NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 44 31 N - Longitude 103 52 W - Elevation 3640 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1893

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Top Ten Information for October
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
57.7	1963	1	36.8	1925
57.3	1934	2	40.3	1919
56.8	1953	3	41.1	2002
54.7	1938	4	41.2	1969
54.1	1921	5	41.4	2009
53.9	1955	6	43.4	1905
53.8	1940	7	43.9	1913
53.6	1965	8	44.3	1959
53.4	1950	9	44.3	1917
53.2	1927	10	44.4	1972
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.49 in 1994	2.65 on 10/8/1924	1	0.00	1965
5.00 in 1995	2.50 on 10/13/1904	2	0.00	1952
4.61 in 1982	2.37 on 10/7/1994	3	0.00	1918
4.08 in 1977	2.30 on 10/9/1982	4	0.00	1907
4.03 in 1919	2.27 on 10/5/1995	5	0.12	1999
3.96 in 1971	1.79 on 10/2/1971	6	0.12	1938
3.86 in 1996	1.75 on 10/1/1977	7	0.16	1937
3.76 in 1924	1.73 on 10/27/1996	8	0.24	1953
3.56 in 1923	1.70 on 10/6/1962	9	0.26	1921
3.36 in 1946	1.68 on 10/10/2008	10	0.31	1964
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
41.0 in 1919	11.5 on 10/20/1906	1	0.0	MANY
23.2 in 1971	11.0 on 10/25/1954	2
20.0 in 1972	9.0 on 10/14/1966	3
19.4 in 1946	8.1 on 10/27/1996	4
18.5 in 1925	8.0 on 10/10/1973	5
15.0 in 1932	8.0 on 10/31/1928	6
14.0 in 1954	8.0 on 10/27/1925	7
11.5 in 1906	8.0 on 10/13/1919	8
11.5 in 1898	7.0 on 10/5/2005	9
11.0 in 1996	7.0 on 10/28/1971	10

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