NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 45 03 N - Longitude 101 36 W - Elevation 2375 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1922

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Top Ten Information for December
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
31.8	1939	1	2.6	1927
31.1	1957	2	3.2	1983
29.9	1979	3	9.4	1996
29.9	1959	4	10.5	2000
29.7	1999	5	10.5	1951
28.8	1997	6	11.0	1924
28.8	1941	7	11.3	1955
28.7	1953	8	11.7	1964
28.5	2011	9	11.9	1984
28.2	2004	10	12.3	2009
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.83 in 1922	1.54 on 12/31/1922	1	TR	1986
1.80 in 1927	0.92 on 12/11/1965	2	TR	1957
1.65 in 1996	0.82 on 12/31/1931	3	TR	1947
1.24 in 1949	0.66 on 12/14/1996	4	TR	1928
1.23 in 1951	0.62 on 12/8/1924	5	0.01	2006
1.04 in 1924	0.60 on 12/30/1923	6	0.02	1954
0.92 in 1965	0.58 on 12/12/1949	7	0.03	2001
0.91 in 1923	0.56 on 12/31/1927	8	0.05	1941
0.90 in 2010	0.54 on 12/6/1951	9	0.06	1997
0.90 in 1972	0.53 on 12/12/1926	10	0.06	1991
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
22.5 in 1996	10.0 on 12/25/2009	1	0.0	1993
20.0 in 2009	9.0 on 12/26/1988	2	TR	1986
17.0 in 1968	8.0 on 12/14/1996	3	TR	1974
16.0 in 2010	8.0 on 12/10/1970	4	TR	1957
16.0 in 1972	6.8 on 12/31/1922	5	TR	1954
15.3 in 1927	6.0 on 12/26/2009	6	TR	1952
13.0 in 1984	6.0 on 12/2/1996	7	TR	1928
12.0 in 1975	6.0 on 12/4/1983	8	0.5	1947
12.0 in 1955	6.0 on 12/11/1965	9	0.6	1991
11.0 in 1988	5.0 on 12/30/2010	10	1.0	MANY

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