NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

All About MISSION 14 S

Latitude 43 07 N - Longitude 100 37 W - Elevation 2810 Feet
Station Record Begins 08/04/1951

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Top Ten Information for October
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
60.2	1956	1	38.4	2009
58.7	1963	2	40.7	2002
56.0	1953	3	41.8	1951
54.6	1965	4	43.6	1969
54.5	2003	5	44.4	1959
53.6	1962	6	44.9	2006
53.1	1955	7	45.5	1976
52.9	2010	8	45.9	2012
52.8	1968	9	46.1	1970
52.4	1973	10	46.6	1987
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.23 in 1995	2.49 on 10/21/1953	1	0.00	1958
3.81 in 2007	2.31 on 10/5/1995	2	TR	1964
3.61 in 1998	1.55 on 10/18/1971	3	0.03	1955
2.84 in 1953	1.48 on 10/6/1995	4	0.10	1952
2.81 in 1981	1.42 on 10/12/1997	5	0.14	1999
2.53 in 1971	1.41 on 10/5/1981	6	0.16	1988
2.35 in 2009	1.34 on 10/15/2007	7	0.19	1992
2.35 in 1997	1.20 on 10/14/2007	8	0.22	1978
2.34 in 1979	1.20 on 10/1/1977	9	0.30	1976
2.31 in 1969	1.20 on 10/6/1962	10	0.32	1959
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
13.0 in 1995	8.0 on 10/7/1970	1	0.0	MANY
10.0 in 1970	7.0 on 10/24/1995	2
8.1 in 1969	6.2 on 10/12/1969	3
8.0 in 2002	5.0 on 10/23/1995	4
6.0 in 2006	4.0 on 10/30/2002	5
4.0 in 1979	4.0 on 10/31/1979	6
4.0 in 1971	4.0 on 10/30/1959	7
4.0 in 1959	3.0 on 10/25/2012	8
3.0 in 2012	3.0 on 10/18/2006	9
3.0 in 2009	3.0 on 10/24/1975	10

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