NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 45 01 N - Longitude 102 02 W - Elevation 2592 Feet
Station Record Begins 04/01/1913

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Top Ten Information for April
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
53.8	1943	1	36.8	1940
52.9	1987	2	38.3	1956
52.4	1942	3	39.0	1975
51.5	1981	4	39.4	1995
51.2	1949	5	39.7	1997
51.0	2006	6	39.8	1966
50.9	1955	7	40.1	1970
50.8	1985	8	40.2	1935
50.8	1977	9	40.9	1983
50.3	1948	10	41.3	1957
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.63 in 1935	3.20 on 4/9/1935	1	0.00	1952
4.61 in 1986	2.24 on 4/19/1973	2	0.06	1960
4.24 in 1970	1.70 on 4/19/1948	3	0.07	1981
4.17 in 2000	1.60 on 4/27/1964	4	0.09	1931
4.00 in 1942	1.49 on 4/28/1975	5	0.14	1987
3.96 in 1927	1.44 on 4/25/2000	6	0.20	1951
3.64 in 1967	1.40 on 4/22/1968	7	0.26	1955
3.61 in 1989	1.40 on 4/30/1967	8	0.28	1956
3.50 in 1997	1.26 on 4/20/1971	9	0.28	1954
3.45 in 1964	1.24 on 4/3/1946	10	0.36	1977
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
32.2 in 1970	12.8 on 4/6/2008	1	0.0	MANY
19.1 in 1995	11.2 on 4/18/1970	2
18.0 in 1997	11.0 on 4/10/1997	3
18.0 in 1986	10.0 on 4/4/1986	4
17.5 in 2009	9.2 on 4/11/1995	5
15.0 in 1968	8.9 on 4/11/2005	6
13.3 in 2008	8.7 on 4/4/2009	7
12.6 in 1935	8.0 on 4/15/1970	8
12.1 in 2011	8.0 on 4/22/1968	9
11.2 in 1965	7.5 on 4/26/2009	10

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