Rapid City Weather in 1960

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1960 based on NOAA data.

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1960 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	March 3
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 28
Lowest daily high	0 °F	March 3
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	May 23
Most daily snow	3.4 inches	December 4
Total annual precipitation	11.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rapid City in 1960?

The highest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1960 was 105 °F which happened on July 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	105 °F	Jul 20
2	104 °F	Sep 4
2	104 °F	Sep 2
2	104 °F	Aug 22
5	103 °F	Jul 23
6	102 °F	Jul 31
6	102 °F	Jul 21
8	101 °F	Aug 15
8	101 °F	Jul 10
10	100 °F	Aug 4
10	100 °F	Jul 27
10	100 °F	Jul 19

What was the coldest temperature in Rapid City in 1960?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1960 was -15 °F which happened on Mar 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	March 3
2	-11 °F	March 4
2	-11 °F	February 28
4	-10 °F	March 2
5	-9 °F	January 5
5	-9 °F	January 4
7	-8 °F	February 24
7	-8 °F	February 23
7	-8 °F	January 3
10	-7 °F	February 29
10	-7 °F	February 27

January 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	17	10	0.08	1.1
January 2	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 3	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	-9	0.01	0.2
January 5	39	-9	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	21	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 8	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	26	0.00	0.0
January 10	40	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	56	28	0.00	0.0
January 12	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 14	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	30	16	0.05	0.5
January 17	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 18	13	2	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	-2	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	4	0.00	0.0
January 21	15	-1	0.01	0.1
January 22	21	-1	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	48	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	12	0.01	0.1
January 26	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 27	50	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	46	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	64	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	61	31	0.00	0.0
January 31	45	27	0.00	0.0

February 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	27	20	0.11	1.1
February 2	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 4	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	49	25	0.00	0.0
February 6	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	61	21	0.00	0.0
February 8	48	29	0.16	1.4
February 9	29	5	0.25	2.4
February 10	21	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	24	8	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	48	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	25	0.03	0.1
February 17	32	14	0.07	0.7
February 18	22	-2	0.03	0.3
February 19	25	0	0.01	0.1
February 20	16	3	0.01	0.1
February 21	20	6	0.09	1.5
February 22	9	-1	0.06	0.7
February 23	16	-8	0.00	0.0
February 24	21	-8	0.00	0.0
February 25	8	-5	0.00	0.0
February 26	9	-3	0.00	0.0
February 27	5	-7	0.03	0.3
February 28	10	-11	0.00	0.0
February 29	23	-7	0.00	0.0

March 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	4	-3	0.08	1.1
March 2	4	-10	0.03	0.4
March 3	0	-15	0.00	0.0
March 4	14	-11	0.00	0.0
March 5	21	4	0.00	0.0
March 6	20	6	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	6	0.07	1.2
March 8	25	18	0.06	0.6
March 9	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	27	7	0.02	0.2
March 11	32	11	0.00	0.0
March 12	16	-1	0.15	1.7
March 13	26	-6	0.00	0.0
March 14	33	15	0.05	0.5
March 15	37	7	0.00	0.0
March 16	31	18	0.11	1.1
March 17	39	8	0.08	0.6
March 18	42	33	0.01	0.0
March 19	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	62	27	0.01	0.0
March 23	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	79	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	43	0.00	0.0
March 28	75	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	30	0.00	0.0
March 31	47	33	0.11	0.0

April 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 2	54	30	0.00	0.0
April 3	61	36	0.00	0.0
April 4	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 5	78	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	63	41	0.00	0.0
April 7	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	56	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	63	24	0.00	0.0
April 10	86	42	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	75	41	0.00	0.0
April 13	69	37	0.00	0.0
April 14	79	36	0.00	0.0
April 15	63	36	0.00	0.0
April 16	50	32	0.58	3.3
April 17	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 18	70	35	0.00	0.0
April 19	81	40	0.00	0.0
April 20	71	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	71	42	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	42	0.00	0.0
April 23	57	39	0.00	0.0
April 24	47	35	0.07	0.0
April 25	51	34	0.08	0.0
April 26	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 27	40	30	0.00	0.0
April 28	37	32	0.41	1.0
April 29	46	30	0.07	0.0
April 30	58	25	0.00	0.0

May 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	38	0.00
May 2	67	41	0.00
May 3	45	35	0.00
May 4	50	35	0.00
May 5	52	35	0.09
May 6	60	32	0.00
May 7	66	33	0.00
May 8	67	42	0.00
May 9	69	42	0.00
May 10	72	41	0.00
May 11	75	37	0.00
May 12	90	42	0.00
May 13	86	50	0.00
May 14	72	46	0.00
May 15	76	41	0.00
May 16	75	44	0.00
May 17	71	49	0.10
May 18	65	40	0.18
May 19	58	39	0.00
May 20	70	36	0.00
May 21	84	41	0.00
May 22	82	50	0.00
May 23	87	53	1.33
May 24	72	52	0.29
May 25	64	48	0.03
May 26	72	42	0.00
May 27	81	48	0.11
May 28	64	45	0.10
May 29	73	41	0.00
May 30	84	49	0.00
May 31	89	54	0.00

June 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	55	0.00
June 2	80	56	0.00
June 3	87	57	0.00
June 4	78	54	0.00
June 5	57	48	0.03
June 6	75	46	0.00
June 7	81	55	0.00
June 8	75	53	0.02
June 9	64	50	0.12
June 10	71	47	0.00
June 11	69	54	0.03
June 12	69	52	0.04
June 13	78	53	0.02
June 14	77	53	0.00
June 15	66	52	0.20
June 16	73	52	0.08
June 17	75	53	0.00
June 18	80	55	0.00
June 19	88	60	0.21
June 20	87	47	0.95
June 21	78	40	0.00
June 22	75	49	0.00
June 23	73	53	0.00
June 24	84	48	0.00
June 25	98	57	0.00
June 26	87	63	0.03
June 27	86	55	0.06
June 28	87	60	0.00
June 29	88	59	0.27
June 30	77	59	0.13

July 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	59	0.00
July 2	82	58	0.00
July 3	78	53	0.00
July 4	84	55	0.00
July 5	76	52	0.00
July 6	85	53	0.00
July 7	89	56	0.00
July 8	88	60	0.00
July 9	99	58	0.00
July 10	101	62	0.00
July 11	91	64	0.21
July 12	85	61	0.00
July 13	84	58	0.00
July 14	95	58	0.29
July 15	94	61	0.20
July 16	94	60	0.00
July 17	89	62	0.00
July 18	93	61	0.00
July 19	100	63	0.00
July 20	105	67	0.00
July 21	102	71	0.00
July 22	91	67	0.00
July 23	103	69	0.00
July 24	87	65	0.00
July 25	93	60	0.00
July 26	95	63	0.00
July 27	100	69	0.00
July 28	97	75	0.00
July 29	92	63	0.00
July 30	92	56	0.00
July 31	102	60	0.00

August 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	73	0.00
August 2	94	67	0.00
August 3	90	63	0.00
August 4	100	62	0.00
August 5	88	63	0.00
August 6	78	58	0.26
August 7	80	56	0.21
August 8	67	52	0.07
August 9	76	49	0.00
August 10	86	54	0.00
August 11	91	53	0.00
August 12	93	63	0.00
August 13	89	62	0.00
August 14	86	56	0.18
August 15	101	61	0.02
August 16	90	55	0.14
August 17	71	53	0.17
August 18	80	57	0.00
August 19	86	53	0.00
August 20	95	54	0.00
August 21	92	66	0.00
August 22	104	63	0.00
August 23	77	56	0.00
August 24	88	51	0.18
August 25	75	50	0.01
August 26	90	45	0.00
August 27	81	59	0.00
August 28	77	54	0.00
August 29	90	55	0.00
August 30	95	61	0.00
August 31	99	59	0.00

September 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	95	60	0.00
September 2	104	63	0.00
September 3	99	73	0.00
September 4	104	66	0.00
September 5	90	70	0.00
September 6	76	61	0.00
September 7	80	55	0.08
September 8	64	44	0.00
September 9	77	43	0.00
September 10	87	46	0.00
September 11	72	49	0.00
September 12	83	46	0.00
September 13	84	48	0.00
September 14	79	57	0.00
September 15	82	54	0.00
September 16	73	46	0.00
September 17	54	42	0.02
September 18	77	41	0.00
September 19	92	52	0.00
September 20	93	51	0.00
September 21	66	42	0.01
September 22	43	36	0.57
September 23	67	40	0.00
September 24	67	45	0.00
September 25	82	44	0.00
September 26	65	47	0.00
September 27	74	43	0.00
September 28	67	47	0.00
September 29	60	38	0.00
September 30	78	34	0.00

October 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
October 1	66	45
October 2	70	39
October 3	78	38
October 4	88	45
October 5	78	54
October 6	85	45
October 7	85	45
October 8	85	51
October 9	61	44
October 10	58	42
October 11	73	44
October 12	69	43
October 13	60	39
October 14	54	35
October 15	59	32
October 16	69	30
October 17	66	40
October 18	47	21
October 19	44	16
October 20	61	28
October 21	69	40
October 22	68	42
October 23	71	41
October 24	79	36
October 25	64	40
October 26	75	32
October 27	68	34
October 28	65	30
October 29	45	29
October 30	46	26
October 31	56	25

November 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	53	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	46	32	0.15	0.0
November 4	39	29	0.02	0.0
November 5	54	25	0.00	0.0
November 6	54	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	32	0.15	1.1
November 8	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 9	28	6	0.00	0.0
November 10	51	11	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	53	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	28	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	27	0.00	0.0
November 15	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	50	22	0.00	0.0
November 17	49	21	0.00	0.0
November 18	64	22	0.00	0.0
November 19	52	27	0.00	0.0
November 20	64	17	0.00	0.0
November 21	64	32	0.00	0.0
November 22	48	22	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	17	0.00	0.0
November 24	63	35	0.00	0.0
November 25	75	52	0.00	0.0
November 26	61	22	0.00	0.0
November 27	22	11	0.06	0.6
November 28	20	9	0.01	0.1
November 29	36	5	0.00	0.0
November 30	21	5	0.00	0.0

December 1960 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	16	0.00	0.0
December 2	69	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	38	27	0.50	3.4
December 5	28	14	0.00	0.0
December 6	26	8	0.00	0.0
December 7	36	15	0.00	0.0
December 8	28	15	0.00	0.0
December 9	41	12	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 11	30	4	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	1	0.00	0.0
December 13	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	14	0.00	0.0
December 16	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	9	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 19	25	11	0.01	0.2
December 20	16	0	0.13	1.4
December 21	10	-4	0.01	0.1
December 22	16	-6	0.04	0.4
December 23	44	16	0.00	0.0
December 24	51	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 26	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	20	10	0.03	0.6
December 28	32	5	0.00	0.0
December 29	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 30	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	22	0.08	1.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Rapid City Regional Airport	location