15 roofing listings are recorded at Rapid City, South Dakota addresses. One carries a Google rating — 5.0 from 461 reviews.
All of them are recorded in Pennington County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Rapid City goes through Pennington County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Rapid City: what this page knows
The most-reviewed listing on this page carries a 5.0 Google rating over 461 reviews — the business's own profile figure, shown as it stands and not a rating by this directory.
South Dakota keeps no state license or register for roofing contractors, which puts the weight on permits, insurance certificates and track record; the South Dakota roofing license rules say so in full.
South Dakota's peak severe-weather season: May–August for severe, November–March for winter. The South Dakota storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 922 severe-weather events for Pennington County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Rapid City in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a hail report measuring 1.75 in (Golf Ball) on August 23, 2026, a preliminary report that has not yet been through NOAA's quality-control review.
We have not modeled a cost index for Rapid City. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
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Licensing for roofers working in Rapid City
South Dakota issues no roofing license and keeps no state register of roofing contractors, so there is no state record to check a Rapid City roofer against.
That puts the weight on a permit and an inspection through Pennington County or the city, on proof of liability and workers' compensation cover, and on the contractor's own track record.
Source: official South Dakota guidance. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Rapid City, so there is no Rapid City figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
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Storm history in Pennington County
Rapid City has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Rapid City in Pennington County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Rapid City.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 922 severe-weather events recorded against Pennington County between 2016 and 2026: 631 hail reports, 287 thunderstorm wind events and 4 tornadoes.
Of the 631 hail reports, 515 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 116 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 4.50 in (Softball+) on August 8, 2020.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 72 kt (about 83 mph), a measured gust, on August 8, 2016. The county record holds four tornadoes over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2020, with 160 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a hail report measuring 1.75 in (Golf Ball) on August 23, 2026. That one is a preliminary report and has not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive.
Events on record
922
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
515
of 631 hail reports
Largest hail
4.50 in
Softball+ · August 8, 2020
Peak gust
72 kt
about 83 mph · August 8, 2016
Tornadoes
4
in the county record
Significant events
599
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 108
- 2017
- 57
- 2018
- 98
- 2019
- 103
- 2020
- 160
- 2021
- 66
- 2022
- 60
- 2023
- 125
- 2024
- 80
- 2025
- 56
- 2026*
- 9
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- Aug 8, 2020 -- Hail (Softball+ hail, 4.50 in)
- Jul 31, 2019 -- Thunderstorm Wind (61 kt gust) -- $5K property damage reported
- Aug 8, 2016 -- Thunderstorm Wind (72 kt gust)
- Jun 13, 2016 -- Tornado (EF2) -- $100K property damage reported
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
76 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Pennington County since June 1, 2026: 44 hail reports and 32 thunderstorm wind events. The largest hail in the window is 3.00 in (Softball+), reported August 11, 2026. The strongest gust reported is 79 kt (about 91 mph), on August 12, 2026.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $106,000 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Pennington County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Rapid City, SD: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Rapid City, SD?
15 roofing listings are recorded at Rapid City, South Dakota addresses in this directory, 1 of which carries a Google rating. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does South Dakota require a roofing license?
No. South Dakota keeps no state license or register for roofing contractors, which puts the weight on permits, insurance certificates and track record; the South Dakota roofing license rules say so in full.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Rapid City?
We have not modeled a cost index for Rapid City. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Rapid City?
South Dakota's peak severe-weather season: May–August for severe, November–March for winter. The South Dakota storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Rapid City?
In NOAA's record for Pennington County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a hail report measuring 1.75 in (Golf Ball) on August 23, 2026, a preliminary report not yet through quality-control review. The Pennington County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Rapid City?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Pennington County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Rapid City goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.