Hail map for Rapid City, SD — August 24, 2023
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Rapid City on August 24, 2023.

- Max hail size
- 1.50″
- half dollar
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 2
- distinct radar bands
- Measured on the ground
- 1.00″
- 8.8 mi away · Public
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Rapid City, SD on August 24, 2023
6 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicSummerset, SD · 8.8 mi away5:02 PM CDTMeade County
mPING report
- 1.00″ quarter size NWS Employee1 NNW Piedmont, SD · 13.9 mi away4:49 PM CDTMeade County
- 0.75″ penny size Trained Spotter4 WSW Box Elder, SD · 4.2 mi away6:25 PM CDTPennington County
Strong wind gusts to over 50 mph tipped over a trailer.
- 0.70″ penny size NWS Employee4 N Dwtn Rapid City, SD · 3.4 mi away6:08 PM CDTPennington County
Pea to dime sized hail.
- 0.50″ penny size Public2 NW Dwtn Rapid City, SD · 1.6 mi away5:59 PM CDTPennington County
- 0.50″ penny size Trained Spotter1 E Black Hawk, SD · 5.9 mi away5:32 PM CDTMeade County
Very heavy rain with near zero visibility and wind gusts to 40 mph as well.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Rapid City hail on August 24, 2023
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Rapid City that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.