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 October
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
60.8	1963	1	35.1	1925
56.4	1953	2	37.5	1919
56.4	1947	3	38.7	2009
56.1	1940	4	39.5	2002
55.4	1938	5	42.8	1905
55.3	1965	6	42.8	1898
54.6	2010	7	42.9	1969
54.5	1956	8	43.2	1932
54.5	1934	9	43.3	1917
54.2	2003	10	43.9	1913
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.87 in 1998	1.96 on 10/4/1998	1	Trace	1921
4.68 in 1996	1.67 on 10/29/1996	2	0.02	1907
3.58 in 1930	1.48 on 10/26/1996	3	0.02	1895
3.26 in 1919	1.47 on 10/1/1930	4	0.05	1945
2.62 in 1924	1.20 on 10/6/1962	5	0.06	1960
2.56 in 2009	1.18 on 10/19/1919	6	0.07	1999
2.53 in 1946	1.16 on 10/16/1998	7	0.07	1968
2.29 in 1892	1.10 on 10/5/1946	8	0.07	1952
2.10 in 1971	1.01 on 10/8/1924	9	0.14	1937
2.09 in 1908	0.99 on 10/4/1913	10	0.15	1917
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
15.1 in 1919	9.9 on 10/19/1919	1	0.0	MANY
09.5 in 1932	7.0 on 10/20/1906	2
09.1 in 1925	6.0 on 10/28/1971	3
8.8 in 1929	5.6 on 10/31/1920	4
7.8 in 2009	5.0 on 10/12/1969	5
7.8 in 1971	5.0 on 10/25/1954	6
7.7 in 2002	4.3 on 10/9/1932	7
7.2 in 1954	4.1 on 10/24/1898	8
7.0 in 1906	4.0 on 10/26/1996	9
6.1 in 1996	4.0 on 10/29/1961	10

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