NWS Rapid City, SD - Local Climate Information

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Latitude 43 22 N - Longitude 99 52 W - Elevation 2010 Feet
Station Record Begins 03/01/1910

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Top Ten Information for October
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
60.6	1963	1	42.6	2009
58.0	2003	2	44.6	2002
57.9	1953	3	45.5	1969
56.4	1974	4	48.5	1976
56.2	1973	5	48.8	1951
55.7	1965	6	49.7	1972
55.6	1950	7	49.8	2012
55.5	1975	8	49.8	2006
55.2	2000	9	49.9	1977
54.7	1968	10	49.9	1957
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.90 in 1998	2.45 on 10/12/1997	1	0.00	1964
5.12 in 1997	1.90 on 10/5/1995	2	0.00	1952
5.10 in 1982	1.79 on 10/1/1977	3	TR	1958
4.72 in 1995	1.75 on 10/9/1982	4	0.10	1999
3.74 in 2007	1.70 on 10/8/1997	5	0.14	1989
3.50 in 1979	1.70 on 10/11/1973	6	0.17	1955
3.11 in 2009	1.65 on 10/16/1980	7	0.19	2001
2.95 in 1971	1.53 on 10/4/1998	8	0.20	1988
2.90 in 1984	1.50 on 10/31/1979	9	0.32	1976
2.68 in 2008	1.35 on 10/25/1956	10	0.35	2005
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
22.5 in 1995	15.0 on 10/23/1995	1	0.0	MANY
9.0 in 2002	7.5 on 10/31/1995	2
7.0 in 1972	7.0 on 10/30/1972	3
6.0 in 1979	6.0 on 10/31/1979	4
6.0 in 1975	5.0 on 10/7/1970	5
6.0 in 1969	5.0 on 10/30/1959	6
5.5 in 2006	4.0 on 10/23/2002	7
5.5 in 1959	4.0 on 10/30/2002	8
5.0 in 1971	4.0 on 10/19/1982	9
5.0 in 1970	4.0 on 10/24/1975	10

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