Rapid City Weather in 1976

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1976 based on NOAA data.

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1976 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 12
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	68 °F	August 18
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	January 7
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	June 14
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	April 27
Total annual precipitation	15.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.0 inches	-

January 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	17	8	0.09	0.6
January 2	20	-3	0.01	0.2
January 3	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	-10	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	9	0.16	1.1
January 6	11	-15	0.01	0.1
January 7	-3	-13	0.00	0.0
January 8	4	-18	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	15	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	18	0.00	0.0
January 13	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	8	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	21	0.01	0.0
January 16	41	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	49	32	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	49	25	0.00	0.0
January 21	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	50	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	3	0.00	0.0
January 27	50	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	58	29	0.00	0.0
January 30	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 31	55	29	0.00	0.0

February 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	49	33	0.00	0.0
February 2	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 3	44	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	11	1	0.13	1.8
February 5	8	-12	0.10	1.6
February 6	16	-12	0.00	0.0
February 7	42	4	0.00	0.0
February 8	51	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	55	33	0.04	0.0
February 10	39	26	0.05	0.7
February 11	57	27	0.00	0.0
February 12	57	31	0.03	0.4
February 13	53	27	0.01	0.1
February 14	63	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	33	0.02	0.4
February 16	50	19	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	28	0.00	0.0
February 18	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 19	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	57	27	0.00	0.0
February 23	61	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	60	34	0.00	0.0
February 25	61	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	66	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 28	62	26	0.00	0.0
February 29	27	14	0.09	1.5

March 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	11	0.17	1.4
March 2	19	0	0.03	0.3
March 3	14	-3	0.00	0.0
March 4	14	-1	0.03	1.0
March 5	28	-5	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	14	0.00	0.0
March 7	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	50	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	52	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	54	10	0.02	0.3
March 12	27	8	0.02	0.2
March 13	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 14	34	21	0.04	0.8
March 15	46	19	0.02	0.3
March 16	53	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	67	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	68	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	60	40	0.00	0.0
March 20	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 22	64	23	0.00	0.0
March 23	67	41	0.00	0.0
March 24	62	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	53	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	63	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 31	62	21	0.00	0.0

April 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	78	33	0.00	0.0
April 2	43	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	51	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	69	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	70	35	0.00	0.0
April 6	58	36	0.27	0.0
April 7	49	32	0.31	0.0
April 8	53	42	0.01	0.0
April 9	76	42	0.00	0.0
April 10	58	41	0.06	0.0
April 11	57	38	0.00	0.0
April 12	80	42	0.00	0.0
April 13	80	45	0.06	0.0
April 14	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 15	71	44	0.00	0.0
April 16	54	38	0.75	0.0
April 17	45	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 19	58	33	0.02	0.0
April 20	60	31	0.00	0.0
April 21	56	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	67	31	0.01	0.0
April 23	55	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	51	37	0.01	0.0
April 25	58	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	43	37	0.10	0.0
April 27	39	33	1.05	3.5
April 28	41	37	0.05	0.0
April 29	53	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	59	33	0.00	0.0

May 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	33	0.00
May 2	51	22	0.00
May 3	67	30	0.00
May 4	83	44	0.01
May 5	50	32	0.13
May 6	56	29	0.00
May 7	69	33	0.00
May 8	73	39	0.00
May 9	78	42	0.00
May 10	75	44	0.00
May 11	79	39	0.02
May 12	53	36	0.00
May 13	71	45	0.00
May 14	89	45	0.01
May 15	55	43	0.06
May 16	66	41	0.00
May 17	74	37	0.00
May 18	85	43	0.00
May 19	77	54	0.00
May 20	72	47	0.14
May 21	60	50	0.12
May 22	51	47	0.44
May 23	48	44	1.15
May 24	53	44	0.00
May 25	73	48	0.49
May 26	68	47	0.00
May 27	76	44	0.00
May 28	77	48	0.00
May 29	73	48	0.00
May 30	72	55	0.00
May 31	77	55	0.17

June 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	50	0.00
June 2	85	56	0.03
June 3	86	55	0.00
June 4	85	63	0.00
June 5	83	59	0.00
June 6	80	57	0.34
June 7	85	60	0.00
June 8	88	58	0.00
June 9	90	60	0.00
June 10	93	53	0.00
June 11	88	57	0.10
June 12	71	47	0.00
June 13	80	45	0.06
June 14	53	45	3.60
June 15	70	48	0.01
June 16	73	46	0.01
June 17	63	45	0.12
June 18	65	39	0.00
June 19	77	43	0.00
June 20	86	47	0.00
June 21	82	58	0.00
June 22	79	54	0.30
June 23	68	48	0.18
June 24	69	44	0.04
June 25	78	46	0.00
June 26	67	46	0.02
June 27	78	47	0.00
June 28	84	46	0.00
June 29	71	46	0.00
June 30	81	48	0.00

July 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	52	0.00
July 2	73	62	0.14
July 3	75	56	0.08
July 4	82	56	0.00
July 5	87	62	0.00
July 6	85	62	0.00
July 7	88	56	0.00
July 8	96	62	0.00
July 9	94	64	0.00
July 10	88	64	0.00
July 11	99	61	0.00
July 12	101	64	0.34
July 13	78	58	0.09
July 14	83	56	0.04
July 15	75	50	0.00
July 16	84	50	0.00
July 17	89	55	0.00
July 18	90	61	0.00
July 19	90	63	0.06
July 20	75	59	0.10
July 21	81	60	0.00
July 22	91	56	0.00
July 23	94	57	0.00
July 24	96	64	0.00
July 25	88	62	0.00
July 26	87	59	0.00
July 27	93	64	0.00
July 28	85	56	0.07
July 29	93	63	0.00
July 30	81	60	0.00
July 31	70	57	0.13

August 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	66	59	0.16
August 2	76	59	0.00
August 3	92	60	0.40
August 4	88	57	0.01
August 5	76	55	0.00
August 6	80	53	0.00
August 7	97	58	0.00
August 8	89	65	0.00
August 9	90	60	0.00
August 10	86	59	0.03
August 11	83	54	0.00
August 12	85	55	0.01
August 13	87	55	0.31
August 14	78	58	0.01
August 15	77	57	0.13
August 16	92	58	0.00
August 17	98	64	0.00
August 18	96	68	0.00
August 19	90	65	0.00
August 20	100	61	0.00
August 21	92	65	0.00
August 22	93	59	0.00
August 23	99	60	0.00
August 24	83	61	0.02
August 25	89	57	0.00
August 26	89	55	0.07
August 27	77	44	0.00
August 28	88	43	0.00
August 29	93	55	0.00
August 30	90	62	0.16
August 31	83	57	0.00

September 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	51	0.00
September 2	99	57	0.00
September 3	81	54	0.00
September 4	89	55	0.00
September 5	97	53	0.00
September 6	100	60	0.00
September 7	71	44	0.05
September 8	59	37	0.00
September 9	72	37	0.00
September 10	89	38	0.00
September 11	92	50	0.00
September 12	83	58	0.15
September 13	75	51	0.00
September 14	79	52	0.00
September 15	79	51	0.00
September 16	87	52	0.00
September 17	87	55	0.00
September 18	82	58	0.03
September 19	59	39	0.00
September 20	75	38	0.00
September 21	80	50	0.00
September 22	85	47	0.00
September 23	64	43	0.05
September 24	75	42	0.00
September 25	70	47	0.00
September 26	61	40	0.00
September 27	58	36	0.00
September 28	71	29	0.00
September 29	83	44	0.00
September 30	86	49	0.00

October 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	82	45	0.00	0.0
October 2	85	50	0.00	0.0
October 3	72	43	0.01	0.0
October 4	51	31	0.00	0.0
October 5	59	27	0.00	0.0
October 6	47	35	0.17	0.0
October 7	56	29	0.00	0.0
October 8	73	34	0.00	0.0
October 9	80	39	0.00	0.0
October 10	84	41	0.00	0.0
October 11	74	51	0.00	0.0
October 12	72	44	0.00	0.0
October 13	75	37	0.00	0.0
October 14	61	38	0.00	0.0
October 15	46	24	0.00	0.0
October 16	49	24	0.00	0.0
October 17	53	30	0.00	0.0
October 18	35	25	0.03	0.5
October 19	51	15	0.00	0.0
October 20	49	27	0.00	0.0
October 21	50	24	0.00	0.0
October 22	51	22	0.00	0.0
October 23	33	23	0.00	0.0
October 24	48	24	0.00	0.0
October 25	44	24	0.00	0.0
October 26	33	23	0.00	0.0
October 27	55	23	0.00	0.0
October 28	71	27	0.00	0.0
October 29	68	40	0.00	0.0
October 30	58	32	0.00	0.0
October 31	65	31	0.00	0.0

November 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	72	40	0.00	0.0
November 2	56	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	21	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 7	53	20	0.00	0.0
November 8	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 9	53	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	45	20	0.00	0.0
November 11	28	4	0.00	0.0
November 12	27	0	0.00	0.0
November 13	37	7	0.00	0.0
November 14	45	12	0.00	0.0
November 15	50	14	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	69	42	0.00	0.0
November 18	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	51	31	0.01	0.1
November 20	40	22	0.00	0.0
November 21	35	11	0.00	0.0
November 22	32	12	0.02	0.2
November 23	49	13	0.00	0.0
November 24	67	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	48	25	0.26	2.6
November 26	25	-6	0.17	1.8
November 27	7	-15	0.00	0.0
November 28	13	-12	0.02	0.2
November 29	21	2	0.01	0.2
November 30	38	13	0.12	1.9

December 1976 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	4	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 4	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 5	25	8	0.09	1.2
December 6	22	6	0.00	0.3
December 7	37	9	0.04	0.9
December 8	43	13	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	9	0.00	0.0
December 10	32	5	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	47	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	48	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	52	31	0.00	0.0
December 17	62	28	0.00	0.0
December 18	51	29	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	12	0.00	0.0
December 20	28	5	0.00	0.0
December 21	48	12	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	13	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	11	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	58	27	0.00	0.0
December 27	50	26	0.01	0.0
December 28	37	16	0.11	1.6
December 29	33	4	0.13	1.4
December 30	5	-5	0.01	0.2
December 31	15	2	0.02	0.5

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location