NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 43 58 N - Longitude 101 52 W - Elevation 2414 Feet
Station Record Begins 06/01/1909

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Top Ten Information for April
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
53.8	1946	1	36.7	1951
51.7	1925	2	37.6	1944
51.1	1932	3	37.6	1920
50.8	1910	4	37.7	1975
50.5	1943	5	37.9	1928
50.2	2006	6	38.3	1936
50.1	1981	7	38.4	2013
50.0	1960	8	38.5	1970
49.8	1969	9	39.2	1935
49.0	1971	10	39.2	1923
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
6.24 in 1927	1.80 on 4/19/1927	1	TR	1987
3.82 in 1970	1.70 on 4/25/1973	2	TR	1952
3.77 in 1919	1.64 on 4/17/1941	3	0.03	1924
3.59 in 2000	1.60 on 4/24/1970	4	0.16	1937
3.52 in 1941	1.56 on 4/13/1919	5	0.22	1921
3.16 in 2005	1.40 on 4/20/1912	6	0.23	1998
3.04 in 1964	1.28 on 4/19/1967	7	0.26	1951
2.96 in 1930	1.25 on 4/25/1920	8	0.27	2004
2.91 in 1977	1.20 on 4/18/1977	9	0.31	1962
2.89 in 2013	1.20 on 4/22/1960	10	0.40	1983
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
35.3 in 1970	18.0 on 4/19/1927	1	0.0	MANY
35.0 in 1927	16.2 on 4/24/1970	2
28.3 in 2013	12.0 on 4/20/2000	3
20.2 in 1995	12.0 on 4/2/1975	4
17.5 in 1957	10.0 on 4/10/2013	5
16.6 in 1975	10.0 on 4/22/1960	6
13.7 in 1980	9.3 on 4/9/2013	7
12.9 in 2000	9.0 on 4/21/1970	8
12.5 in 1935	8.0 on 4/20/1993	9
11.5 in 1982	8.0 on 4/9/1957	10

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