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 February
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
37.8	1954	1	9.7	1979
36.1	1999	2	10.5	1949
34.9	1998	3	11.2	1978
34.1	1992	4	11.3	1993
34.1	1983	5	12.5	1975
33.4	1984	6	12.5	1959
32.7	1977	7	12.7	1994
32.6	1991	8	12.9	2010
32.6	1976	9	13.4	1989
31.6	1995	10	13.4	1966
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.67 in 2001	1.20 on 2/28/2001	1	0.00	1985
1.56 in 1987	0.76 on 2/29/2004	2	TR	1999
1.06 in 1998	0.75 on 2/15/1987	3	0.02	1984
0.92 in 1953	0.70 on 2/18/1991	4	0.05	2002
0.88 in 1978	0.50 on 2/10/1976	5	0.05	1956
0.88 in 1963	0.49 on 2/2/2003	6	0.06	2013
0.82 in 1991	0.49 on 2/27/1987	7	0.07	1965
0.81 in 1976	0.47 on 2/23/1977	8	0.10	1981
0.80 in 2004	0.44 on 2/26/1958	9	0.10	1957
0.79 in 1979	0.40 on 2/5/2010	10	0.12	1983
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
22.0 in 2001	12.0 on 2/28/2001	1	0.0	1985
14.0 in 2011	8.0 on 2/13/2007	2	TR	1999
14.0 in 1979	8.0 on 2/7/2001	3	TR	1992
13.5 in 1987	8.0 on 2/18/1991	4	0.1	1954
13.0 in 2007	7.0 on 2/26/1998	5	0.2	2013
11.4 in 1994	6.0 on 2/5/2010	6	0.2	1984
11.3 in 1952	6.0 on 2/29/2004	7	0.3	1981
10.9 in 1953	5.5 on 2/27/1995	8	0.5	1961
10.6 in 1960	5.3 on 2/20/2011	9	0.7	1988
10.5 in 1993	5.0 on 2/23/1982	10	1.0	2002

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