Rapid City Weather in 1962

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1962 based on NOAA data.

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1962 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 21
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	February 28
Highest daily low	67 °F	July 6
Lowest daily high	-2 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	May 21
Most daily snow	3.4 inches	February 17
Total annual precipitation	22.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.9 inches	-

January 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	53	27	0.00	0.0
January 2	58	31	0.00	0.0
January 3	58	33	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	21	0.04	0.1
January 7	33	20	0.05	0.4
January 8	21	-5	0.09	1.3
January 9	-2	-7	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	-13	0.00	0.0
January 11	42	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	23	6	0.06	0.7
January 14	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 15	12	-6	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	-11	0.00	0.0
January 17	4	-9	0.00	0.0
January 18	-2	-9	0.07	0.8
January 19	1	-18	0.00	0.0
January 20	2	-16	0.15	1.2
January 21	-1	-14	0.05	0.4
January 22	15	-18	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	0	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	14	0.00	0.0
January 25	42	21	0.00	0.0
January 26	35	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	9	0.00	0.0
January 28	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 29	54	32	0.00	0.0
January 30	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 31	61	38	0.00	0.0

February 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	54	31	0.00	0.0
February 2	63	38	0.00	0.0
February 3	70	42	0.00	0.0
February 4	49	15	0.00	0.0
February 5	19	5	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	1	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 8	51	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	54	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	71	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	57	37	0.00	0.0
February 12	63	33	0.10	0.0
February 13	52	33	0.30	0.0
February 14	50	29	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	24	17	0.13	1.4
February 17	17	11	0.27	3.4
February 18	26	10	0.01	0.1
February 19	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	22	5	0.05	0.5
February 21	15	1	0.06	0.8
February 22	37	-1	0.00	0.0
February 23	8	-4	0.03	0.3
February 24	9	-7	0.01	0.1
February 25	4	-3	0.00	0.0
February 26	2	-8	0.00	0.0
February 27	8	-9	0.02	0.3
February 28	0	-18	0.00	0.0

March 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	15	-17	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	-1	0.00	0.0
March 3	16	-3	0.15	2.1
March 4	16	-5	0.00	0.0
March 5	25	-4	0.00	0.0
March 6	33	11	0.00	0.0
March 7	29	13	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	30	21	0.15	1.8
March 11	24	17	0.06	0.6
March 12	21	11	0.00	0.0
March 13	23	9	0.00	0.0
March 14	33	8	0.00	0.0
March 15	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	45	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	52	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	57	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	51	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	40	27	0.71	1.2
March 24	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	38	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	47	30	0.06	0.0
March 29	41	27	0.15	2.2
March 30	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 31	35	23	0.00	0.0

April 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	36	20	0.00	0.0
April 2	56	18	0.00	0.0
April 3	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	61	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	66	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	62	32	0.00	0.0
April 7	48	31	0.27	0.0
April 8	45	28	0.00	0.0
April 9	53	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	54	33	0.15	0.0
April 11	47	25	0.07	0.1
April 12	51	23	0.00	0.0
April 13	64	27	0.00	0.0
April 14	67	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	69	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	62	41	0.00	0.0
April 17	72	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	78	43	0.00	0.0
April 19	77	40	0.00	0.0
April 20	89	44	0.01	0.0
April 21	58	40	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	83	42	0.00	0.0
April 24	89	49	0.00	0.0
April 25	86	57	0.00	0.0
April 26	61	40	0.13	0.0
April 27	62	38	0.03	0.0
April 28	80	44	0.03	0.0
April 29	58	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	58	34	0.00	0.0

May 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	37	0.00
May 2	77	45	0.00
May 3	74	49	0.00
May 4	78	49	0.00
May 5	71	47	0.00
May 6	74	42	0.00
May 7	77	44	0.00
May 8	76	42	0.01
May 9	86	52	0.00
May 10	81	53	0.00
May 11	84	53	0.00
May 12	75	53	0.00
May 13	79	52	0.01
May 14	69	43	0.77
May 15	68	45	0.01
May 16	68	46	0.00
May 17	68	46	1.01
May 18	63	51	0.79
May 19	73	51	0.00
May 20	58	51	0.01
May 21	57	47	1.86
May 22	53	47	0.37
May 23	66	49	0.00
May 24	65	45	0.36
May 25	53	46	0.92
May 26	55	44	0.00
May 27	51	46	0.63
May 28	73	50	0.13
May 29	63	50	0.02
May 30	71	53	0.00
May 31	63	45	0.00

June 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	62	51	0.00
June 2	64	54	0.41
June 3	72	51	0.00
June 4	80	47	0.24
June 5	68	41	0.07
June 6	72	47	0.27
June 7	58	49	0.00
June 8	70	49	0.00
June 9	72	48	0.00
June 10	82	51	0.00
June 11	80	58	0.03
June 12	77	56	0.21
June 13	79	60	0.00
June 14	84	59	0.07
June 15	73	55	0.13
June 16	70	56	0.00
June 17	71	55	0.17
June 18	83	52	0.05
June 19	79	60	0.04
June 20	77	54	0.03
June 21	76	52	0.55
June 22	79	52	0.00
June 23	80	57	0.00
June 24	82	57	0.49
June 25	79	54	0.00
June 26	84	56	0.00
June 27	90	63	0.00
June 28	83	64	0.00
June 29	85	59	0.00
June 30	80	58	1.25

July 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	61	0.00
July 2	81	61	0.00
July 3	86	60	0.37
July 4	75	54	0.07
July 5	88	61	0.00
July 6	86	67	0.00
July 7	75	59	0.00
July 8	83	52	0.00
July 9	90	62	0.01
July 10	82	63	0.01
July 11	86	61	0.03
July 12	83	62	1.03
July 13	74	58	1.78
July 14	77	57	0.30
July 15	75	51	0.00
July 16	76	55	0.46
July 17	79	57	0.00
July 18	91	61	0.00
July 19	80	55	0.26
July 20	87	53	0.00
July 21	87	62	0.00
July 22	78	61	0.00
July 23	78	56	0.00
July 24	81	57	0.00
July 25	78	53	0.00
July 26	71	55	0.11
July 27	78	58	0.04
July 28	80	57	0.06
July 29	76	53	0.00
July 30	80	54	0.00
July 31	77	60	0.00

August 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	57	0.00
August 2	78	59	0.14
August 3	92	60	0.00
August 4	97	59	0.00
August 5	89	63	0.00
August 6	86	59	0.00
August 7	93	59	0.00
August 8	95	63	0.00
August 9	91	63	0.00
August 10	91	62	0.00
August 11	79	57	0.00
August 12	86	55	0.00
August 13	90	56	0.00
August 14	97	62	0.00
August 15	83	59	0.00
August 16	87	51	0.00
August 17	88	62	0.00
August 18	92	63	0.00
August 19	86	62	0.00
August 20	92	58	0.00
August 21	99	63	0.00
August 22	89	52	0.71
August 23	67	52	0.00
August 24	80	46	0.00
August 25	93	50	0.00
August 26	98	57	0.00
August 27	95	44	0.00
August 28	77	42	0.00
August 29	67	48	0.00
August 30	57	47	0.18
August 31	76	45	0.00

September 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	53	0.00
September 2	87	51	0.00
September 3	52	39	0.00
September 4	65	34	0.00
September 5	79	38	0.00
September 6	87	50	0.00
September 7	90	50	0.00
September 8	56	36	0.00
September 9	46	32	0.00
September 10	83	28	0.00
September 11	93	46	0.00
September 12	78	49	0.00
September 13	83	47	0.00
September 14	77	52	0.00
September 15	84	50	0.05
September 16	77	55	0.02
September 17	76	46	0.00
September 18	78	49	0.00
September 19	65	43	0.00
September 20	75	46	0.00
September 21	75	49	0.00
September 22	70	50	0.08
September 23	81	49	0.00
September 24	69	47	0.07
September 25	75	44	0.00
September 26	79	51	0.00
September 27	83	45	0.00
September 28	83	55	0.00
September 29	63	45	0.04
September 30	52	42	0.41

October 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	55	48	0.10
October 2	62	43	0.00
October 3	69	41	0.00
October 4	73	41	0.00
October 5	62	46	0.03
October 6	56	49	1.42
October 7	64	46	0.06
October 8	73	43	0.00
October 9	82	42	0.00
October 10	83	51	0.00
October 11	65	44	0.00
October 12	81	44	0.00
October 13	82	44	0.00
October 14	83	44	0.00
October 15	66	36	0.00
October 16	57	32	0.00
October 17	64	32	0.00
October 18	72	37	0.00
October 19	55	36	0.00
October 20	68	32	0.00
October 21	73	44	0.00
October 22	53	35	0.00
October 23	50	33	0.00
October 24	48	22	0.02
October 25	54	21	0.00
October 26	74	34	0.00
October 27	66	46	0.00
October 28	67	39	0.00
October 29	72	48	0.00
October 30	62	38	0.00
October 31	63	33	0.00

November 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	43	31	0.03	0.0
November 3	63	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	25	0.00	0.0
November 6	55	40	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	61	22	0.00	0.0
November 9	66	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	65	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	66	27	0.00	0.0
November 13	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	50	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	34	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	32	24	0.02	0.2
November 17	36	22	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	18	0.00	0.0
November 19	53	16	0.00	0.0
November 20	70	35	0.01	0.0
November 21	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	44	23	0.02	0.2
November 23	48	24	0.00	0.0
November 24	54	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	68	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	68	31	0.00	0.0
November 27	58	35	0.00	0.0
November 28	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	55	24	0.00	0.0

December 1962 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	54	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	51	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 6	55	20	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	26	0.03	0.3
December 8	30	20	0.03	0.2
December 9	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	0	0.10	1.0
December 11	10	-5	0.00	0.0
December 12	47	9	0.00	0.0
December 13	54	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	56	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	62	36	0.00	0.0
December 16	63	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	54	29	0.00	0.0
December 18	55	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	26	0.02	0.0
December 20	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	46	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	2	0.00	0.0
December 23	14	-1	0.00	0.0
December 24	17	4	0.01	0.1
December 25	19	0	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	3	0.00	0.0
December 27	48	10	0.00	0.0
December 28	51	10	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	9	0.00	0.0
December 30	48	9	0.00	0.0
December 31	55	17	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location