Rapid City Weather in 1948

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Rapid City Weather Extremes
note: data for this year is incomplete
Highest temperature	103 °F	September 15
Lowest temperature	0 °F	December 15
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 23
Lowest daily high	16 °F	December 14
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	October 29
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	December 24
Total annual precipitation	15.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.1 inches	-

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	53	40	0.30	0.0
May 2	57	34	0.00	0.0
May 3	60	33	0.00	0.0
May 4	64	36	0.00	0.0
May 5	53	34	0.01	0.0
May 6	67	33	0.00	0.0
May 7	70	40	0.00	0.0
May 8	56	34	0.25	0.0
May 9	37	32	0.24	0.9
May 10	42	31	0.07	0.6
May 11	55	29	0.00	0.0
May 12	60	34	0.00	0.0
May 13	74	36	0.00	0.0
May 14	71	43	0.00	0.0
May 15	70	38	0.00	0.0
May 16	72	40	0.00	0.0
May 17	90	48	0.00	0.0
May 18	90	65	0.00	0.0
May 19	91	62	0.00	0.0
May 20	73	59	0.00	0.0
May 21	77	56	0.00	0.0
May 22	86	57	0.07	0.0
May 23	80	56	0.55	0.0
May 24	67	50	0.00	0.0
May 25	76	46	0.00	0.0
May 26	79	49	0.00	0.0
May 27	62	47	0.00	0.0
May 28	52	41	0.01	0.0
May 29	47	40	0.16	0.0
May 30	54	46	0.01	0.0
May 31	78	51	0.00	0.0

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	56	0.00
June 2	86	62	0.00
June 3	78	60	0.60
June 4	78	52	0.00
June 5	75	58	0.01
June 6	79	55	0.01
June 7	85	55	0.00
June 8	84	53	0.00
June 9	90	60	0.00
June 10	77	57	0.00
June 11	71	51	0.01
June 12	66	49	0.36
June 13	72	55	0.37
June 14	74	50	0.67
June 15	71	51	0.00
June 16	66	56	0.50
June 17	58	45	0.69
June 18	58	43	0.16
June 19	57	41	0.00
June 20	60	51	0.12
June 21	71	52	0.61
June 22	63	54	0.41
June 23	70	52	0.00
June 24	70	49	0.03
June 25	72	48	0.10
June 26	68	47	0.17
June 27	71	50	0.00
June 28	76	50	0.00
June 29	78	53	0.04
June 30	88	51	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	58	0.48
July 2	90	62	0.00
July 3	87	60	0.00
July 4	90	62	0.00
July 5	98	64	0.00
July 6	98	69	0.00
July 7	98	63	0.00
July 8	85	62	0.00
July 9	86	61	0.00
July 10	90	59	0.67
July 11	87	61	0.00
July 12	82	56	0.60
July 13	82	53	0.00
July 14	71	58	0.33
July 15	75	54	0.00
July 16	76	56	0.00
July 17	80	51	0.00
July 18	82	52	0.00
July 19	83	59	0.03
July 20	90	57	0.00
July 21	79	52	0.03
July 22	74	54	0.00
July 23	89	54	0.00
July 24	91	60	0.51
July 25	81	55	0.00
July 26	83	52	0.00
July 27	86	52	0.00
July 28	75	59	0.00
July 29	70	54	0.00
July 30	81	49	0.00
July 31	85	55	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	70	56	0.14
August 2	65	48	0.00
August 3	72	48	0.00
August 4	76	50	0.00
August 5	77	58	0.25
August 6	82	55	0.00
August 7	84	56	0.11
August 8	77	60	0.03
August 9	82	57	0.01
August 10	81	53	0.41
August 11	85	54	1.31
August 12	81	56	0.01
August 13	84	53	0.80
August 14	81	52	0.00
August 15	88	57	0.00
August 16	94	61	0.00
August 17	90	61	0.00
August 18	95	62	0.00
August 19	101	65	0.00
August 20	80	58	0.00
August 21	92	57	0.00
August 22	95	64	0.00
August 23	97	72	0.00
August 24	94	65	0.00
August 25	78	56	0.00
August 26	81	55	0.00
August 27	90	55	0.00
August 28	94	55	0.00
August 29	93	62	0.00
August 30	102	60	0.00
August 31	88	62	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	57	0.05
September 2	93	54	0.00
September 3	100	62	0.00
September 4	89	65	0.00
September 5	77	57	0.00
September 6	64	45	0.13
September 7	63	43	0.00
September 8	72	39	0.00
September 9	70	45	0.00
September 10	85	44	0.00
September 11	94	54	0.00
September 12	88	56	0.00
September 13	88	54	0.00
September 14	100	56	0.00
September 15	103	57	0.00
September 16	80	62	0.00
September 17	86	64	0.00
September 18	95	57	0.00
September 19	70	49	0.06
September 20	67	47	0.05
September 21	83	44	0.00
September 22	85	46	0.30
September 23	80	57	0.00
September 24	64	50	0.00
September 25	74	56	0.00
September 26	81	55	0.00
September 27	78	52	0.00
September 28	79	48	0.00
September 29	82	46	0.00
September 30	61	44	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	40	0.00
October 2	73	44	0.00
October 3	83	41	0.00
October 4	83	50	0.00
October 5	67	41	0.23
October 6	48	37	0.00
October 7	61	38	0.00
October 8	68	38	0.00
October 9	63	30	0.00
October 10	57	31	0.00
October 11	64	28	0.00
October 12	71	33	0.00
October 13	72	34	0.00
October 14	77	41	0.00
October 15	67	37	0.00
October 16	42	21	0.00
October 17	54	17	0.00
October 18	70	35	0.00
October 19	72	33	0.00
October 20	66	36	0.00
October 21	72	34	0.00
October 22	64	38	0.00
October 23	78	38	0.00
October 24	79	42	0.00
October 25	63	40	0.00
October 26	63	34	0.00
October 27	57	36	0.00
October 28	48	36	0.07
October 29	48	43	1.40
October 30	61	39	0.00
October 31	64	35	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	39	0.00	0.0
November 2	62	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	59	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	44	30	0.09	0.2
November 5	43	31	0.02	0.2
November 6	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 7	35	19	0.00	0.0
November 8	41	17	0.00	0.0
November 9	34	26	0.03	0.3
November 10	41	21	0.00	0.0
November 11	48	19	0.00	0.0
November 12	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	27	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	35	0.01	0.0
November 16	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	44	29	0.08	0.9
November 18	30	25	0.00	0.0
November 19	29	12	0.00	0.0
November 20	32	8	0.00	0.0
November 21	33	16	0.00	0.0
November 22	43	16	0.03	0.0
November 23	45	29	0.03	0.0
November 24	50	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	43	22	0.00	0.0
November 27	34	17	0.00	0.0
November 28	51	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	18	0.00	0.0

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	58	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	68	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	18	0.03	0.3
December 5	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 6	33	10	0.00	0.0
December 7	31	9	0.00	0.0
December 8	23	7	0.00	0.1
December 9	23	3	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	18	0.00	0.0
December 11	46	18	0.00	0.0
December 12	57	24	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 14	16	11	0.02	0.2
December 15	17	0	0.11	1.3
December 16	23	2	0.00	0.0
December 17	22	2	0.00	0.0
December 18	29	4	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	11	0.00	0.0
December 20	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	13	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 23	25	11	0.01	0.3
December 24	20	14	0.30	3.5
December 25	17	6	0.01	0.2
December 26	35	11	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	16	0.00	0.0
December 28	27	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	27	6	0.00	0.0
December 30	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	8	0.00	0.0

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location