Rapid City Weather in 1963

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1963 based on NOAA data.

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1963 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-26 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	68 °F	August 11
Lowest daily high	-9 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	3.8 inches	June 15
Most daily snow	14.7 inches	March 16
Total annual precipitation	19.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	50.8 inches	-

January 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	54	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	51	29	0.00	0.0
January 3	53	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	48	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 7	60	23	0.00	0.0
January 8	60	33	0.00	0.0
January 9	39	-1	0.11	0.9
January 10	0	-11	0.19	1.6
January 11	-9	-16	0.06	0.6
January 12	3	-14	0.00	0.0
January 13	23	-3	0.04	0.4
January 14	10	-6	0.05	0.5
January 15	14	-10	0.00	0.0
January 16	22	-2	0.00	0.0
January 17	30	-3	0.08	0.8
January 18	-2	-22	0.03	0.3
January 19	33	-26	0.07	0.7
January 20	17	7	0.11	1.3
January 21	43	5	0.04	0.6
January 22	6	-15	0.07	0.8
January 23	4	-21	0.00	0.0
January 24	16	-13	0.02	0.3
January 25	7	-8	0.10	1.1
January 26	3	-16	0.00	0.0
January 27	17	-19	0.00	0.0
January 28	18	-4	0.01	0.1
January 29	6	-10	0.03	0.5
January 30	12	-9	0.02	0.3
January 31	50	-2	0.00	0.0

February 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	60	6	0.03	0.2
February 2	26	0	0.00	0.0
February 3	58	15	0.00	0.0
February 4	63	34	0.00	0.0
February 5	63	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	62	36	0.00	0.0
February 7	62	36	0.00	0.0
February 8	50	28	0.02	0.2
February 9	28	19	0.06	0.7
February 10	28	-1	0.15	1.8
February 11	23	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	22	0.01	0.1
February 14	38	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	18	0.00	0.0
February 17	49	20	0.00	0.0
February 18	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 19	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	42	-1	0.11	1.5
February 21	19	-10	0.02	0.3
February 22	39	17	0.06	1.0
February 23	33	22	0.15	1.8
February 24	46	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	13	0.21	3.8
February 26	48	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	24	0.08	0.4
February 28	46	26	0.02	0.2

March 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	43	26	0.07	1.0
March 3	34	20	0.00	0.0
March 4	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 5	45	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	27	0.02	0.2
March 7	48	27	0.03	0.4
March 8	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	55	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	26	0.06	0.8
March 12	27	22	0.02	0.2
March 13	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 14	55	16	0.00	0.0
March 15	57	24	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	22	1.39	14.7
March 17	39	9	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 21	55	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	70	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	71	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	65	40	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	32	0.01	0.0
March 26	63	31	0.00	0.0
March 27	70	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	80	45	0.00	0.0
March 29	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	74	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	75	42	0.00	0.0

April 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	64	31	0.00	0.0
April 2	31	24	0.02	0.2
April 3	44	22	0.11	1.1
April 4	62	22	0.00	0.0
April 5	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	72	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	65	44	0.00	0.0
April 8	64	36	0.00	0.0
April 9	49	35	0.09	0.0
April 10	51	33	0.90	0.0
April 11	47	29	0.00	0.0
April 12	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 13	73	36	0.00	0.0
April 14	81	41	0.00	0.0
April 15	74	45	0.00	0.0
April 16	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 17	56	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	38	29	0.25	2.0
April 19	52	29	0.03	0.3
April 20	45	33	0.03	0.1
April 21	34	27	0.14	1.4
April 22	36	26	0.38	2.3
April 23	56	22	0.00	0.0
April 24	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 25	67	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	62	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	52	37	1.04	0.0
April 28	62	34	0.53	0.0
April 29	47	38	0.28	0.0
April 30	63	34	0.00	0.0

May 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	45	0.02
May 2	66	42	0.00
May 3	73	42	0.00
May 4	64	39	0.04
May 5	74	42	0.00
May 6	79	49	0.00
May 7	88	53	0.00
May 8	69	50	0.00
May 9	82	48	0.03
May 10	68	43	0.15
May 11	52	43	0.15
May 12	62	39	0.12
May 13	67	37	0.00
May 14	68	43	0.00
May 15	71	43	0.22
May 16	68	50	0.25
May 17	66	46	0.00
May 18	66	42	0.01
May 19	61	42	0.00
May 20	56	35	0.00
May 21	54	29	0.00
May 22	66	28	0.00
May 23	73	41	0.00
May 24	80	45	0.00
May 25	75	47	0.00
May 26	60	50	0.08
May 27	65	49	0.00
May 28	73	47	0.01
May 29	81	51	0.00
May 30	83	51	0.06
May 31	77	55	0.04

June 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	54	0.00
June 2	76	55	0.33
June 3	78	57	0.00
June 4	89	51	0.03
June 5	76	51	0.32
June 6	79	49	0.21
June 7	82	55	0.09
June 8	85	57	0.00
June 9	70	53	0.00
June 10	74	52	0.01
June 11	61	51	0.00
June 12	84	53	0.00
June 13	91	60	0.00
June 14	73	60	0.28
June 15	65	57	3.78
June 16	71	51	0.00
June 17	80	52	0.04
June 18	79	57	0.02
June 19	90	53	0.05
June 20	80	58	0.20
June 21	91	58	0.11
June 22	87	61	0.00
June 23	69	53	0.00
June 24	91	54	0.00
June 25	78	61	0.00
June 26	86	55	0.00
June 27	90	54	0.00
June 28	91	61	0.00
June 29	94	60	0.00
June 30	86	57	0.00

July 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	54	0.00
July 2	90	56	0.00
July 3	85	60	0.02
July 4	88	61	0.00
July 5	86	63	0.00
July 6	96	65	0.03
July 7	94	60	0.00
July 8	97	61	0.00
July 9	91	65	0.01
July 10	93	67	0.00
July 11	83	63	0.00
July 12	81	61	0.00
July 13	84	61	0.00
July 14	92	57	0.52
July 15	88	57	0.00
July 16	83	60	0.21
July 17	85	57	0.01
July 18	86	60	0.08
July 19	87	62	0.00
July 20	97	57	0.00
July 21	93	64	0.00
July 22	96	62	0.00
July 23	94	65	0.00
July 24	97	67	0.00
July 25	101	67	0.50
July 26	75	56	0.05
July 27	69	53	0.51
July 28	86	53	0.00
July 29	82	58	0.08
July 30	85	59	0.01
July 31	95	58	0.00

August 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	66	0.00
August 2	83	59	0.00
August 3	88	56	0.00
August 4	91	61	0.00
August 5	95	63	0.00
August 6	97	67	0.00
August 7	99	63	0.00
August 8	96	64	0.25
August 9	90	60	0.00
August 10	97	62	0.00
August 11	88	68	0.02
August 12	83	57	0.12
August 13	80	50	0.00
August 14	91	52	0.00
August 15	95	58	0.00
August 16	86	62	0.01
August 17	85	55	0.00
August 18	85	57	0.00
August 19	92	55	0.00
August 20	98	64	0.01
August 21	86	62	0.09
August 22	80	53	0.18
August 23	84	59	0.00
August 24	95	58	0.00
August 25	98	64	0.00
August 26	87	63	0.00
August 27	93	60	0.00
August 28	79	55	0.08
August 29	77	51	0.00
August 30	74	49	0.50
August 31	78	53	0.06

September 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	57	0.49
September 2	72	56	0.04
September 3	72	54	0.16
September 4	80	51	0.00
September 5	92	52	0.00
September 6	88	60	0.00
September 7	96	57	0.00
September 8	87	63	0.00
September 9	78	59	0.00
September 10	89	56	0.00
September 11	84	59	0.00
September 12	71	51	0.00
September 13	87	50	0.00
September 14	83	54	0.00
September 15	78	49	0.00
September 16	89	53	0.01
September 17	80	57	0.08
September 18	63	54	0.02
September 19	66	50	0.01
September 20	68	48	0.00
September 21	65	49	0.34
September 22	70	48	0.06
September 23	81	55	0.00
September 24	74	52	0.00
September 25	83	46	0.00
September 26	91	57	0.00
September 27	91	59	0.00
September 28	68	43	0.00
September 29	81	36	0.00
September 30	92	59	0.00

October 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	86	60	0.00
October 2	81	55	0.00
October 3	90	50	0.00
October 4	94	55	0.00
October 5	93	56	0.00
October 6	76	56	0.00
October 7	74	51	0.00
October 8	74	46	0.00
October 9	86	48	0.00
October 10	79	50	0.00
October 11	74	43	0.00
October 12	79	52	0.00
October 13	80	51	0.00
October 14	72	54	0.00
October 15	75	52	0.00
October 16	72	49	0.00
October 17	77	44	0.00
October 18	80	41	0.00
October 19	76	51	0.00
October 20	56	47	0.42
October 21	71	47	0.00
October 22	81	41	0.00
October 23	80	44	0.00
October 24	63	40	0.00
October 25	75	38	0.00
October 26	52	37	0.00
October 27	58	32	0.00
October 28	55	28	0.00
October 29	64	34	0.00
October 30	49	33	0.30
October 31	47	30	0.05

November 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	55	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	67	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	56	36	0.00	0.0
November 4	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 6	62	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	53	33	0.01	0.0
November 8	51	25	0.00	0.0
November 9	58	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	53	35	0.05	0.0
November 11	51	31	0.03	0.0
November 12	45	22	0.00	0.0
November 13	46	17	0.00	0.0
November 14	57	25	0.00	0.0
November 15	70	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	45	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	27	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	24	0.00	0.0
November 20	42	11	0.00	0.0
November 21	19	11	0.03	0.3
November 22	40	10	0.00	0.0
November 23	55	18	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 25	49	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	68	33	0.00	0.0
November 27	65	30	0.00	0.0
November 28	42	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	51	22	0.00	0.0
November 30	48	23	0.00	0.0

December 1963 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	54	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	55	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	61	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	64	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	62	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	34	22	0.01	0.0
December 8	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 9	18	8	0.10	1.0
December 10	12	2	0.08	0.6
December 11	16	-1	0.01	0.1
December 12	25	1	0.01	0.1
December 13	5	-10	0.00	0.0
December 14	10	-12	0.00	0.0
December 15	8	-11	0.00	0.0
December 16	15	-2	0.05	0.5
December 17	7	-6	0.03	0.2
December 18	22	-10	0.00	0.0
December 19	13	2	0.00	0.0
December 20	12	2	0.00	0.0
December 21	8	4	0.01	0.2
December 22	30	7	0.00	0.0
December 23	47	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	60	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	60	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	46	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	35	16	0.02	0.3
December 30	47	16	0.00	0.0
December 31	62	29	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location