Rapid City Weather in 1971

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	September 2
Lowest temperature	-22 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	67 °F	August 9
Lowest daily high	2 °F	February 7
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	May 23
Most daily snow	7.1 inches	October 28
Total annual precipitation	19.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	67.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rapid City in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1971 was 101 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Sep 2
1	101 °F	Aug 22
3	98 °F	Aug 9
4	96 °F	Aug 21
4	96 °F	Aug 8
4	96 °F	Jul 16
7	95 °F	Aug 12
8	94 °F	Aug 17
8	94 °F	Aug 16
8	94 °F	Aug 13

What was the coldest temperature in Rapid City in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1971 was -22 °F which happened on Feb 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-22 °F	February 7
2	-11 °F	February 6
3	-10 °F	January 15
4	-8 °F	January 11
4	-8 °F	January 7
4	-8 °F	January 5
7	-6 °F	January 12
8	-5 °F	January 14
8	-5 °F	January 6
10	-4 °F	February 4
10	-4 °F	January 13

January 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 2	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 3	15	6	0.00	0.0
January 4	14	-3	0.00	0.0
January 5	8	-8	0.00	0.0
January 6	11	-5	0.01	0.1
January 7	21	-8	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	11	0.01	0.1
January 9	30	8	0.03	0.3
January 10	12	0	0.03	0.6
January 11	2	-8	0.00	0.0
January 12	7	-6	0.00	0.0
January 13	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 14	6	-5	0.00	0.0
January 15	23	-10	0.00	0.0
January 16	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	14	0.07	0.8
January 18	21	12	0.05	0.7
January 19	35	14	0.00	0.0
January 20	47	30	0.07	0.5
January 21	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 23	46	15	0.00	0.0
January 24	44	19	0.00	0.0
January 25	44	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	20	10	0.03	0.4
January 27	48	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	52	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	56	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	3	0.65	6.8
January 31	12	5	0.23	2.9

February 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 2	25	10	0.05	0.4
February 3	12	2	0.21	2.2
February 4	19	-4	0.00	0.0
February 5	21	-3	0.00	0.0
February 6	10	-11	0.00	0.0
February 7	2	-22	0.00	0.0
February 8	13	-1	0.15	6.4
February 9	44	-3	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	30	0.03	0.0
February 11	40	31	0.02	0.0
February 12	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	50	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	30	0.02	0.0
February 16	47	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	24	0.36	4.6
February 19	32	22	0.05	0.7
February 20	24	21	0.05	0.6
February 21	21	4	0.01	0.1
February 22	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	6	0.00	0.0
February 24	45	16	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	31	0.01	0.1
February 26	32	21	0.02	0.2
February 27	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 28	37	12	0.02	0.4

March 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	27	16	0.04	0.4
March 2	21	11	0.01	0.1
March 3	47	11	0.00	0.0
March 4	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 5	34	24	0.01	0.1
March 6	26	16	0.02	0.2
March 7	31	10	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	17	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	62	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 15	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 17	31	25	0.70	6.8
March 18	31	19	0.06	0.5
March 19	31	16	0.00	0.0
March 20	53	15	0.00	0.0
March 21	31	17	0.11	1.1
March 22	23	7	0.05	1.0
March 23	24	18	0.10	1.8
March 24	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	72	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	57	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	49	28	0.14	1.7
March 29	62	25	0.00	0.0
March 30	71	31	0.00	0.0
March 31	53	27	0.01	0.1

April 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	24	0.00	0.0
April 2	52	19	0.00	0.0
April 3	51	24	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	26	0.03	0.3
April 5	53	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	73	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	81	34	0.00	0.0
April 8	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	73	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	83	42	0.00	0.0
April 11	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 13	61	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	75	30	0.00	0.0
April 15	81	39	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 17	77	41	0.00	0.0
April 18	59	46	0.00	0.0
April 19	46	41	0.95	0.0
April 20	58	44	0.45	0.0
April 21	55	43	0.15	0.0
April 22	46	44	0.06	0.0
April 23	65	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	59	38	0.29	0.0
April 25	42	33	0.44	0.4
April 26	33	31	0.42	4.3
April 27	44	30	0.03	0.3
April 28	52	25	0.00	0.0
April 29	63	34	0.02	0.0
April 30	62	39	0.02	0.0

May 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	37	0.00
May 2	68	32	0.00
May 3	76	43	0.03
May 4	68	46	0.00
May 5	65	42	0.00
May 6	64	35	0.00
May 7	58	35	0.00
May 8	73	39	0.02
May 9	69	48	0.17
May 10	53	42	0.28
May 11	60	37	0.00
May 12	71	39	0.00
May 13	79	42	0.00
May 14	66	49	0.03
May 15	68	44	0.00
May 16	81	48	0.02
May 17	59	37	0.00
May 18	47	34	0.00
May 19	57	33	0.00
May 20	70	32	0.00
May 21	72	41	0.00
May 22	60	47	0.43
May 23	57	41	1.50
May 24	65	42	0.00
May 25	65	39	0.00
May 26	69	40	0.00
May 27	69	45	0.00
May 28	77	48	0.00
May 29	60	50	0.23
May 30	65	50	0.92
May 31	63	50	0.07

June 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	62	49	0.00
June 2	76	50	0.00
June 3	77	49	0.00
June 4	73	54	0.36
June 5	78	52	0.02
June 6	70	50	0.02
June 7	66	51	0.02
June 8	74	49	0.00
June 9	76	55	0.08
June 10	83	52	0.00
June 11	81	53	0.00
June 12	77	51	0.00
June 13	79	54	0.01
June 14	81	52	0.00
June 15	75	55	0.00
June 16	80	57	0.03
June 17	79	59	0.26
June 18	87	59	0.00
June 19	83	57	0.00
June 20	82	56	0.01
June 21	85	59	0.24
June 22	80	57	0.00
June 23	87	59	0.00
June 24	83	64	0.00
June 25	89	59	0.73
June 26	83	63	0.00
June 27	77	54	0.00
June 28	73	53	0.00
June 29	72	55	0.14
June 30	77	47	0.00

July 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	50	0.02
July 2	89	62	0.14
July 3	79	55	0.68
July 4	76	51	0.10
July 5	84	48	0.01
July 6	90	58	0.00
July 7	73	53	0.00
July 8	78	49	0.00
July 9	87	56	0.00
July 10	90	52	0.00
July 11	89	66	0.00
July 12	83	55	0.00
July 13	82	52	0.00
July 14	86	56	0.00
July 15	89	49	0.00
July 16	96	63	0.00
July 17	91	62	0.00
July 18	81	51	0.00
July 19	83	50	0.00
July 20	88	52	0.00
July 21	88	58	0.00
July 22	89	59	0.00
July 23	88	57	0.00
July 24	92	58	0.04
July 25	70	47	0.34
July 26	75	44	0.00
July 27	77	47	0.00
July 28	63	41	0.13
July 29	73	41	0.00
July 30	79	43	0.00
July 31	89	50	0.00

August 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	52	0.00
August 2	80	47	0.00
August 3	88	49	0.00
August 4	93	59	0.00
August 5	93	58	0.00
August 6	92	57	0.00
August 7	91	57	0.00
August 8	96	56	0.00
August 9	98	67	0.00
August 10	85	53	0.00
August 11	90	53	0.00
August 12	95	63	0.00
August 13	94	63	0.06
August 14	92	55	0.00
August 15	93	61	0.00
August 16	94	63	0.00
August 17	94	64	0.00
August 18	82	60	0.15
August 19	87	58	0.00
August 20	93	56	0.00
August 21	96	62	0.00
August 22	101	64	0.00
August 23	86	59	0.00
August 24	83	45	0.00
August 25	91	53	0.00
August 26	87	55	0.00
August 27	89	61	0.00
August 28	92	57	0.00
August 29	92	63	0.00
August 30	74	62	0.31
August 31	79	60	0.00

September 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	63	0.00
September 2	101	61	0.00
September 3	77	54	0.07
September 4	57	51	1.11
September 5	70	47	0.09
September 6	88	46	0.00
September 7	76	54	0.07
September 8	62	46	0.00
September 9	78	37	0.00
September 10	79	50	0.00
September 11	91	55	0.00
September 12	78	48	0.00
September 13	90	48	0.00
September 14	64	35	0.00
September 15	58	34	0.00
September 16	54	32	0.00
September 17	50	32	0.06
September 18	58	36	0.04
September 19	64	30	0.00
September 20	63	37	0.07
September 21	49	35	0.00
September 22	61	33	0.00
September 23	70	34	0.00
September 24	79	38	0.00
September 25	84	42	0.00
September 26	74	50	0.00
September 27	69	47	0.71
September 28	64	42	0.10
September 29	71	42	0.00
September 30	68	47	0.00

October 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	53	46	0.41	0.0
October 2	47	41	0.21	0.0
October 3	64	40	0.00	0.0
October 4	73	40	0.00	0.0
October 5	71	45	0.00	0.0
October 6	76	47	0.00	0.0
October 7	65	41	0.00	0.0
October 8	54	34	0.00	0.0
October 9	70	31	0.00	0.0
October 10	80	45	0.00	0.0
October 11	72	39	0.00	0.0
October 12	61	32	0.00	0.0
October 13	77	29	0.00	0.0
October 14	55	38	0.00	0.0
October 15	42	36	0.06	0.0
October 16	38	35	0.05	0.0
October 17	47	38	0.67	0.0
October 18	56	43	0.01	0.0
October 19	59	34	0.00	0.0
October 20	67	33	0.00	0.0
October 21	62	36	0.00	0.0
October 22	57	34	0.00	0.0
October 23	68	35	0.00	0.0
October 24	74	45	0.00	0.0
October 25	60	38	0.00	0.0
October 26	72	35	0.00	0.0
October 27	51	23	0.09	0.9
October 28	24	20	0.38	7.1
October 29	20	17	0.11	1.7
October 30	24	12	0.03	0.5
October 31	36	19	0.00	0.0

November 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	24	0.00	0.0
November 2	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 3	46	24	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	34	18	0.00	0.0
November 6	25	8	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	9	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	23	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	22	0.00	0.0
November 10	69	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	65	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	68	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	56	38	0.00	0.0
November 14	57	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	48	30	0.12	0.0
November 16	33	28	0.36	3.2
November 17	33	19	0.00	0.0
November 18	28	7	0.03	0.4
November 19	49	8	0.00	0.0
November 20	53	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	45	22	0.00	0.0
November 22	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	44	19	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	22	0.00	0.0
November 25	45	27	0.06	0.8
November 26	42	25	0.02	0.2
November 27	35	27	0.14	1.7
November 28	30	22	0.03	0.3
November 29	25	20	0.03	0.3
November 30	29	15	0.00	0.0

December 1971 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 2	37	14	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 4	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 5	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 7	20	7	0.09	1.0
December 8	17	1	0.00	0.0
December 9	46	3	0.03	0.4
December 10	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 11	19	2	0.00	0.0
December 12	26	3	0.00	0.0
December 13	18	5	0.00	0.0
December 14	38	3	0.01	0.2
December 15	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 16	25	4	0.01	0.3
December 17	45	19	0.00	0.0
December 18	49	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 22	58	14	0.00	0.0
December 23	56	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	44	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	2	0.00	0.0
December 26	3	-2	0.01	0.1
December 27	31	-2	0.00	0.0
December 28	44	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	31	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	39	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	47	13	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location