Rapid City Weather in 1972

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 13
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	December 8
Highest daily low	65 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	-11 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	June 9
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	February 1
Total annual precipitation	17.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.3 inches	-

January 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 2	29	12	0.01	0.1
January 3	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 4	21	-8	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	18	0.00	0.0
January 7	52	18	0.00	0.0
January 8	47	19	0.00	0.0
January 9	46	17	0.01	0.1
January 10	33	12	0.01	0.1
January 11	43	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	5	0.04	0.1
January 13	12	-16	0.00	0.0
January 14	-1	-20	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	-8	0.01	0.1
January 16	66	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	62	25	0.00	0.0
January 18	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 19	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 20	22	7	0.01	0.1
January 21	54	15	0.00	0.0
January 22	42	19	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	9	0.03	0.1
January 24	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 25	-7	-14	0.01	0.2
January 26	-11	-17	0.01	0.2
January 27	-6	-23	0.07	1.3
January 28	26	-23	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 30	39	4	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	10	0.01	0.2

February 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	-2	0.11	3.0
February 2	16	-7	0.00	0.0
February 3	18	-1	0.00	0.0
February 4	20	-2	0.00	0.0
February 5	11	-2	0.00	0.0
February 6	16	2	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	1	0.00	0.0
February 8	16	1	0.01	0.3
February 9	20	11	0.02	0.4
February 10	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	9	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	50	23	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	40	12	0.00	0.0
February 16	51	31	0.03	0.0
February 17	37	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	15	0.00	0.0
February 19	63	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	65	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	17	0.00	0.0
February 22	64	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	9	0.13	2.2
February 24	23	4	0.05	0.5
February 25	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	70	28	0.00	0.0
February 29	29	11	0.09	1.6

March 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	0	0.00	0.0
March 2	32	14	0.00	0.0
March 3	30	4	0.02	0.2
March 4	38	3	0.00	0.0
March 5	54	17	0.00	0.0
March 6	72	27	0.01	0.0
March 7	33	15	0.00	0.0
March 8	49	14	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	80	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 12	53	31	0.08	0.0
March 13	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	54	35	0.26	0.0
March 15	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	62	30	0.01	0.0
March 17	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	75	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	57	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	63	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	57	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	57	28	0.00	0.0
March 24	50	23	0.01	0.0
March 25	61	20	0.00	0.0
March 26	41	17	0.03	0.5
March 27	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 28	33	13	0.00	0.0
March 29	34	11	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	15	0.04	0.4
March 31	42	10	0.01	0.1

April 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	55	17	0.00	0.0
April 2	64	27	0.02	0.1
April 3	40	17	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	18	0.00	0.0
April 5	74	31	0.00	0.0
April 6	72	38	0.03	0.0
April 7	68	34	0.00	0.0
April 8	56	35	0.00	0.0
April 9	59	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	59	40	0.02	0.0
April 11	67	36	0.23	0.0
April 12	67	35	0.00	0.0
April 13	46	32	0.59	0.0
April 14	53	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	62	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	70	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	52	35	0.03	0.0
April 18	35	32	0.15	0.9
April 19	37	32	0.02	0.0
April 20	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 21	64	27	0.00	0.0
April 22	54	28	0.01	0.0
April 23	54	25	0.00	0.0
April 24	57	24	0.00	0.0
April 25	56	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	43	39	0.89	0.0
April 27	40	37	0.45	0.0
April 28	46	39	0.03	0.0
April 29	55	42	0.00	0.0
April 30	53	34	0.31	0.0

May 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	39	33	0.37
May 2	53	35	0.02
May 3	55	31	0.00
May 4	68	33	0.00
May 5	63	39	0.00
May 6	50	31	0.00
May 7	54	32	0.00
May 8	53	33	0.00
May 9	48	42	0.07
May 10	48	44	0.83
May 11	58	39	0.32
May 12	62	36	0.01
May 13	67	42	0.03
May 14	79	39	0.00
May 15	84	47	0.00
May 16	87	49	0.00
May 17	89	53	0.00
May 18	86	58	0.00
May 19	77	55	0.50
May 20	75	53	0.04
May 21	83	53	0.44
May 22	72	49	0.00
May 23	71	51	0.00
May 24	71	47	0.00
May 25	78	51	0.14
May 26	65	47	0.00
May 27	65	44	0.00
May 28	62	44	0.36
May 29	64	46	0.15
May 30	69	44	0.00
May 31	81	42	0.00

June 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	49	0.00
June 2	81	58	0.01
June 3	74	58	0.06
June 4	78	58	0.00
June 5	75	51	0.00
June 6	75	50	0.00
June 7	87	58	0.00
June 8	87	59	0.00
June 9	82	55	2.08
June 10	78	55	0.24
June 11	85	60	0.00
June 12	81	58	0.00
June 13	69	51	0.00
June 14	72	48	0.03
June 15	74	51	0.22
June 16	67	57	0.00
June 17	81	56	0.58
June 18	74	53	0.09
June 19	58	40	0.59
June 20	63	36	0.00
June 21	69	42	0.01
June 22	74	48	0.00
June 23	83	57	0.00
June 24	76	59	0.00
June 25	80	56	0.10
June 26	74	53	0.00
June 27	70	50	0.00
June 28	76	46	0.00
June 29	87	51	0.00
June 30	83	57	0.10

July 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	53	0.03
July 2	55	42	0.37
July 3	60	43	0.13
July 4	68	44	0.00
July 5	79	44	0.00
July 6	75	52	0.00
July 7	82	52	0.20
July 8	84	55	0.00
July 9	89	60	0.00
July 10	80	60	0.00
July 11	87	58	0.03
July 12	78	52	0.00
July 13	92	55	0.00
July 14	74	48	0.03
July 15	76	46	0.07
July 16	83	51	0.12
July 17	75	52	0.12
July 18	81	49	0.00
July 19	67	50	0.03
July 20	63	47	0.04
July 21	80	55	0.03
July 22	82	52	0.00
July 23	85	51	0.00
July 24	88	55	0.13
July 25	82	60	0.00
July 26	84	58	0.00
July 27	75	58	0.10
July 28	87	55	0.00
July 29	93	57	0.00
July 30	98	56	0.00
July 31	65	57	0.24

August 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	55	0.14
August 2	63	52	1.65
August 3	63	52	0.02
August 4	79	46	0.00
August 5	87	62	0.01
August 6	78	54	0.00
August 7	88	49	0.00
August 8	78	50	0.00
August 9	86	52	0.00
August 10	91	65	0.00
August 11	87	62	0.00
August 12	97	60	0.00
August 13	98	62	0.00
August 14	92	64	0.00
August 15	90	61	0.02
August 16	90	60	0.00
August 17	91	63	0.17
August 18	87	60	0.23
August 19	90	61	0.07
August 20	88	60	0.00
August 21	73	55	0.01
August 22	75	47	0.00
August 23	73	43	0.00
August 24	75	43	0.00
August 25	78	47	0.00
August 26	83	48	0.00
August 27	87	52	0.00
August 28	89	55	0.00
August 29	89	58	0.00
August 30	91	58	0.00
August 31	69	49	0.17

September 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	64	42	0.00
September 2	67	40	0.00
September 3	77	44	0.07
September 4	81	50	0.00
September 5	81	44	0.00
September 6	76	48	0.05
September 7	62	43	0.03
September 8	85	43	0.00
September 9	92	53	0.00
September 10	78	53	0.00
September 11	73	44	0.01
September 12	88	55	0.00
September 13	70	43	0.00
September 14	84	42	0.00
September 15	83	48	0.00
September 16	87	50	0.00
September 17	85	46	0.00
September 18	91	47	0.00
September 19	89	53	0.00
September 20	70	41	0.00
September 21	75	30	0.00
September 22	82	49	0.00
September 23	80	44	0.00
September 24	63	30	0.00
September 25	57	27	0.06
September 26	62	22	0.00
September 27	84	43	0.00
September 28	60	35	0.02
September 29	57	32	0.00
September 30	78	40	0.00

October 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	79	45	0.00	0.0
October 2	74	43	0.00	0.0
October 3	70	38	0.00	0.0
October 4	75	37	0.00	0.0
October 5	57	33	0.71	0.0
October 6	62	25	0.00	0.0
October 7	76	37	0.00	0.0
October 8	63	40	0.00	0.0
October 9	80	39	0.00	0.0
October 10	79	38	0.00	0.0
October 11	43	34	0.00	0.0
October 12	66	31	0.00	0.0
October 13	70	38	0.00	0.0
October 14	46	34	0.00	0.0
October 15	60	35	0.00	0.0
October 16	63	36	0.00	0.0
October 17	42	21	0.00	0.0
October 18	39	16	0.00	0.0
October 19	56	17	0.00	0.0
October 20	57	34	0.00	0.0
October 21	46	34	0.00	0.0
October 22	42	31	0.00	0.0
October 23	58	31	0.00	0.0
October 24	50	30	0.00	0.0
October 25	63	27	0.00	0.0
October 26	68	34	0.00	0.0
October 27	43	20	0.00	0.0
October 28	50	18	0.00	0.0
October 29	36	21	0.00	0.0
October 30	22	17	0.06	0.7
October 31	34	10	0.00	0.0

November 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	41	14	0.00	0.0
November 2	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 3	59	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	28	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	34	0.07	0.0
November 6	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	22	0.00	0.0
November 8	56	30	0.00	0.0
November 9	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	21	0.00	0.0
November 11	28	23	0.14	1.4
November 12	25	22	0.10	1.2
November 13	22	19	0.07	1.0
November 14	25	14	0.00	0.0
November 15	31	16	0.00	0.0
November 16	31	25	0.00	0.0
November 17	26	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	27	21	0.00	0.0
November 19	27	16	0.00	0.0
November 20	26	21	0.00	0.0
November 21	26	19	0.00	0.0
November 22	41	10	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	19	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	25	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	20	0.00	0.0
November 26	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 27	36	23	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	9	0.00	0.0
November 30	48	24	0.00	0.0

December 1972 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	4	0.02	0.2
December 3	6	-1	0.05	0.9
December 4	1	-5	0.09	2.6
December 5	3	-22	0.01	0.1
December 6	1	-20	0.00	0.0
December 7	-6	-12	0.12	1.7
December 8	-8	-23	0.01	0.1
December 9	-2	-19	0.00	0.0
December 10	4	-14	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	-13	0.00	0.0
December 12	19	-3	0.00	0.0
December 13	12	-8	0.00	0.0
December 14	27	-7	0.00	0.0
December 15	26	0	0.00	0.0
December 16	23	0	0.00	0.0
December 17	50	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	54	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	64	34	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 24	46	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 26	59	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	53	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	15	0.01	0.1
December 30	22	14	0.03	0.3
December 31	34	20	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location