South Dakota. Strong frontogenesis produced bands of heavier snowfall at times Friday afternoon and night. Snowfall amounts were generally in the three to seven inch range across much of the area, with five to ten inches across south central South Dakota.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1068198. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.