Rapid City Weather in 1966

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1966 based on NOAA data.

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1966 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	-22 °F	January 20
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 17
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 13
Most daily snow	6.7 inches	March 22
Total annual precipitation	20.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	56.3 inches	-

January 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	13	0.00	0.0
January 2	38	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	50	9	0.00	0.0
January 4	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	7	0.00	0.0
January 7	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	64	15	0.00	0.0
January 9	44	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	45	17	0.00	0.0
January 12	48	22	0.00	0.0
January 13	50	19	0.00	0.0
January 14	55	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	6	0.03	0.3
January 16	13	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	30	0	0.00	0.0
January 18	44	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	-1	0.06	0.6
January 20	0	-22	0.07	0.7
January 21	8	-18	0.00	0.0
January 22	14	-2	0.00	0.0
January 23	-1	-17	0.06	0.6
January 24	1	-13	0.01	0.1
January 25	14	-12	0.00	0.0
January 26	22	-3	0.00	0.0
January 27	0	-13	0.00	0.0
January 28	-5	-12	0.01	0.1
January 29	4	-11	0.00	0.0
January 30	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 31	9	-4	0.00	0.0

February 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	15	-6	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	29	0.04	0.3
February 8	35	20	0.55	5.4
February 9	35	16	0.15	1.4
February 10	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 11	25	3	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	13	0.01	0.1
February 13	20	-1	0.00	0.0
February 14	27	6	0.03	0.4
February 15	11	-7	0.16	1.7
February 16	17	0	0.01	0.1
February 17	44	-1	0.02	0.2
February 18	1	-10	0.00	0.0
February 19	12	-5	0.00	0.0
February 20	16	4	0.03	0.4
February 21	20	2	0.00	0.0
February 22	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 24	42	13	0.00	0.0
February 25	26	14	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	19	0.00	0.0

March 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	30	17	0.55	4.8
March 3	18	6	0.28	2.8
March 4	17	7	0.00	0.0
March 5	21	6	0.00	0.0
March 6	24	3	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	12	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	60	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	67	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	63	37	0.00	0.0
March 15	64	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	75	35	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	32	0.12	1.0
March 18	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	65	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	30	0.14	1.2
March 22	32	11	0.69	6.7
March 23	20	8	0.00	0.0
March 24	35	7	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 26	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	65	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	73	41	0.00	0.0
March 31	60	37	0.00	0.0

April 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	59	29	0.00	0.0
April 2	58	33	0.05	0.1
April 3	41	31	0.17	0.3
April 4	38	29	0.05	0.3
April 5	47	28	0.01	0.1
April 6	58	26	0.00	0.0
April 7	41	30	0.20	0.4
April 8	45	23	0.00	0.0
April 9	61	23	0.00	0.0
April 10	62	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	41	31	0.18	1.0
April 12	40	33	0.50	0.2
April 13	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 14	60	28	0.00	0.0
April 15	67	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	35	0.31	0.0
April 17	37	30	0.00	0.0
April 18	32	20	0.60	6.0
April 19	25	8	0.14	1.4
April 20	33	2	0.00	0.0
April 21	46	18	0.00	0.0
April 22	56	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 24	65	34	0.00	0.0
April 25	75	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	53	32	0.12	0.0
April 27	42	24	0.15	0.2
April 28	56	22	0.00	0.0
April 29	33	24	0.02	0.0
April 30	55	23	0.00	0.0

May 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	68	35	0.00	0.0
May 2	67	34	0.00	0.0
May 3	69	35	0.00	0.0
May 4	90	40	0.00	0.0
May 5	81	46	0.00	0.0
May 6	79	48	0.00	0.0
May 7	80	48	0.00	0.0
May 8	48	34	0.12	0.0
May 9	49	35	0.00	0.0
May 10	61	37	0.00	0.0
May 11	40	31	0.12	0.4
May 12	49	28	0.00	0.0
May 13	66	28	0.00	0.0
May 14	76	39	0.01	0.0
May 15	68	40	0.00	0.0
May 16	74	41	0.02	0.0
May 17	63	42	0.00	0.0
May 18	58	36	0.00	0.0
May 19	68	31	0.00	0.0
May 20	76	41	0.00	0.0
May 21	92	45	0.00	0.0
May 22	88	44	0.06	0.0
May 23	63	36	0.00	0.0
May 24	73	39	0.00	0.0
May 25	85	46	0.00	0.0
May 26	87	51	0.00	0.0
May 27	79	49	0.00	0.0
May 28	78	45	0.00	0.0
May 29	82	46	0.00	0.0
May 30	81	46	0.00	0.0
May 31	81	54	0.00	0.0

June 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	53	0.01
June 2	82	51	0.28
June 3	77	51	0.00
June 4	70	50	0.12
June 5	62	40	0.00
June 6	68	40	0.06
June 7	61	46	0.16
June 8	63	41	0.00
June 9	71	41	0.00
June 10	85	50	0.06
June 11	75	51	0.00
June 12	70	42	0.00
June 13	75	44	0.00
June 14	74	51	0.01
June 15	73	44	0.00
June 16	71	43	0.00
June 17	79	42	0.00
June 18	86	52	0.00
June 19	87	56	0.00
June 20	93	60	0.00
June 21	87	61	0.00
June 22	91	57	0.15
June 23	75	55	0.15
June 24	84	55	0.06
June 25	77	47	0.00
June 26	84	45	0.00
June 27	92	63	0.00
June 28	103	60	0.00
June 29	102	68	0.00
June 30	96	63	0.25

July 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	60	0.48
July 2	88	59	0.00
July 3	89	62	0.00
July 4	97	69	0.00
July 5	83	60	0.29
July 6	83	59	0.01
July 7	97	56	0.02
July 8	96	64	0.00
July 9	97	58	0.00
July 10	103	67	0.00
July 11	94	64	0.00
July 12	91	66	0.04
July 13	86	63	1.28
July 14	84	60	0.00
July 15	90	64	0.00
July 16	103	67	0.00
July 17	101	72	0.00
July 18	88	67	0.00
July 19	94	60	0.00
July 20	91	63	0.00
July 21	90	60	0.23
July 22	77	57	0.00
July 23	88	60	0.03
July 24	97	62	0.00
July 25	99	69	0.12
July 26	89	63	1.13
July 27	86	63	0.00
July 28	74	59	0.30
July 29	81	53	0.00
July 30	95	61	0.00
July 31	98	68	0.00

August 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	60	0.00
August 2	87	59	0.00
August 3	96	60	0.00
August 4	87	63	0.00
August 5	91	54	0.08
August 6	85	59	0.00
August 7	73	55	0.00
August 8	67	51	0.00
August 9	59	53	0.15
August 10	77	51	0.00
August 11	85	52	0.33
August 12	66	48	0.90
August 13	74	45	0.00
August 14	76	53	0.00
August 15	88	50	0.00
August 16	94	58	0.00
August 17	78	53	0.00
August 18	79	50	0.40
August 19	62	55	1.10
August 20	62	51	0.18
August 21	64	44	0.06
August 22	63	38	0.00
August 23	68	42	0.00
August 24	77	44	0.00
August 25	85	48	0.00
August 26	89	54	0.00
August 27	89	56	0.00
August 28	84	55	0.00
August 29	91	56	0.00
August 30	93	59	0.01
August 31	75	58	0.03

September 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	53	0.00
September 2	78	52	0.00
September 3	81	53	0.00
September 4	82	46	0.00
September 5	79	49	0.00
September 6	83	45	0.00
September 7	92	54	0.00
September 8	92	52	0.00
September 9	88	56	0.00
September 10	87	52	0.00
September 11	92	56	0.00
September 12	90	59	0.00
September 13	67	49	2.13
September 14	59	41	0.00
September 15	67	44	0.06
September 16	59	49	0.14
September 17	63	46	0.00
September 18	69	44	0.00
September 19	71	46	0.00
September 20	83	50	0.00
September 21	75	49	0.00
September 22	81	47	0.00
September 23	83	52	0.00
September 24	77	49	0.03
September 25	50	44	0.08
September 26	62	47	0.36
September 27	69	39	0.00
September 28	72	45	0.00
September 29	62	40	0.02
September 30	52	31	0.02

October 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	68	30	0.00	0.0
October 2	67	43	0.13	0.0
October 3	45	32	0.30	0.0
October 4	60	32	0.00	0.0
October 5	73	34	0.00	0.0
October 6	80	45	0.00	0.0
October 7	80	48	0.00	0.0
October 8	78	45	0.00	0.0
October 9	59	34	0.00	0.0
October 10	66	32	0.00	0.0
October 11	66	34	0.00	0.0
October 12	70	36	0.00	0.0
October 13	55	33	0.73	0.4
October 14	38	27	0.30	1.4
October 15	47	23	0.00	0.0
October 16	55	25	0.00	0.0
October 17	60	28	0.00	0.0
October 18	48	27	0.00	0.0
October 19	71	26	0.00	0.0
October 20	76	34	0.00	0.0
October 21	62	36	0.00	0.0
October 22	52	28	0.00	0.0
October 23	60	30	0.00	0.0
October 24	70	40	0.00	0.0
October 25	75	44	0.00	0.0
October 26	79	39	0.00	0.0
October 27	76	42	0.00	0.0
October 28	46	32	0.00	0.0
October 29	59	31	0.00	0.0
October 30	67	36	0.00	0.0
October 31	50	28	0.04	0.3

November 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 2	50	17	0.00	0.0
November 3	48	25	0.00	0.0
November 4	42	20	0.00	0.0
November 5	59	16	0.00	0.0
November 6	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	35	25	0.03	0.3
November 8	27	13	0.58	4.8
November 9	22	2	0.00	0.0
November 10	42	17	0.05	0.5
November 11	22	14	0.05	0.5
November 12	38	16	0.00	0.0
November 13	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 15	56	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	49	23	0.00	0.0
November 19	63	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	64	28	0.00	0.0
November 21	68	37	0.00	0.0
November 22	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 23	37	29	0.00	0.0
November 24	48	26	0.02	0.0
November 25	62	20	0.00	0.0
November 26	48	25	0.19	0.0
November 27	45	22	0.00	0.0
November 28	55	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	52	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	18	11	0.03	0.3

December 1966 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	16	10	0.15	1.8
December 2	14	1	0.21	1.9
December 3	31	1	0.00	0.0
December 4	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	9	0.00	0.0
December 9	18	2	0.02	0.2
December 10	35	6	0.00	0.0
December 11	49	15	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	23	0.00	0.0
December 13	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	52	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 16	60	27	0.00	0.0
December 17	56	31	0.00	0.0
December 18	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 19	55	35	0.00	0.0
December 20	56	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	18	0.17	1.4
December 22	18	-1	0.11	1.5
December 23	23	1	0.00	0.0
December 24	18	9	0.02	0.1
December 25	14	9	0.02	0.4
December 26	15	11	0.03	0.6
December 27	15	10	0.01	0.1
December 28	28	6	0.00	0.0
December 29	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	19	0.05	0.5

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location