Rapid City Weather in 1959

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	August 18
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 4
Highest daily low	69 °F	June 14
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	January 3
Most daily precipitation	1.1 inches	May 30
Most daily snow	9.4 inches	April 19
Total annual precipitation	14.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	41.4 inches	-

January 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	54	5	0.04	0.4
January 2	6	-10	0.00	0.0
January 3	-3	-15	0.00	0.0
January 4	7	-20	0.00	0.0
January 5	16	-10	0.00	0.0
January 6	54	3	0.00	0.0
January 7	48	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	57	27	0.00	0.0
January 11	58	30	0.00	0.0
January 12	55	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	48	32	0.04	0.4
January 14	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	18	4	0.00	0.0
January 16	26	4	0.09	1.1
January 17	39	23	0.01	0.1
January 18	47	23	0.08	0.4
January 19	32	2	0.03	0.3
January 20	4	-9	0.03	0.3
January 21	13	-15	0.00	0.0
January 22	13	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	8	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	23	8	0.03	0.3
January 26	30	6	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	50	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	15	7	0.04	0.4
January 31	23	3	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	6	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	9	0.01	0.1
February 3	37	20	0.02	0.2
February 4	35	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 6	56	9	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	4	0.02	0.2
February 8	16	1	0.03	0.4
February 9	12	2	0.10	1.2
February 10	17	-9	0.04	0.5
February 11	46	1	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	5	0.00	0.0
February 13	21	3	0.20	2.0
February 14	31	5	0.02	0.2
February 15	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 17	18	9	0.17	1.8
February 18	12	1	0.02	0.2
February 19	16	-2	0.00	0.0
February 20	26	-6	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	6	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	45	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	28	0.00	0.0

March 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	66	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	37	27	0.02	0.2
March 5	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	17	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	24	0.04	0.3
March 10	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	61	20	0.00	0.0
March 13	44	31	0.07	0.3
March 14	39	25	0.02	0.2
March 15	35	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 18	58	34	0.14	0.0
March 19	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	38	20	0.01	0.1
March 21	69	18	0.00	0.0
March 22	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 23	57	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	35	30	0.29	0.1
March 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	59	23	0.00	0.0
March 28	60	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	65	29	0.01	0.0
March 30	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	59	32	0.00	0.0

April 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	71	33	0.00	0.0
April 2	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 3	65	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	77	41	0.00	0.0
April 5	71	35	0.00	0.0
April 6	77	35	0.00	0.0
April 7	48	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	43	26	0.01	0.0
April 9	40	19	0.00	0.0
April 10	41	20	0.04	0.4
April 11	33	18	0.04	0.4
April 12	50	15	0.00	0.0
April 13	71	24	0.00	0.0
April 14	67	42	0.00	0.0
April 15	70	39	0.10	0.0
April 16	49	34	0.10	0.0
April 17	44	30	0.02	0.0
April 18	32	28	0.46	2.6
April 19	32	26	1.00	9.4
April 20	39	25	0.11	1.1
April 21	42	14	0.00	0.0
April 22	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	47	32	0.00	0.0
April 25	46	29	0.00	0.0
April 26	60	31	0.00	0.0
April 27	60	40	0.01	0.0
April 28	66	39	0.00	0.0
April 29	77	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	85	45	0.00	0.0

May 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	81	56	0.00
May 2	80	55	0.00
May 3	62	48	0.00
May 4	50	40	0.64
May 5	58	39	0.06
May 6	51	37	0.00
May 7	61	35	0.00
May 8	64	38	0.00
May 9	73	40	0.01
May 10	58	40	0.01
May 11	64	40	0.01
May 12	69	38	0.00
May 13	61	38	0.00
May 14	60	35	0.00
May 15	71	32	0.00
May 16	76	43	0.00
May 17	80	47	0.00
May 18	73	50	0.00
May 19	67	46	0.04
May 20	47	33	0.85
May 21	52	37	0.00
May 22	58	39	0.00
May 23	68	35	0.00
May 24	85	51	0.00
May 25	82	51	0.00
May 26	63	44	0.18
May 27	60	44	0.27
May 28	59	46	0.00
May 29	58	47	0.05
May 30	58	47	1.09
May 31	64	46	0.04

June 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	43	0.00
June 2	80	48	0.00
June 3	88	51	0.00
June 4	82	52	0.00
June 5	88	55	0.00
June 6	95	59	0.00
June 7	90	62	0.36
June 8	76	55	0.02
June 9	93	57	0.00
June 10	76	57	0.00
June 11	82	53	0.00
June 12	89	52	0.00
June 13	97	52	0.00
June 14	97	69	0.00
June 15	96	64	0.34
June 16	87	66	0.00
June 17	92	65	0.00
June 18	90	57	0.00
June 19	84	65	0.00
June 20	94	65	0.00
June 21	80	58	0.09
June 22	76	55	0.26
June 23	90	56	0.03
June 24	86	59	0.01
June 25	87	61	0.06
June 26	94	59	0.22
June 27	81	55	0.23
June 28	64	47	0.19
June 29	54	48	0.50
June 30	55	43	0.48

July 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	39	0.00
July 2	91	51	0.00
July 3	89	57	0.13
July 4	76	53	0.00
July 5	82	49	0.00
July 6	96	61	0.00
July 7	80	53	0.00
July 8	75	49	0.00
July 9	88	48	0.00
July 10	83	56	0.00
July 11	82	56	0.00
July 12	88	56	0.00
July 13	90	59	0.00
July 14	89	59	0.00
July 15	94	59	0.43
July 16	87	60	0.00
July 17	90	62	0.10
July 18	85	57	0.00
July 19	92	59	0.00
July 20	89	64	0.00
July 21	96	60	0.01
July 22	91	66	0.00
July 23	94	62	0.00
July 24	100	62	0.00
July 25	95	67	0.00
July 26	99	67	0.00
July 27	99	62	0.00
July 28	101	68	0.00
July 29	83	59	0.00
July 30	95	56	0.00
July 31	92	65	0.00

August 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	97	67	0.00
August 2	95	67	0.02
August 3	97	68	0.00
August 4	97	65	0.00
August 5	98	67	0.00
August 6	84	62	0.00
August 7	93	58	0.30
August 8	97	60	0.00
August 9	95	65	0.00
August 10	90	58	0.00
August 11	101	60	0.00
August 12	71	56	0.00
August 13	79	51	0.00
August 14	79	54	0.00
August 15	90	50	0.00
August 16	86	59	0.00
August 17	101	55	0.00
August 18	104	61	0.00
August 19	90	63	0.00
August 20	88	59	0.00
August 21	97	61	0.00
August 22	92	60	0.00
August 23	90	64	0.00
August 24	97	65	0.02
August 25	80	59	0.00
August 26	91	54	0.00
August 27	96	63	0.00
August 28	99	59	0.00
August 29	85	60	0.00
August 30	82	53	0.02
August 31	90	57	0.00

September 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	45	0.03
September 2	74	42	0.00
September 3	85	43	0.00
September 4	90	57	0.00
September 5	89	59	0.00
September 6	84	59	0.00
September 7	90	59	0.00
September 8	103	57	0.00
September 9	67	45	0.00
September 10	89	38	0.00
September 11	93	50	0.00
September 12	95	53	0.00
September 13	90	55	0.00
September 14	95	51	0.00
September 15	59	43	0.00
September 16	45	35	0.78
September 17	42	36	0.25
September 18	61	42	0.25
September 19	79	47	0.00
September 20	74	52	0.00
September 21	71	48	0.00
September 22	65	45	0.00
September 23	57	38	0.00
September 24	57	48	1.00
September 25	59	46	0.06
September 26	65	48	0.00
September 27	60	41	0.00
September 28	48	35	0.00
September 29	44	30	0.00
September 30	56	25	0.00

October 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	43	32	0.05
October 2	48	32	0.00
October 3	68	33	0.00
October 4	72	42	0.00
October 5	68	39	0.00
October 6	64	41	0.00
October 7	45	30	0.01
October 8	42	24	0.00
October 9	57	22	0.09
October 10	47	23	0.00
October 11	52	18	0.00
October 12	52	31	0.00
October 13	60	29	0.00
October 14	67	39	0.00
October 15	74	43	0.00
October 16	50	30	0.00
October 17	67	26	0.00
October 18	76	33	0.00
October 19	71	37	0.00
October 20	46	30	0.00
October 21	61	35	0.00
October 22	68	39	0.05
October 23	56	41	0.00
October 24	63	35	0.00
October 25	64	43	0.00
October 26	47	27	0.00
October 27	60	24	0.00
October 28	53	37	0.00
October 29	37	29	0.02
October 30	33	23	0.00
October 31	60	18	0.00

November 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	74	30	0.00	0.0
November 3	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	33	10	0.40	4.0
November 5	15	0	0.02	0.2
November 6	48	0	0.00	0.0
November 7	43	22	0.00	0.0
November 8	52	23	0.00	0.0
November 9	61	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	53	20	0.04	0.2
November 11	30	15	0.07	0.7
November 12	17	3	0.24	6.0
November 13	4	-16	0.03	0.4
November 14	21	-19	0.00	0.0
November 15	20	-6	0.01	0.3
November 16	5	-12	0.00	0.0
November 17	37	-9	0.00	0.0
November 18	47	24	0.00	0.0
November 19	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	24	0.00	0.0
November 21	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 22	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	44	31	0.28	0.0
November 24	43	29	0.01	0.0
November 25	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	21	0.03	0.3
November 27	24	8	0.04	0.5
November 28	44	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	47	33	0.01	0.0
November 30	46	33	0.00	0.0

December 1959 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	64	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	31	0.15	1.7
December 4	35	24	0.01	0.1
December 5	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 6	56	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	52	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	51	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	45	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	62	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	55	32	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	43	19	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 24	46	8	0.00	0.0
December 25	59	31	0.00	0.0
December 26	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	31	23	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	23	0.03	0.3
December 30	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	30	17	0.07	0.9

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location