Rapid City Weather in 1956

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	June 11
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	December 7
Highest daily low	69 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	1 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	1.1 inches	July 2
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	November 2
Total annual precipitation	14.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	45.6 inches	-

January 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	24	0.21	0.0
January 2	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	53	32	0.00	0.0
January 5	53	32	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	13	0.00	0.0
January 8	60	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	48	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	9	0.00	0.0
January 15	11	-1	0.00	0.0
January 16	1	-4	0.00	0.0
January 17	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 18	43	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	18	8	0.07	0.7
January 21	17	8	0.03	0.3
January 22	22	11	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	18	0.01	0.0
January 25	38	17	0.01	0.4
January 26	25	12	0.10	1.6
January 27	33	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	12	2	0.01	0.3
January 30	10	-7	0.00	0.0
January 31	3	-10	0.03	0.3

February 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	16	-12	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	1	0.00	0.0
February 3	40	9	0.00	0.0
February 4	47	16	0.00	0.0
February 5	48	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 9	44	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	47	23	0.00	0.0
February 11	38	21	0.01	0.1
February 12	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	7	0.02	0.2
February 14	16	8	0.04	0.8
February 15	21	-5	0.15	1.6
February 16	5	-10	0.18	1.8
February 17	31	-7	0.00	0.0
February 18	27	8	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	6	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	6	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	64	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	23	0.12	1.2
February 25	43	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	9	0.00	0.0
February 28	49	22	0.00	0.0
February 29	57	21	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 3	60	22	0.00	0.0
March 4	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 5	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	27	11	0.01	0.2
March 7	32	10	0.00	0.0
March 8	54	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	27	0.21	2.2
March 10	28	0	0.32	3.2
March 11	11	-8	0.03	0.2
March 12	28	-10	0.00	0.0
March 13	29	12	0.06	0.9
March 14	24	0	0.03	0.1
March 15	36	3	0.00	0.0
March 16	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	61	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	58	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	65	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	75	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	70	43	0.00	0.0
March 26	79	39	0.00	0.0
March 27	49	23	0.05	0.3
March 28	25	18	0.04	0.4
March 29	41	15	0.00	0.0
March 30	60	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	73	35	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 2	32	26	0.17	1.2
April 3	41	25	0.08	0.4
April 4	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 5	50	31	0.24	1.0
April 6	38	22	0.01	0.1
April 7	43	19	0.00	0.0
April 8	38	24	0.00	0.0
April 9	55	21	0.00	0.0
April 10	65	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	39	28	0.15	1.4
April 12	56	22	0.00	0.0
April 13	71	37	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	35	0.00	0.0
April 15	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 16	44	24	0.00	0.0
April 17	49	23	0.00	0.0
April 18	59	29	0.00	0.0
April 19	63	31	0.00	0.0
April 20	77	35	0.00	0.0
April 21	59	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	45	30	0.00	0.0
April 23	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 24	65	29	0.01	0.0
April 25	57	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	60	36	0.17	0.0
April 27	42	22	0.04	0.2
April 28	28	18	0.62	5.4
April 29	35	11	0.10	0.4
April 30	38	28	0.10	1.0

May 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	32	0.18
May 2	57	30	0.18
May 3	39	29	0.14
May 4	45	36	0.00
May 5	55	38	0.01
May 6	54	40	0.02
May 7	62	39	0.00
May 8	84	48	0.00
May 9	69	47	0.00
May 10	64	43	0.09
May 11	76	44	0.00
May 12	63	42	0.44
May 13	50	35	0.27
May 14	65	35	0.00
May 15	63	44	0.00
May 16	76	46	0.00
May 17	80	50	0.00
May 18	83	54	0.00
May 19	74	50	0.00
May 20	81	54	0.00
May 21	84	54	0.00
May 22	73	52	0.00
May 23	82	48	0.00
May 24	84	53	0.00
May 25	81	55	0.00
May 26	80	56	0.02
May 27	65	58	0.15
May 28	69	54	0.36
May 29	68	51	0.23
May 30	68	44	0.00
May 31	69	40	0.00

June 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	46	0.00
June 2	86	56	0.00
June 3	86	58	0.00
June 4	89	58	0.00
June 5	90	64	0.00
June 6	80	52	0.00
June 7	86	47	0.00
June 8	90	57	0.00
June 9	98	57	0.00
June 10	98	63	0.00
June 11	101	67	0.00
June 12	92	66	0.00
June 13	90	62	0.00
June 14	81	59	0.00
June 15	89	60	0.02
June 16	83	58	0.63
June 17	83	58	0.30
June 18	89	58	0.00
June 19	90	59	0.00
June 20	95	60	0.37
June 21	85	53	0.00
June 22	82	48	0.00
June 23	87	49	0.00
June 24	94	54	0.00
June 25	79	56	0.00
June 26	83	55	0.00
June 27	85	60	0.00
June 28	98	60	0.00
June 29	94	65	0.00
June 30	77	61	0.00

July 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	57	0.05
July 2	74	56	1.13
July 3	81	57	0.43
July 4	81	53	0.02
July 5	81	57	0.00
July 6	92	58	0.00
July 7	75	54	0.20
July 8	76	52	0.00
July 9	81	54	0.00
July 10	95	55	0.00
July 11	91	66	0.00
July 12	83	61	0.00
July 13	92	60	0.00
July 14	98	66	0.00
July 15	84	59	0.03
July 16	83	61	0.18
July 17	80	57	0.00
July 18	78	55	0.05
July 19	79	53	0.00
July 20	87	56	0.00
July 21	85	58	0.00
July 22	89	60	0.00
July 23	97	61	0.00
July 24	93	58	0.00
July 25	95	68	0.06
July 26	97	69	0.00
July 27	85	64	0.00
July 28	88	61	0.01
July 29	93	60	0.09
July 30	77	58	0.02
July 31	77	57	0.00

August 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	59	0.17
August 2	84	64	0.20
August 3	92	62	0.00
August 4	90	58	0.00
August 5	88	56	0.00
August 6	90	59	0.41
August 7	83	55	0.35
August 8	80	58	0.35
August 9	81	55	0.51
August 10	77	56	0.03
August 11	80	55	0.48
August 12	82	59	0.07
August 13	89	59	0.00
August 14	90	64	0.00
August 15	89	62	0.32
August 16	85	62	0.00
August 17	83	57	0.00
August 18	58	53	0.16
August 19	57	52	0.05
August 20	72	51	0.00
August 21	86	47	0.00
August 22	87	59	0.00
August 23	87	61	0.00
August 24	90	57	0.00
August 25	90	63	0.00
August 26	89	57	0.00
August 27	90	60	0.00
August 28	81	54	0.00
August 29	85	50	0.00
August 30	69	47	0.05
August 31	67	47	0.00

September 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	42	0.00
September 2	80	54	0.00
September 3	59	44	0.00
September 4	50	41	0.00
September 5	58	38	0.04
September 6	75	37	0.00
September 7	76	43	0.00
September 8	80	49	0.03
September 9	89	54	0.00
September 10	93	57	0.00
September 11	86	55	0.00
September 12	86	56	0.15
September 13	68	54	0.00
September 14	82	53	0.00
September 15	84	52	0.00
September 16	72	49	0.00
September 17	83	43	0.00
September 18	82	54	0.00
September 19	85	50	0.00
September 20	91	45	0.00
September 21	70	49	0.00
September 22	67	45	0.00
September 23	77	39	0.00
September 24	87	48	0.00
September 25	82	52	0.00
September 26	92	50	0.00
September 27	90	55	0.00
September 28	64	44	0.01
September 29	63	42	0.07
September 30	84	43	0.00

October 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	73	46	0.00	0.0
October 2	88	47	0.00	0.0
October 3	72	50	0.00	0.0
October 4	89	46	0.00	0.0
October 5	79	48	0.00	0.0
October 6	66	37	0.00	0.0
October 7	86	40	0.00	0.0
October 8	55	37	0.00	0.0
October 9	65	37	0.00	0.0
October 10	79	43	0.00	0.0
October 11	84	47	0.00	0.0
October 12	90	50	0.00	0.0
October 13	68	40	0.00	0.0
October 14	60	38	0.00	0.0
October 15	70	37	0.00	0.0
October 16	86	40	0.00	0.0
October 17	68	45	0.00	0.0
October 18	78	41	0.00	0.0
October 19	65	37	0.00	0.0
October 20	68	35	0.00	0.0
October 21	79	38	0.00	0.0
October 22	55	33	0.00	0.0
October 23	63	33	0.00	0.0
October 24	53	36	0.05	0.0
October 25	52	31	0.00	0.0
October 26	54	30	0.00	0.0
October 27	66	32	0.00	0.0
October 28	49	30	0.00	0.0
October 29	42	27	0.05	0.2
October 30	53	23	0.00	0.0
October 31	67	34	0.00	0.0

November 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	33	27	0.67	5.9
November 3	32	27	0.18	1.3
November 4	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 5	32	13	0.00	0.0
November 6	39	17	0.01	0.0
November 7	34	16	0.03	0.0
November 8	41	10	0.00	0.0
November 9	58	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	66	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	57	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	56	32	0.02	0.0
November 14	33	19	0.52	4.4
November 15	28	8	0.00	0.0
November 16	37	7	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	20	0.00	0.0
November 18	38	22	0.00	0.0
November 19	24	18	0.00	0.0
November 20	35	11	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	24	0.02	0.2
November 22	49	26	0.02	0.2
November 23	46	34	0.00	0.0
November 24	61	40	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 26	55	23	0.00	0.0
November 27	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 28	31	18	0.01	0.1
November 29	55	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	61	36	0.00	0.0

December 1956 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	59	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	61	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	57	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 5	15	-5	0.18	2.2
December 6	6	-11	0.07	0.7
December 7	13	-12	0.00	0.0
December 8	23	-2	0.00	0.0
December 9	41	12	0.00	0.0
December 10	55	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	8	0.09	1.9
December 12	18	1	0.02	0.5
December 13	41	10	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	8	0.00	0.0
December 17	31	7	0.00	0.0
December 18	50	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	50	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	16	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 24	47	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	57	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	58	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 29	63	33	0.00	0.0
December 30	57	37	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	24	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location