NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 44 43 N - Longitude 103 26 W - Elevation 2860 Feet
Station Record Begins 09/01/1920

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Top Ten Information for December
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
32.3	1957	1	3.2	1983
31.7	1999	2	11.4	1996
30.3	2004	3	11.9	1984
29.3	2001	4	13.2	2009
29.2	1959	5	13.3	1972
29.1	1991	6	14.1	1990
28.6	2002	7	14.1	1964
28.6	1965	8	14.1	1955
28.1	1997	9	14.4	1968
28.0	1953	10	14.9	1992
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.06 in 1996	0.47 on 12/13/1992	1	0.00	2001
1.04 in 2009	0.42 on 12/26/2009	2	TR	2000
0.93 in 1985	0.40 on 12/17/1993	3	TR	1997
0.83 in 1955	0.38 on 12/2/1984	4	TR	1957
0.78 in 1989	0.34 on 12/7/2012	5	0.02	2004
0.76 in 1984	0.31 on 12/28/1955	6	0.02	1991
0.75 in 1993	0.30 on 12/1/1980	7	0.02	1987
0.68 in 2010	0.29 on 12/5/1983	8	0.04	1979
0.66 in 1980	0.27 on 12/18/1985	9	0.04	1962
0.66 in 1977	0.26 on 12/14/1996	10	0.06	1953
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
26.0 in 1996	9.8 on 12/23/1984	1	0.0	2001
21.1 in 2009	9.2 on 12/5/1983	2	0.0	2000
18.4 in 1984	9.0 on 12/26/2009	3	TR	1997
17.1 in 1955	7.0 on 12/1/1980	4	TR	1957
14.4 in 1983	6.0 on 12/17/1993	5	0.3	1979
13.0 in 1989	5.5 on 12/2/1984	6	0.5	1991
13.0 in 1980	5.5 on 12/22/1966	7	0.6	1987
12.5 in 1968	5.5 on 12/28/1955	8	0.6	1953
11.0 in 1985	5.0 on 12/7/2012	9	0.7	1952
10.1 in 1993	5.0 on 12/30/2010	10	1.0	2011

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