Rapid City Weather in 1953

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1953 based on NOAA data.

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1953 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 31
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	69 °F	July 31
Lowest daily high	4 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	June 19
Most daily snow	8.7 inches	February 9
Total annual precipitation	16.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	54.6 inches	-

January 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 2	40	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	18	0.12	1.2
January 4	41	28	0.05	0.2
January 5	30	12	0.03	0.3
January 6	21	1	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	12	0.00	0.0
January 8	50	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	74	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	52	26	0.00	0.0
January 11	60	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	69	37	0.00	0.0
January 13	46	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	15	-2	0.39	3.9
January 15	4	-11	0.06	0.6
January 16	35	-9	0.00	0.0
January 17	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	23	0.01	0.0
January 20	48	15	0.00	0.0
January 21	44	27	0.09	0.3
January 22	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	31	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 25	54	32	0.00	0.0
January 26	52	27	0.00	0.0
January 27	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 29	55	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	20	0.00	0.0

February 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	51	20	0.00	0.0
February 2	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 3	51	33	0.00	0.0
February 4	56	32	0.14	0.0
February 5	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 7	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	25	0.08	0.8
February 9	25	14	0.87	8.7
February 10	23	10	0.20	2.0
February 11	32	4	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	26	6	0.12	1.1
February 16	29	1	0.07	0.7
February 17	40	6	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	19	0.15	1.9
February 19	22	8	0.61	6.2
February 20	14	-2	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	-8	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	8	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	22	0.00	0.1
February 27	35	23	0.01	0.1
February 28	30	16	0.21	2.1

March 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	16	10	0.61	7.9
March 2	23	2	0.03	0.3
March 3	26	5	0.00	0.0
March 4	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 5	48	12	0.02	0.2
March 6	31	9	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	59	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	62	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	65	32	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	24	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	22	0.00	0.0
March 20	65	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	44	19	0.00	0.0
March 25	63	17	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	65	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	67	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	51	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	56	27	0.00	0.0

April 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	41	30	0.11	0.3
April 2	41	24	0.02	0.2
April 3	51	22	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	25	0.00	0.0
April 5	61	33	0.04	0.0
April 6	45	33	0.39	0.0
April 7	34	31	0.36	2.2
April 8	41	30	0.00	0.0
April 9	33	26	0.01	0.1
April 10	38	23	0.00	0.0
April 11	34	20	0.00	0.0
April 12	50	19	0.00	0.0
April 13	54	27	0.00	0.0
April 14	49	23	0.20	1.7
April 15	37	19	0.00	0.0
April 16	34	20	0.06	0.6
April 17	35	23	0.02	0.2
April 18	34	16	0.00	0.0
April 19	47	20	0.00	0.0
April 20	68	26	0.00	0.0
April 21	75	45	0.00	0.0
April 22	70	45	0.00	0.0
April 23	81	42	0.25	0.0
April 24	50	32	0.03	0.0
April 25	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 26	62	28	0.00	0.0
April 27	61	35	0.00	0.0
April 28	43	38	0.15	0.0
April 29	41	32	0.95	2.1
April 30	41	32	0.18	1.2

May 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	41	34	0.28	0.0
May 2	37	31	0.25	0.0
May 3	46	34	0.15	0.0
May 4	52	40	0.01	0.0
May 5	66	36	0.00	0.0
May 6	74	43	0.00	0.0
May 7	80	44	0.00	0.0
May 8	76	52	0.15	0.0
May 9	60	42	0.11	0.0
May 10	58	38	0.00	0.0
May 11	41	23	0.06	0.6
May 12	36	22	0.01	0.0
May 13	45	26	0.01	0.1
May 14	59	29	0.00	0.0
May 15	64	35	0.00	0.0
May 16	69	41	0.00	0.0
May 17	63	46	0.01	0.0
May 18	67	40	0.00	0.0
May 19	79	48	0.09	0.0
May 20	59	39	0.09	0.0
May 21	60	39	0.42	0.0
May 22	61	42	0.00	0.0
May 23	65	45	0.00	0.0
May 24	79	49	0.00	0.0
May 25	80	44	0.00	0.0
May 26	70	44	0.00	0.0
May 27	83	49	0.00	0.0
May 28	84	60	0.04	0.0
May 29	79	56	0.00	0.0
May 30	79	50	0.00	0.0
May 31	79	45	0.00	0.0

June 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	53	0.00
June 2	89	53	0.08
June 3	80	44	0.00
June 4	69	49	0.00
June 5	57	44	0.19
June 6	62	44	0.09
June 7	63	51	0.03
June 8	81	49	0.01
June 9	65	53	0.01
June 10	86	60	0.00
June 11	91	67	0.01
June 12	94	67	0.48
June 13	88	63	0.00
June 14	83	63	0.65
June 15	71	55	0.40
June 16	82	53	0.00
June 17	88	61	0.00
June 18	88	63	0.00
June 19	72	56	1.74
June 20	73	54	0.01
June 21	75	56	0.00
June 22	78	57	0.00
June 23	81	58	0.00
June 24	68	49	0.00
June 25	75	42	0.00
June 26	77	50	0.17
June 27	72	54	0.17
June 28	85	52	0.01
June 29	88	65	0.00
June 30	91	63	0.00

July 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	61	0.00
July 2	78	57	0.00
July 3	90	56	0.00
July 4	77	59	0.00
July 5	72	56	0.00
July 6	83	54	0.00
July 7	76	57	0.00
July 8	76	51	0.02
July 9	83	59	0.00
July 10	89	58	0.00
July 11	91	63	0.00
July 12	87	63	0.00
July 13	90	58	0.00
July 14	93	58	0.00
July 15	95	64	0.00
July 16	75	56	0.25
July 17	83	55	0.00
July 18	91	58	0.00
July 19	94	62	0.00
July 20	92	62	0.39
July 21	80	58	0.00
July 22	86	57	0.00
July 23	93	55	0.00
July 24	93	64	0.04
July 25	89	60	0.00
July 26	81	59	0.00
July 27	97	64	0.62
July 28	79	65	0.00
July 29	83	62	0.00
July 30	86	64	0.00
July 31	83	69	0.00

August 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	63	0.34
August 2	74	63	0.22
August 3	67	60	0.06
August 4	82	58	0.00
August 5	84	56	0.00
August 6	77	53	0.00
August 7	77	48	0.00
August 8	95	52	0.00
August 9	84	60	0.00
August 10	69	55	0.08
August 11	77	53	0.00
August 12	94	52	0.00
August 13	99	59	0.00
August 14	82	59	0.00
August 15	79	57	0.20
August 16	82	55	0.00
August 17	86	57	0.00
August 18	88	61	0.00
August 19	86	55	0.00
August 20	92	60	0.00
August 21	89	59	0.00
August 22	91	60	0.04
August 23	87	62	0.00
August 24	97	58	0.00
August 25	93	64	0.00
August 26	100	65	0.00
August 27	86	63	0.00
August 28	90	62	0.00
August 29	86	60	0.00
August 30	98	60	0.00
August 31	100	67	0.00

September 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	64	0.15
September 2	77	48	0.17
September 3	62	42	0.00
September 4	66	41	0.00
September 5	79	45	0.00
September 6	77	47	0.00
September 7	88	47	0.00
September 8	89	57	0.00
September 9	85	57	0.00
September 10	90	59	0.00
September 11	78	53	0.00
September 12	79	49	0.00
September 13	85	50	0.00
September 14	87	55	0.00
September 15	81	49	0.00
September 16	90	56	0.00
September 17	82	42	0.05
September 18	74	41	0.00
September 19	80	50	0.00
September 20	63	39	0.00
September 21	70	32	0.00
September 22	92	42	0.00
September 23	78	54	0.00
September 24	67	40	0.00
September 25	80	35	0.00
September 26	69	45	0.00
September 27	78	41	0.00
September 28	83	46	0.00
September 29	69	47	0.00
September 30	91	43	0.00

October 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	93	55	0.00
October 2	71	47	0.02
October 3	62	39	0.00
October 4	71	34	0.00
October 5	67	38	0.00
October 6	70	31	0.00
October 7	79	43	0.00
October 8	77	47	0.00
October 9	86	46	0.00
October 10	84	52	0.00
October 11	87	50	0.00
October 12	74	48	0.00
October 13	83	46	0.00
October 14	80	52	0.00
October 15	76	46	0.00
October 16	69	47	0.00
October 17	79	44	0.00
October 18	82	45	0.00
October 19	84	47	0.00
October 20	71	48	0.07
October 21	52	38	0.12
October 22	47	34	0.00
October 23	49	29	0.00
October 24	52	40	0.01
October 25	45	30	0.00
October 26	51	22	0.01
October 27	60	34	0.00
October 28	71	43	0.00
October 29	76	41	0.00
October 30	62	35	0.00
October 31	69	32	0.00

November 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	71	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	42	33	0.02	0.0
November 6	36	30	0.33	3.3
November 7	43	30	0.28	0.9
November 8	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 9	67	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	70	34	0.00	0.0
November 13	69	42	0.00	0.0
November 14	75	38	0.00	0.0
November 15	74	45	0.00	0.0
November 16	69	40	0.00	0.0
November 17	72	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	36	27	0.13	1.3
November 19	31	20	0.03	0.3
November 20	23	19	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	13	0.00	0.0
November 22	45	13	0.00	0.0
November 23	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 24	44	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	47	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	57	28	0.00	0.0
November 27	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 28	48	27	0.05	0.0
November 29	52	32	0.00	0.0
November 30	51	24	0.00	0.0

December 1953 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	28	0.01	0.0
December 2	43	24	0.00	0.0
December 3	30	27	0.01	0.0
December 4	33	16	0.07	0.7
December 5	41	20	0.00	0.0
December 6	46	19	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	9	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	57	23	0.07	0.0
December 13	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	25	8	0.00	0.0
December 17	37	6	0.00	0.0
December 18	57	23	0.00	0.0
December 19	54	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	50	32	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	5	0.02	0.1
December 22	26	0	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	10	0.00	0.0
December 24	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	49	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 28	53	14	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 30	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	58	23	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location