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 September
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
68.8	1897	1	50.5	1965
67.8	1998	2	52.8	1912
67.7	1931	3	54.2	1929
67.6	1952	4	55.0	1903
67.3	1963	5	55.6	1934
66.5	1940	6	55.9	1961
66.4	2012	7	56.6	1907
66.1	1969	8	56.7	1918
66.1	1948	9	56.7	1896
65.9	1938	10	56.8	1926
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.07 in 1913	2.76 on 9/16/1913	1	0.02	1888
4.90 in 1923	2.23 on 9/27/1923	2	0.03	2012
2.86 in 1959	2.08 on 9/15/1913	3	0.06	1893
2.79 in 1903	1.72 on 9/28/1923	4	0.07	1958
2.67 in 1908	1.62 on 9/13/1998	5	0.07	1954
2.66 in 1966	1.57 on 9/13/1966	6	0.07	1916
2.58 in 1896	1.56 on 9/21/1910	7	0.08	1897
2.57 in 2002	1.20 on 9/12/2009	8	0.11	1933
2.55 in 1998	1.19 on 09/09/1898	9	0.12	1952
2.45 in 1950	1.18 on 9/20/1955	10	0.12	1935
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
4.8 in 1927	2.8 on 9/15/1903	1	0.0	MANY
2.8 in 1903	2.6 on 9/16/1965	2
2.6 in 1965	2.5 on 9/25/1927	3
1.6 in 1895	2.3 on 9/26/1927	4
1.0 in 1955	1.6 on 09/22/1895	5
0.9 in 2000	1.0 on 9/25/1955	6
0.7 in 1970	0.7 on 9/22/2000	7
0.5 in 1942	0.7 on 9/13/1970	8
0.4 in 1934	0.5 on 9/18/1942	9
0.4 in 1912	0.4 on 9/24/1912	10

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