NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 44 55 N - Longitude 104 11 W - Elevation 3570 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1915

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Top Ten Information for April
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
53.4	1946	1	34.8	1920
53.3	1987	2	37.9	1953
53.2	1915	3	38.0	2009
51.8	1930	4	38.0	1950
51.4	1985	5	38.3	1956
51.1	1981	6	38.4	1997
51.1	1943	7	38.7	1970
51.0	1952	8	38.7	1957
50.7	1949	9	39.0	1935
50.4	1977	10	39.3	1975
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
4.19 in 1941	1.95 on 4/6/1922	1	0.02	1987
4.11 in 1932	1.85 on 4/20/1933	2	0.14	1926
3.77 in 2006	1.70 on 4/29/1990	3	0.16	1952
3.65 in 1927	1.62 on 4/23/1932	4	0.18	1960
3.58 in 1990	1.55 on 4/24/2000	5	0.28	2002
3.55 in 1922	1.50 on 4/26/1984	6	0.29	1968
3.39 in 1984	1.45 on 4/27/1990	7	0.31	1977
3.36 in 1963	1.40 on 4/19/1948	8	0.35	1931
3.28 in 1933	1.35 on 4/14/1941	9	0.40	1997
3.22 in 1999	1.30 on 4/4/2001	10	0.40	1985
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
34.8 in 1927	12.0 on 4/26/1994	1	0.0	MANY
30.0 in 1984	12.0 on 4/25/1984	2
25.7 in 1922	12.0 on 4/3/1934	3
22.0 in 1923	12.0 on 4/12/1927	4
20.0 in 1963	12.0 on 4/12/1922	5
20.0 in 1935	10.0 on 4/27/1984	6
19.0 in 1920	10.0 on 4/18/1970	7
17.0 in 1999	10.0 on 4/3/1956	8
17.0 in 1989	10.0 on 4/6/1923	9
16.5 in 1953	10.0 on 4/7/1919	10

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