NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 44 04 N - Longitude 103 12 W - Elevation 3379 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1888

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Top Ten Information for December
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
37.9	1896	1	13.5	1927
36.9	1957	2	14.7	1909
36.6	1939	3	15.1	1916
36.2	1959	4	15.5	1924
35.8	1999	5	18.3	2009
35.3	1965	6	18.3	2000
35.3	1889	7	19.4	2008
34.7	2002	8	19.5	1917
34.4	1954	9	19.6	1996
33.9	1900	10	19.8	1914
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.00 in 1909	0.60 on 12/4/1960	1	0.01	1896
0.97 in 1964	0.54 on 12/5/1906	2	0.02	1905
0.95 in 1924	0.49 on 12/12/1937	3	0.04	2001
0.93 in 1906	0.39 on 12/2/1902	4	0.04	1998
0.85 in 1960	0.36 on 12/18/1970	5	0.04	1947
0.84 in 1967	0.36 on 12/6/1956	6	0.04	1926
0.82 in 1955	0.36 on 12/7/1924	7	0.05	2004
0.81 in 1899	0.36 on 12/20/1911	8	0.05	1936
0.80 in 1902	0.34 on 12/12/1899	9	0.05	1894
0.79 in 1937	0.33 on 12/12/1902	10	0.05	1891
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
14.5 in 2009	9.0 on 12/5/1906	1	0.1	1896
12.4 in 1996	7.6 on 12/18/1970	2	0.2	1905
11.1 in 1970	6.8 on 12/6/1934	3	0.3	1891
11.1 in 1924	6.2 on 12/7/1924	4	0.4	1965
11.0 in 1955	4.4 on 12/21/1911	5	0.4	1947
10.2 in 1908	4.1 on 12/14/1996	6	0.4	1926
10.1 in 1906	4.0 on 12/22/1966	7	0.5	1957
09.6 in 1967	4.0 on 12/4/1960	8	0.6	1936
09.6 in 1909	3.9 on 12/2/1902	9	0.7	2001
8.8 in 1899	3.8 on 12/25/2009	10	0.7	1959

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