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 December
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
34.8	1939	1	6.2	1983
34.1	1957	2	10.3	1927
33.0	1999	3	13.0	1924
32.7	2002	4	14.0	1916
32.6	1979	5	15.6	2009
32.1	1991	6	16.0	2000
32.1	1959	7	16.3	1978
31.5	1954	8	16.3	1968
31.1	1952	9	16.7	1951
30.9	2011	10	16.8	1972
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.91 in 1935	1.10 on 12/13/1935	1	0.00	2001
1.72 in 1927	1.00 on 12/26/1993	2	0.00	1998
1.48 in 1993	0.85 on 12/4/1983	3	0.00	1953
1.19 in 1983	0.66 on 12/14/1935	4	TR	1986
1.13 in 1921	0.50 on 12/14/1996	5	TR	1957
1.06 in 1946	0.50 on 12/14/1990	6	0.01	2004
0.98 in 1996	0.50 on 12/6/1927	7	0.01	1952
0.94 in 1924	0.50 on 12/29/1915	8	0.02	2000
0.92 in 1977	0.47 on 12/13/1937	9	0.02	1997
0.90 in 1917	0.45 on 12/1/1980	10	0.02	1954
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
21.5 in 1935	12.0 on 12/13/1935	1	0.0	2001
21.0 in 1977	12.0 on 12/29/1915	2	0.0	1998
19.0 in 1927	10.0 on 12/4/1983	3	0.0	1997
16.0 in 1921	10.0 on 12/8/1977	4	0.0	1953
15.2 in 1968	9.0 on 12/23/1984	5	TR	1986
15.0 in 1984	7.0 on 12/1/1980	6	TR	1957
14.5 in 1946	7.0 on 12/4/1972	7	TR	1954
14.0 in 1983	7.0 on 12/14/1935	8	TR	1952
13.5 in 1972	6.0 on 12/14/1996	9	0.2	2004
13.2 in 1917	6.0 on 12/11/1949	10	0.2	2000

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