Rapid City Weather in 1974

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1974 based on NOAA data.

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1974 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	June 26
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 1
Highest daily low	70 °F	July 16
Lowest daily high	-4 °F	January 11
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	April 11
Most daily snow	3.7 inches	April 11
Total annual precipitation	9.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.4 inches	-

January 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	6	-20	0.00	0.0
January 2	19	-8	0.00	0.0
January 3	13	-7	0.00	0.0
January 4	20	-5	0.00	0.0
January 5	8	-10	0.00	0.0
January 6	16	-16	0.00	0.0
January 7	24	5	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	14	-10	0.00	0.0
January 10	-2	-15	0.00	0.0
January 11	-4	-18	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	-14	0.00	0.0
January 13	48	8	0.00	0.0
January 14	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 15	61	36	0.00	0.0
January 16	67	36	0.00	0.0
January 17	57	39	0.00	0.0
January 18	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	62	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	24	0.02	0.1
January 21	30	13	0.10	1.3
January 22	36	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	48	25	0.00	0.0
January 25	52	26	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 27	46	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	49	26	0.00	0.0
January 29	54	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	55	7	0.02	0.3
January 31	16	5	0.02	0.3

February 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	8	0.01	0.1
February 2	41	17	0.01	0.2
February 3	36	19	0.02	0.2
February 4	52	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	11	0.13	1.9
February 6	25	-4	0.00	0.0
February 7	24	7	0.03	0.4
February 8	38	6	0.02	0.2
February 9	56	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 11	60	28	0.00	0.0
February 12	54	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	50	26	0.03	0.0
February 16	57	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	35	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	23	0.00	0.0
February 19	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	16	0.00	0.0
February 22	53	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	23	5	0.05	1.0
February 24	43	4	0.00	0.0
February 25	58	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	66	31	0.00	0.0
February 27	55	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	20	0.00	0.0

March 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	70	48	0.00	0.0
March 2	74	36	0.00	0.0
March 3	53	28	0.00	0.0
March 4	49	18	0.00	0.0
March 5	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 6	52	23	0.07	0.7
March 7	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 8	67	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	25	0.01	0.0
March 11	37	30	0.02	0.0
March 12	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	69	29	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	16	0.00	0.0
March 16	44	15	0.00	0.0
March 17	72	29	0.01	0.0
March 18	46	26	0.16	0.0
March 19	37	14	0.01	0.3
March 20	29	10	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	19	0.00	0.0
March 22	30	3	0.06	0.7
March 23	20	4	0.00	0.0
March 24	47	3	0.00	0.0
March 25	55	21	0.00	0.0
March 26	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	70	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	74	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	62	33	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	57	33	0.00	0.0

April 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	26	0.00	0.0
April 2	42	27	0.03	0.3
April 3	42	22	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	18	0.00	0.0
April 5	63	22	0.00	0.0
April 6	67	32	0.00	0.0
April 7	38	28	0.10	0.1
April 8	63	29	0.00	0.0
April 9	70	31	0.00	0.0
April 10	57	40	0.24	0.0
April 11	43	33	0.80	3.7
April 12	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 13	47	34	0.06	0.6
April 14	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	72	26	0.00	0.0
April 17	67	38	0.00	0.0
April 18	71	32	0.00	0.0
April 19	73	49	0.25	0.0
April 20	60	43	0.01	0.0
April 21	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 22	65	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	66	32	0.00	0.0
April 24	83	48	0.00	0.0
April 25	77	50	0.00	0.0
April 26	75	47	0.05	0.0
April 27	68	38	0.01	0.0
April 28	62	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 30	70	38	0.00	0.0

May 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	82	47	0.00
May 2	63	34	0.14
May 3	63	30	0.00
May 4	71	37	0.00
May 5	72	37	0.00
May 6	73	35	0.02
May 7	71	42	0.00
May 8	75	40	0.08
May 9	75	41	0.02
May 10	54	30	0.03
May 11	63	35	0.00
May 12	73	32	0.12
May 13	65	36	0.00
May 14	55	32	0.00
May 15	68	32	0.01
May 16	62	43	0.00
May 17	51	43	0.02
May 18	62	44	0.02
May 19	68	55	0.02
May 20	68	40	0.00
May 21	67	33	0.00
May 22	69	37	0.00
May 23	70	32	0.00
May 24	77	36	0.00
May 25	72	49	0.07
May 26	82	47	0.00
May 27	83	53	0.07
May 28	73	50	0.31
May 29	57	47	0.36
May 30	59	39	0.02
May 31	69	35	0.01

June 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	39	0.00
June 2	79	44	0.01
June 3	86	50	0.00
June 4	90	52	0.00
June 5	67	43	0.07
June 6	70	43	0.00
June 7	70	39	0.08
June 8	65	47	0.31
June 9	67	46	0.48
June 10	70	45	0.10
June 11	67	41	0.00
June 12	83	48	0.00
June 13	87	50	0.00
June 14	80	54	0.00
June 15	76	49	0.00
June 16	75	47	0.00
June 17	88	49	0.00
June 18	93	60	0.00
June 19	93	60	0.00
June 20	100	64	0.00
June 21	72	52	0.05
June 22	78	50	0.00
June 23	83	53	0.00
June 24	91	55	0.00
June 25	96	58	0.00
June 26	105	65	0.00
June 27	93	59	0.00
June 28	93	62	0.00
June 29	84	57	0.00
June 30	94	53	0.00

July 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	99	64	0.00
July 2	88	58	0.51
July 3	74	53	0.00
July 4	90	49	0.00
July 5	99	58	0.00
July 6	99	65	0.00
July 7	98	62	0.00
July 8	93	66	0.00
July 9	97	61	0.00
July 10	98	63	0.00
July 11	101	62	0.00
July 12	100	61	0.00
July 13	103	66	0.00
July 14	94	60	0.00
July 15	95	65	0.00
July 16	97	70	0.00
July 17	95	67	0.07
July 18	92	66	0.09
July 19	94	65	0.00
July 20	98	62	0.00
July 21	95	66	0.01
July 22	92	58	0.00
July 23	98	62	0.00
July 24	91	61	0.00
July 25	97	55	0.00
July 26	88	60	0.00
July 27	94	60	0.00
July 28	85	60	0.00
July 29	88	53	0.00
July 30	88	53	0.00
July 31	82	59	0.00

August 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	54	0.14
August 2	73	51	0.00
August 3	78	44	0.00
August 4	85	47	0.00
August 5	88	50	0.00
August 6	95	53	0.00
August 7	91	60	0.15
August 8	86	58	0.02
August 9	71	56	0.08
August 10	64	51	0.19
August 11	83	47	0.00
August 12	80	51	0.02
August 13	88	53	0.00
August 14	92	55	0.46
August 15	82	48	0.00
August 16	88	51	0.00
August 17	85	53	0.00
August 18	90	59	0.00
August 19	102	67	0.00
August 20	79	56	0.00
August 21	77	48	0.00
August 22	87	49	0.10
August 23	90	55	0.19
August 24	92	55	0.00
August 25	92	58	0.00
August 26	84	53	0.00
August 27	80	48	0.00
August 28	78	56	0.02
August 29	70	53	0.00
August 30	66	45	0.00
August 31	64	42	0.00

September 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	51	40	0.75
September 2	61	38	0.00
September 3	71	36	0.00
September 4	80	47	0.00
September 5	81	50	0.00
September 6	77	49	0.00
September 7	87	49	0.00
September 8	73	44	0.00
September 9	75	47	0.02
September 10	83	53	0.00
September 11	54	41	0.00
September 12	52	36	0.11
September 13	66	36	0.00
September 14	79	37	0.00
September 15	80	47	0.00
September 16	86	53	0.00
September 17	83	52	0.00
September 18	86	50	0.00
September 19	66	49	0.00
September 20	64	41	0.00
September 21	66	36	0.00
September 22	72	37	0.00
September 23	79	40	0.00
September 24	75	47	0.00
September 25	90	44	0.00
September 26	95	50	0.00
September 27	57	36	0.00
September 28	70	32	0.00
September 29	61	29	0.00
September 30	65	25	0.00

October 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	n/a	28	0.00
October 2	80	36	0.00
October 3	75	46	0.00
October 4	55	30	0.00
October 5	39	31	0.47
October 6	53	24	0.00
October 7	73	33	0.00
October 8	74	44	0.00
October 9	85	39	0.00
October 10	79	45	0.00
October 11	68	42	0.00
October 12	62	40	0.00
October 13	68	36	0.00
October 14	56	31	0.00
October 15	72	27	0.00
October 16	83	44	0.00
October 17	83	42	0.00
October 18	68	36	0.00
October 19	73	40	0.00
October 20	77	36	0.00
October 21	84	45	0.00
October 22	51	36	0.00
October 23	65	30	0.00
October 24	65	35	0.00
October 25	64	30	0.00
October 26	71	33	0.00
October 27	69	43	0.00
October 28	66	38	0.00
October 29	60	37	0.00
October 30	52	40	0.71
October 31	56	34	0.00

November 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 3	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 4	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	25	0.00	0.0
November 6	63	27	0.00	0.0
November 7	62	29	0.00	0.0
November 8	65	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	21	0.05	0.0
November 13	41	24	0.04	0.6
November 14	37	18	0.00	0.0
November 15	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	55	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	65	28	0.00	0.0
November 19	50	25	0.00	0.0
November 20	57	23	0.00	0.0
November 21	74	28	0.00	0.0
November 22	65	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	37	21	0.02	0.3
November 24	44	22	0.00	0.0
November 25	63	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	45	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	42	17	0.00	0.0
November 28	30	12	0.01	0.5
November 29	20	6	0.00	0.1
November 30	26	2	0.00	0.0

December 1974 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	5	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 4	61	18	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	52	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	13	0.00	0.0
December 9	62	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	52	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	46	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	30	14	0.00	0.0
December 14	31	14	0.05	0.4
December 15	33	14	0.01	0.1
December 16	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 17	46	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	23	0.05	0.6
December 20	33	11	0.01	0.3
December 21	50	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	47	14	0.00	0.0
December 23	20	7	0.00	0.0
December 24	22	4	0.00	0.0
December 25	42	-1	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	56	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	49	23	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	48	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	15	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location