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 February
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
39.6	1954	1	0.7	1936
37.5	1991	2	10.8	1922
36.5	1992	3	11.9	1929
36.1	1983	4	13.0	1989
35.9	1999	5	14.6	1939
34.9	1930	6	14.7	1978
34.8	1984	7	14.7	1917
33.8	1977	8	15.6	1994
33.8	1935	9	15.9	1993
33.8	1931	10	16.2	2001
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.22 in 1953	0.85 on 2/4/1915	1	0.00	1983
1.12 in 1998	0.75 on 2/17/1991	2	0.02	1992
1.11 in 1915	0.58 on 2/23/1948	3	0.02	1985
1.02 in 1948	0.57 on 2/9/1953	4	0.03	2006
1.01 in 1929	0.50 on 2/26/2000	5	0.03	1921
0.97 in 1922	0.46 on 2/26/2009	6	0.04	1984
0.96 in 1979	0.45 on 2/21/1931	7	0.04	1930
0.88 in 1978	0.43 on 2/9/1944	8	0.05	2005
0.83 in 1924	0.40 on 2/28/1995	9	0.05	1956
0.78 in 1991	0.40 on 2/1/1989	10	0.06	2002
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
15.5 in 1953	9.5 on 2/26/2009	1	0.0	1983
13.0 in 1924	8.0 on 2/17/1991	2	TR	1992
12.0 in 1979	7.0 on 2/4/1915	3	0.2	1985
12.0 in 1922	6.5 on 2/15/1925	4	0.5	1956
11.5 in 1915	6.0 on 2/28/1995	5	0.7	1921
11.2 in 2009	6.0 on 2/9/1953	6	0.9	2002
11.0 in 1978	6.0 on 2/3/1924	7	1.2	1984
10.5 in 1948	6.0 on 2/22/1922	8	1.2	1930
10.0 in 1940	5.5 on 2/9/1944	9	1.3	1997
09.5 in 1986	5.0 on 2/26/2000	10	1.3	1988

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