NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 44 21 N - Longitude 103 46 W - Elevation 5350 Feet
Station Record Begins 03/01/1909

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Top Ten Information for January
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
34.8	1986	1	7.9	1930
34.2	2006	2	8.0	1937
33.5	1981	3	11.7	1916
32.4	1914	4	12.3	1979
32.2	1953	5	12.9	1963
32.1	1992	6	12.9	1949
32.0	1983	7	13.8	1957
31.9	1934	8	13.8	1929
31.7	1958	9	14.5	1918
30.8	1990	10	14.7	1950
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
4.78 in 1949	1.68 on 1/27/1944	1	0.09	1935
3.50 in 1915	1.58 on 1/4/1949	2	0.24	1961
3.41 in 2011	0.99 on 1/4/1997	3	0.26	1952
3.38 in 1994	0.96 on 1/29/1910	4	0.30	1941
2.86 in 1918	0.94 on 1/3/1996	5	0.33	1966
2.71 in 1965	0.93 on 1/22/2012	6	0.37	1989
2.67 in 1944	0.80 on 1/15/1949	7	0.41	1912
2.58 in 1963	0.74 on 1/2/2013	8	0.41	1914
2.51 in 1926	0.74 on 1/15/1965	9	0.42	1954
2.43 in 1975	0.72 on 1/1/1970	10	0.43	1916
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
80.1 in 1994	24.6 on 1/29/1994	1	1.8	1935
60.4 in 1949	16.8 on 1/27/1944	2	2.0	1914
49.0 in 2008	15.8 on 1/4/1949	3	2.3	1941
42.8 in 1996	14.9 on 1/2/2013	4	2.4	1911
40.0 in 1977	12.4 on 1/21/1986	5	3.0	1952
39.1 in 2011	12.2 on 1/1/1996	6	3.1	1961
38.5 in 2013	12.0 on 1/24/2010	7	3.7	1946
34.0 in 2007	12.0 on 1/1/1970	8	3.7	1933
33.0 in 1963	11.7 on 12/18/2008	9	4.1	1923
31.7 in 1997	11.2 on 1/4/1997	10	4.6	1928

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