Annual
Climatology: Rapid City, SD (RAP)
Elev: 3160 ft Lat: 44o 03'N Long: 103o 03'W

Figure 1: Average Temperatures and Precipitation 1971-2000. (NCDC Data)
|
Month |
Daily Max |
Daily Min |
Mean |
Maximum Daily Temperature |
Minimum Daily Temperature |
|
January |
33.6 |
11.3 |
22.4 |
76 |
-27 |
|
February |
38.6 |
15.9 |
27.3 |
75 |
-31 |
|
March |
46.6 |
23.2 |
34.9 |
82 |
-21 |
|
April |
57.1 |
32.3 |
44.7 |
93 |
1 |
|
May |
67.2 |
42.7 |
55.0 |
98 |
18 |
|
June |
77.4 |
51.8 |
64.6 |
106 |
32 |
|
July |
85.5 |
57.9 |
71.7 |
110 |
39 |
|
August |
85.5 |
56.6 |
71.1 |
106 |
38 |
|
September |
75.2 |
46.0 |
60.6 |
104 |
18 |
|
October |
61.7 |
34.7 |
48.2 |
94 |
-2 |
|
November |
44.8 |
22.1 |
33.4 |
83 |
-19 |
|
December |
36.1 |
13.3 |
24.7 |
75 |
-30 |
|
Annual |
59.1 |
34.0 |
46.6 |
110 |
-31 |
|
Month |
Mean |
Median |
Extreme |
Year |
Snow* |
|
January |
0.37 |
0.26 |
1.18 |
1971 |
5.2 |
|
February |
0.46 |
0.35 |
1.71 |
1987 |
6.5 |
|
March |
1.03 |
0.87 |
2.71 |
1973 |
9.1 |
|
April |
1.86 |
1.56 |
4.80 |
1997 |
6.2 |
|
May |
2.96 |
2.48 |
8.18 |
1996 |
0.5 |
|
June |
2.83 |
2.53 |
5.63 |
1975 |
0.0 |
|
July |
2.03 |
1.73 |
4.47 |
1981 |
0.0 |
|
August |
1.61 |
1.42 |
4.83 |
1982 |
0.0 |
|
September |
1.10 |
0.76 |
3.14 |
1986 |
0.2 |
|
October |
1.37 |
1.03 |
5.60 |
1998 |
1.8 |
|
November |
0.61 |
0.54 |
2.22 |
1985 |
6.3 |
|
December |
0.41 |
0.35 |
1.65 |
1975 |
5.3 |
|
Annual |
16.64 |
16.01 |
|
|
41.1 |
* Snowfall totals represent
mean snowfall 1971-2000
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