Rapid City Weather in 1968

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	-21 °F	December 30
Highest daily low	67 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	June 24
Most daily snow	5.6 inches	April 13
Total annual precipitation	18.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	32.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rapid City in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1968 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 7
1	96 °F	Aug 6
3	94 °F	Jun 3
4	93 °F	Aug 5
4	93 °F	Aug 4
6	91 °F	Sep 14
6	91 °F	Jul 20
6	91 °F	Jul 10
9	90 °F	Sep 12
9	90 °F	Jul 29

What was the coldest temperature in Rapid City in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1968 was -21 °F which happened on Dec 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-21 °F	December 30
2	-19 °F	January 6
3	-18 °F	January 7
3	-18 °F	January 3
5	-17 °F	December 29
6	-16 °F	January 2
7	-10 °F	December 31
8	-7 °F	January 1
9	-6 °F	January 8
9	-6 °F	January 5
9	-6 °F	January 4

January 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	-7	0.17	1.5
January 2	1	-16	0.02	0.2
January 3	21	-18	0.00	0.0
January 4	31	-6	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	-6	0.15	1.3
January 6	-4	-19	0.00	0.0
January 7	6	-18	0.00	0.0
January 8	31	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	27	1	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	41	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	51	33	0.00	0.0
January 21	58	32	0.00	0.0
January 22	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	69	39	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	32	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	22	0.09	1.0
January 27	22	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	40	-2	0.00	0.0
January 30	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	45	18	0.00	0.0

February 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	45	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	58	25	0.00	0.0
February 4	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	47	15	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 9	53	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	45	16	0.12	1.2
February 12	16	0	0.03	0.6
February 13	19	8	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	9	0.00	0.0
February 15	37	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	27	6	0.00	0.0
February 17	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	7	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	23	0.00	0.0
February 20	24	8	0.06	0.7
February 21	18	7	0.01	0.1
February 22	18	11	0.07	0.8
February 23	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 24	47	21	0.03	0.0
February 25	49	34	0.00	0.0
February 26	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	30	0.03	0.0
February 28	33	15	0.00	0.0
February 29	60	15	0.00	0.0

March 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	56	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	16	0.02	0.0
March 3	58	13	0.00	0.0
March 4	64	33	0.00	0.0
March 5	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 6	75	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	66	37	0.00	0.0
March 8	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	26	0.02	0.2
March 11	29	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	45	14	0.00	0.0
March 13	59	22	0.00	0.0
March 14	55	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	67	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	29	0.08	0.1
March 19	36	26	0.01	0.1
March 20	30	19	0.07	0.8
March 21	33	14	0.01	0.1
March 22	40	7	0.00	0.0
March 23	64	19	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 26	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	73	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	71	34	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	18	0.00	0.0

April 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	62	26	0.00	0.0
April 2	49	23	0.06	0.1
April 3	23	16	0.42	3.4
April 4	32	10	0.00	0.0
April 5	65	17	0.00	0.0
April 6	57	36	0.05	0.0
April 7	44	33	0.05	0.3
April 8	49	27	0.00	0.0
April 9	59	25	0.00	0.0
April 10	73	33	0.00	0.0
April 11	82	41	0.00	0.0
April 12	52	34	0.00	0.0
April 13	35	20	0.36	5.6
April 14	62	16	0.00	0.0
April 15	77	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	48	37	0.00	0.0
April 17	41	25	0.00	0.0
April 18	43	27	0.00	0.0
April 19	56	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	58	37	0.00	0.0
April 21	50	33	0.40	2.1
April 22	41	29	0.33	2.2
April 23	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	28	0.00	0.0
April 25	59	34	0.07	0.0
April 26	56	32	0.02	0.0
April 27	53	34	0.06	0.0
April 28	66	30	0.00	0.0
April 29	75	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	85	48	0.00	0.0

May 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	51	0.00
May 2	65	38	0.00
May 3	65	34	0.00
May 4	59	30	0.00
May 5	73	33	0.16
May 6	56	44	0.01
May 7	57	37	0.26
May 8	50	34	0.00
May 9	64	30	0.00
May 10	49	30	0.00
May 11	57	26	0.00
May 12	71	33	0.00
May 13	74	45	0.01
May 14	73	44	0.00
May 15	59	46	0.04
May 16	58	37	0.07
May 17	58	33	0.05
May 18	51	36	0.02
May 19	57	31	0.00
May 20	60	26	0.00
May 21	70	34	0.00
May 22	52	46	0.29
May 23	51	45	0.20
May 24	58	44	0.00
May 25	59	45	0.16
May 26	65	45	0.02
May 27	67	44	0.02
May 28	73	42	0.00
May 29	79	46	0.00
May 30	73	51	0.35
May 31	65	46	0.02

June 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	42	0.00
June 2	88	50	0.00
June 3	94	58	0.01
June 4	73	53	0.83
June 5	71	51	0.16
June 6	59	55	1.48
June 7	64	55	0.03
June 8	69	54	0.21
June 9	77	56	0.44
June 10	70	48	0.01
June 11	71	47	0.00
June 12	88	48	0.00
June 13	78	52	0.43
June 14	64	48	0.00
June 15	56	49	0.54
June 16	70	45	0.00
June 17	85	49	0.00
June 18	77	57	0.26
June 19	88	55	0.00
June 20	86	57	0.11
June 21	78	53	0.00
June 22	83	58	0.00
June 23	76	58	0.14
June 24	66	50	1.78
June 25	57	42	0.52
June 26	67	42	0.00
June 27	88	50	0.00
June 28	75	59	0.00
June 29	74	51	0.04
June 30	67	49	0.01

July 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	67	44	0.00
July 2	74	41	0.00
July 3	81	51	0.00
July 4	80	52	0.00
July 5	78	53	0.00
July 6	84	51	0.00
July 7	87	58	0.00
July 8	77	57	0.00
July 9	85	52	0.00
July 10	91	61	0.57
July 11	87	64	0.00
July 12	87	63	0.00
July 13	85	64	0.00
July 14	89	59	0.00
July 15	88	67	0.00
July 16	85	60	0.20
July 17	84	61	0.78
July 18	77	55	0.00
July 19	87	57	0.00
July 20	91	61	0.00
July 21	79	57	0.00
July 22	88	56	0.00
July 23	82	57	0.00
July 24	68	56	0.53
July 25	78	57	0.01
July 26	83	59	0.00
July 27	83	56	0.32
July 28	80	54	0.00
July 29	90	60	0.01
July 30	79	53	0.02
July 31	68	48	0.00

August 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	45	0.00
August 2	89	57	0.00
August 3	87	58	0.01
August 4	93	58	0.00
August 5	93	60	0.00
August 6	96	66	0.00
August 7	96	63	0.38
August 8	86	57	0.00
August 9	71	54	0.65
August 10	60	53	0.18
August 11	80	52	0.00
August 12	84	58	0.00
August 13	71	53	0.00
August 14	72	53	0.04
August 15	80	48	0.00
August 16	68	45	0.00
August 17	71	43	0.72
August 18	74	51	0.00
August 19	80	51	0.00
August 20	88	54	0.00
August 21	87	60	0.00
August 22	85	58	0.02
August 23	71	55	0.26
August 24	79	46	0.00
August 25	83	49	0.00
August 26	83	49	0.00
August 27	80	53	0.00
August 28	84	55	0.20
August 29	73	50	0.00
August 30	75	49	0.00
August 31	76	49	0.00

September 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	44	0.00
September 2	69	49	0.40
September 3	67	42	0.00
September 4	57	40	0.15
September 5	72	37	0.00
September 6	81	43	0.00
September 7	84	50	0.04
September 8	67	43	0.00
September 9	75	41	0.00
September 10	83	43	0.00
September 11	86	50	0.00
September 12	90	55	0.00
September 13	85	54	0.00
September 14	91	56	0.00
September 15	79	48	0.04
September 16	53	45	0.23
September 17	67	38	0.00
September 18	76	43	0.00
September 19	76	45	0.00
September 20	78	47	0.00
September 21	75	52	0.00
September 22	68	41	0.03
September 23	70	36	0.00
September 24	70	43	0.00
September 25	78	42	0.00
September 26	75	45	0.00
September 27	76	42	0.00
September 28	65	45	0.00
September 29	72	41	0.00
September 30	83	38	0.00

October 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	83	43	0.00
October 2	55	30	0.00
October 3	56	25	0.00
October 4	74	29	0.00
October 5	65	38	0.00
October 6	72	35	0.00
October 7	69	44	0.00
October 8	57	34	0.00
October 9	62	30	0.00
October 10	72	31	0.00
October 11	67	44	0.00
October 12	84	44	0.00
October 13	84	48	0.00
October 14	64	47	0.00
October 15	63	41	0.14
October 16	55	40	0.00
October 17	50	26	0.00
October 18	61	20	0.00
October 19	62	41	0.00
October 20	80	34	0.00
October 21	62	31	0.00
October 22	60	26	0.00
October 23	50	25	0.00
October 24	68	26	0.00
October 25	71	35	0.00
October 26	68	39	0.00
October 27	50	31	0.00
October 28	75	27	0.00
October 29	81	45	0.00
October 30	83	49	0.00
October 31	58	42	0.00

November 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	32	0.00	0.0
November 2	57	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	65	30	0.00	0.0
November 4	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	37	29	0.15	0.9
November 6	34	28	0.01	0.1
November 7	32	26	0.03	0.2
November 8	42	23	0.01	0.1
November 9	41	25	0.12	0.0
November 10	35	17	0.05	0.5
November 11	42	14	0.00	0.0
November 12	56	23	0.00	0.0
November 13	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	43	24	0.00	0.0
November 15	41	21	0.00	0.0
November 16	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 17	30	13	0.00	0.0
November 18	35	9	0.00	0.0
November 19	40	24	0.02	0.2
November 20	67	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	59	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	65	37	0.00	0.0
November 23	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	49	31	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	24	0.07	0.7
November 26	33	15	0.00	0.0
November 27	45	17	0.00	0.0
November 28	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	54	24	0.00	0.0

December 1968 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	28	0.26	2.8
December 2	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	38	14	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	11	0.00	0.0
December 5	29	9	0.00	0.0
December 6	32	12	0.00	0.0
December 7	31	5	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	13	0.00	0.0
December 9	48	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	55	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	61	27	0.00	0.0
December 12	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 13	22	2	0.00	0.0
December 14	25	1	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	12	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	26	0.07	0.9
December 18	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	26	10	0.00	0.1
December 20	19	5	0.01	0.3
December 21	13	2	0.13	2.1
December 22	16	2	0.03	0.2
December 23	18	1	0.00	0.0
December 24	13	4	0.00	0.0
December 25	26	4	0.03	0.4
December 26	27	15	0.02	0.3
December 27	15	9	0.03	0.4
December 28	11	-3	0.00	0.0
December 29	-3	-17	0.00	0.0
December 30	-5	-21	0.00	0.0
December 31	14	-10	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location