Rapid City Weather in 1951

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1951 based on NOAA data.

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1951 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	July 19
Lowest temperature	-25 °F	January 29
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 29
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	December 20
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	June 1
Most daily snow	5.2 inches	March 2
Total annual precipitation	14.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rapid City in 1951?

The highest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1951 was 104 °F which happened on July 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1951

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Jul 19
2	99 °F	Jul 25
3	98 °F	Jul 29
4	97 °F	Aug 6
5	96 °F	Aug 4
5	96 °F	Aug 1
5	96 °F	Jul 27
5	96 °F	Jul 24
5	96 °F	Jul 18
10	94 °F	Jul 26
10	94 °F	Jul 14

What was the coldest temperature in Rapid City in 1951?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1951 was -25 °F which happened on Jan 29.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1951

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-25 °F	January 29
2	-23 °F	January 28
3	-19 °F	January 31
4	-18 °F	December 16
4	-18 °F	February 1
6	-17 °F	December 21
6	-17 °F	December 20
8	-15 °F	December 15
9	-14 °F	December 31
10	-13 °F	January 27

January 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	9	0.00	0.0
January 2	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	45	17	0.03	0.3
January 4	17	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	2	0.00	0.0
January 7	40	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	51	13	0.00	0.0
January 9	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 10	43	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	35	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	14	0.00	0.0
January 13	42	19	0.00	0.0
January 14	50	17	0.01	0.1
January 15	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 16	55	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	49	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	6	0.00	0.0
January 21	46	4	0.00	0.0
January 22	48	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	40	11	0.00	0.0
January 26	15	-3	0.01	0.1
January 27	-3	-13	0.07	0.7
January 28	-4	-23	0.00	0.0
January 29	10	-25	0.00	0.0
January 30	9	-8	0.00	0.0
January 31	1	-19	0.00	0.0

February 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	17	-18	0.00	0.0
February 2	39	1	0.00	0.0
February 3	47	20	0.00	0.0
February 4	46	18	0.00	0.0
February 5	43	20	0.02	0.3
February 6	20	-5	0.00	0.0
February 7	12	-3	0.00	0.0
February 8	18	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	60	8	0.00	0.0
February 10	74	39	0.00	0.0
February 11	62	16	0.00	0.0
February 12	16	5	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	-4	0.00	0.0
February 14	55	6	0.00	0.0
February 15	57	11	0.00	0.0
February 16	61	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	17	0.00	0.0
February 19	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 20	50	15	0.00	0.0
February 21	57	23	0.00	0.0
February 22	26	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	58	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	49	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	50	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	23	17	0.08	0.8
February 28	27	9	0.00	0.0

March 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	41	8	0.00	0.0
March 2	23	7	0.44	5.2
March 3	21	-1	0.00	0.0
March 4	35	-1	0.00	0.0
March 5	54	0	0.00	0.0
March 6	18	-3	0.00	0.0
March 7	5	-10	0.02	0.2
March 8	5	-12	0.00	0.0
March 9	36	-3	0.00	0.0
March 10	18	1	0.00	0.0
March 11	24	0	0.00	0.0
March 12	24	-2	0.00	0.0
March 13	35	-2	0.02	0.2
March 14	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	26	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	35	15	0.00	0.1
March 18	25	11	0.00	0.0
March 19	27	6	0.00	0.0
March 20	29	9	0.00	0.0
March 21	64	15	0.00	0.0
March 22	55	32	0.12	1.1
March 23	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	56	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	29	0.19	0.0
March 28	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 30	43	16	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	19	0.00	0.0

April 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	46	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	58	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	60	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	63	31	0.00	0.0
April 5	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	52	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	23	0.00	0.0
April 8	52	19	0.00	0.0
April 9	60	24	0.00	0.0
April 10	41	25	0.00	0.0
April 11	35	20	0.00	0.0
April 12	47	18	0.00	0.0
April 13	74	22	0.00	0.0
April 14	43	23	0.00	0.0
April 15	33	16	0.00	0.0
April 16	53	14	0.00	0.0
April 17	63	28	0.00	0.0
April 18	47	32	0.00	0.0
April 19	46	20	0.04	0.4
April 20	31	19	0.06	0.6
April 21	33	18	0.02	0.2
April 22	52	13	0.00	0.0
April 23	57	26	0.00	0.0
April 24	49	34	0.09	0.0
April 25	55	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	63	35	0.13	0.0
April 27	73	45	0.00	0.0
April 28	79	42	0.00	0.0
April 29	85	48	0.02	0.0
April 30	68	47	0.15	0.0

May 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	40	0.00
May 2	67	41	0.00
May 3	66	45	0.00
May 4	70	44	0.00
May 5	64	38	0.00
May 6	58	34	0.00
May 7	68	31	0.00
May 8	75	45	0.00
May 9	60	46	0.17
May 10	65	40	0.00
May 11	75	34	0.00
May 12	80	41	0.26
May 13	69	47	0.16
May 14	73	45	0.00
May 15	68	49	0.02
May 16	68	48	0.06
May 17	67	53	0.33
May 18	70	52	0.00
May 19	69	51	0.00
May 20	55	44	0.32
May 21	63	43	0.00
May 22	76	44	0.00
May 23	87	49	0.00
May 24	74	55	0.00
May 25	66	43	0.01
May 26	70	41	0.00
May 27	80	41	0.00
May 28	89	58	0.06
May 29	66	49	0.00
May 30	50	41	0.31
May 31	45	37	0.17

June 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	37	31	1.31	3.6
June 2	41	31	0.02	0.0
June 3	57	33	0.00	0.0
June 4	72	37	0.00	0.0
June 5	78	46	0.03	0.0
June 6	73	50	0.04	0.0
June 7	73	47	0.00	0.0
June 8	68	46	0.00	0.0
June 9	71	44	0.09	0.0
June 10	76	46	0.00	0.0
June 11	72	49	0.00	0.0
June 12	77	43	0.00	0.0
June 13	82	49	0.36	0.0
June 14	76	53	0.04	0.0
June 15	85	56	0.00	0.0
June 16	75	55	0.00	0.0
June 17	67	52	0.56	0.0
June 18	71	49	0.11	0.0
June 19	70	50	0.35	0.0
June 20	60	50	0.00	0.0
June 21	59	50	0.00	0.0
June 22	66	49	0.08	0.0
June 23	64	48	0.72	0.0
June 24	82	46	0.00	0.0
June 25	69	51	0.00	0.0
June 26	81	48	0.02	0.0
June 27	64	45	0.02	0.0
June 28	66	43	0.00	0.0
June 29	67	48	0.00	0.0
June 30	67	48	0.00	0.0

July 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	48	0.00
July 2	68	52	0.14
July 3	70	51	0.00
July 4	74	48	0.00
July 5	84	57	0.00
July 6	88	62	0.00
July 7	89	63	0.00
July 8	78	56	0.02
July 9	68	51	0.45
July 10	55	48	0.34
July 11	56	47	0.29
July 12	70	51	0.02
July 13	85	47	0.00
July 14	94	56	0.00
July 15	92	60	0.00
July 16	90	60	0.00
July 17	88	62	0.00
July 18	96	62	0.00
July 19	104	62	0.00
July 20	90	65	0.00
July 21	71	57	0.04
July 22	77	52	0.07
July 23	87	48	0.00
July 24	96	62	0.00
July 25	99	64	0.00
July 26	94	64	0.00
July 27	96	64	0.00
July 28	91	65	0.00
July 29	98	71	0.26
July 30	89	65	0.00
July 31	91	64	0.00

August 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	64	0.23
August 2	87	65	0.00
August 3	90	59	0.00
August 4	96	66	0.00
August 5	91	67	0.00
August 6	97	60	0.00
August 7	89	61	0.00
August 8	79	59	0.03
August 9	78	54	0.01
August 10	74	55	0.02
August 11	80	55	0.69
August 12	68	54	0.07
August 13	80	55	0.00
August 14	71	49	0.72
August 15	72	49	0.00
August 16	80	53	0.00
August 17	84	59	0.00
August 18	84	56	0.00
August 19	79	58	0.08
August 20	72	52	0.00
August 21	77	47	0.00
August 22	80	52	0.00
August 23	92	60	0.00
August 24	88	57	0.44
August 25	77	55	0.00
August 26	81	51	0.00
August 27	82	50	0.00
August 28	76	56	0.00
August 29	91	63	0.01
August 30	85	61	0.01
August 31	75	56	0.61

September 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	54	0.31
September 2	72	53	0.09
September 3	62	54	0.32
September 4	61	52	0.10
September 5	70	47	0.00
September 6	71	45	0.00
September 7	80	55	0.30
September 8	80	49	0.00
September 9	73	49	0.09
September 10	80	47	0.00
September 11	66	46	0.02
September 12	63	44	0.00
September 13	69	45	0.00
September 14	66	40	0.00
September 15	61	37	0.00
September 16	76	36	0.00
September 17	77	47	0.00
September 18	74	49	0.00
September 19	80	51	0.00
September 20	57	41	0.11
September 21	53	34	0.00
September 22	62	33	0.00
September 23	45	35	0.12
September 24	66	36	0.00
September 25	78	35	0.00
September 26	57	32	0.00
September 27	45	26	0.00
September 28	71	25	0.00
September 29	80	49	0.00
September 30	87	48	0.00

October 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	85	49	0.03	0.0
October 2	76	50	0.03	0.0
October 3	55	48	0.17	0.0
October 4	51	42	0.38	0.0
October 5	45	39	0.01	0.0
October 6	58	35	0.00	0.0
October 7	64	35	0.00	0.0
October 8	70	42	0.00	0.0
October 9	77	43	0.00	0.0
October 10	77	47	0.00	0.0
October 11	72	43	0.00	0.0
October 12	75	43	0.08	0.0
October 13	63	41	0.00	0.0
October 14	72	41	0.00	0.0
October 15	75	39	0.00	0.0
October 16	41	30	0.00	0.0
October 17	42	29	0.10	0.8
October 18	42	30	0.02	0.3
October 19	60	31	0.02	0.0
October 20	40	31	0.04	0.1
October 21	34	29	0.00	0.0
October 22	52	27	0.00	0.0
October 23	63	27	0.00	0.0
October 24	74	37	0.00	0.0
October 25	42	33	0.00	0.0
October 26	34	30	0.00	0.0
October 27	59	22	0.00	0.0
October 28	67	34	0.00	0.0
October 29	68	31	0.00	0.0
October 30	31	23	0.00	0.0
October 31	32	14	0.00	0.0

November 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	20	4	0.00	0.0
November 2	44	-2	0.00	0.0
November 3	45	8	0.05	0.3
November 4	19	10	0.11	1.5
November 5	40	11	0.02	0.2
November 6	42	23	0.00	0.0
November 7	58	18	0.00	0.0
November 8	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	59	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	64	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	57	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 14	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 15	33	19	0.00	0.0
November 16	22	7	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	4	0.00	0.0
November 18	51	18	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	15	0.00	0.0
November 20	66	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	47	15	0.03	0.4
November 22	36	14	0.00	0.0
November 23	32	20	0.00	0.0
November 24	44	14	0.00	0.0
November 25	48	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	56	23	0.00	0.0
November 27	54	28	0.00	0.0
November 28	64	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 30	59	29	0.00	0.0

December 1951 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	66	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	60	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 6	32	24	0.12	1.2
December 7	25	19	0.03	0.3
December 8	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 10	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	47	24	0.08	0.3
December 12	40	28	0.04	0.0
December 13	30	2	0.08	1.2
December 14	9	-9	0.00	0.0
December 15	0	-15	0.04	0.7
December 16	5	-18	0.00	0.0
December 17	22	-5	0.00	0.0
December 18	13	-5	0.00	0.0
December 19	4	-10	0.00	0.0
December 20	-5	-17	0.01	0.1
December 21	27	-17	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	8	0.01	0.1
December 23	19	4	0.00	0.0
December 24	18	2	0.07	1.2
December 25	27	-8	0.00	0.0
December 26	20	4	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	5	0.00	0.0
December 28	46	14	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	23	0.01	0.0
December 30	39	-1	0.00	0.0
December 31	1	-14	0.04	0.4

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Rapid City Regional Airport	location