Rapid City Weather in 1978

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	September 6
Lowest temperature	-19 °F	December 31
Highest daily low	69 °F	July 16
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	4.6 inches	February 12
Total annual precipitation	15.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	37.6 inches	-

January 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	13	-11	0.00	0.0
January 2	24	5	0.00	0.0
January 3	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 4	19	1	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	17	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	-4	0.03	0.5
January 8	4	-5	0.02	0.2
January 9	3	-7	0.06	0.7
January 10	10	-11	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	6	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	20	8	0.01	0.3
January 14	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 15	13	1	0.01	0.3
January 16	6	-10	0.00	0.0
January 17	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 18	14	-8	0.03	0.5
January 19	7	-13	0.00	0.0
January 20	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	13	0.01	0.2
January 25	22	0	0.01	0.2
January 26	10	-5	0.00	0.0
January 27	22	-2	0.00	0.0
January 28	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 31	10	-1	0.01	0.2

February 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	5	-9	0.08	1.2
February 2	5	-7	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	-3	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 5	21	9	0.01	0.1
February 6	22	15	0.00	0.0
February 7	18	13	0.00	0.0
February 8	16	13	0.01	0.2
February 9	20	13	0.02	0.3
February 10	19	12	0.10	1.0
February 11	16	13	0.14	2.2
February 12	13	8	0.24	4.6
February 13	14	7	0.03	0.5
February 14	16	0	0.01	0.2
February 15	16	-6	0.00	0.0
February 16	12	-9	0.00	0.0
February 17	22	-8	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	7	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	18	0.05	2.4
February 20	21	8	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 25	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	11	0.00	0.0
February 27	22	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	12	-3	0.15	2.3

March 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	17	-4	0.00	0.0
March 2	12	1	0.00	0.0
March 3	13	-5	0.00	0.0
March 4	25	-5	0.00	0.0
March 5	24	13	0.10	0.3
March 6	22	13	0.00	0.0
March 7	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	45	16	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	28	0.01	0.1
March 13	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 14	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	40	24	0.02	0.4
March 16	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	60	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	64	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	55	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	57	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	67	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	33	0.01	0.1
March 23	34	30	0.22	2.1
March 24	45	27	0.03	0.0
March 25	58	33	0.01	0.0
March 26	68	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	71	41	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	79	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	79	41	0.00	0.0
March 31	67	35	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	53	34	0.00	0.0
April 2	63	38	0.00	0.0
April 3	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 4	70	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 6	68	32	0.00	0.0
April 7	52	34	0.00	0.0
April 8	56	34	0.02	0.0
April 9	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 10	53	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	77	26	0.06	0.0
April 12	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 13	55	23	0.00	0.0
April 14	46	30	0.01	0.0
April 15	43	36	0.20	0.0
April 16	48	35	0.02	0.0
April 17	54	37	0.03	0.0
April 18	37	33	0.62	2.6
April 19	45	29	0.02	0.0
April 20	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 21	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 22	49	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	59	31	0.00	0.0
April 24	55	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	68	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	69	44	0.00	0.0
April 27	70	44	0.02	0.0
April 28	58	48	0.48	0.0
April 29	49	47	0.64	0.0
April 30	49	46	0.07	0.0

May 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	40	0.03
May 2	61	36	0.00
May 3	63	38	0.09
May 4	52	42	0.35
May 5	54	39	0.25
May 6	49	37	0.29
May 7	43	34	0.40
May 8	52	36	0.09
May 9	70	36	0.00
May 10	78	44	0.00
May 11	73	40	0.00
May 12	59	39	0.04
May 13	69	35	0.00
May 14	81	42	0.00
May 15	87	51	0.00
May 16	70	56	0.00
May 17	62	53	0.17
May 18	62	50	0.56
May 19	64	43	0.00
May 20	66	40	0.00
May 21	76	44	0.10
May 22	73	49	0.00
May 23	79	51	0.00
May 24	85	54	0.01
May 25	74	55	0.00
May 26	70	51	0.00
May 27	64	50	0.14
May 28	64	50	0.01
May 29	73	47	0.22
May 30	62	38	0.34
May 31	61	38	0.03

June 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	59	38	0.00
June 2	69	36	0.00
June 3	70	44	0.00
June 4	74	49	0.00
June 5	73	48	0.00
June 6	83	49	0.20
June 7	67	47	0.01
June 8	76	44	0.00
June 9	87	52	0.00
June 10	73	53	0.00
June 11	68	46	0.02
June 12	76	40	0.00
June 13	90	50	0.00
June 14	87	63	0.14
June 15	85	60	0.00
June 16	76	54	1.00
June 17	66	50	0.32
June 18	82	48	0.00
June 19	77	50	0.00
June 20	70	45	0.00
June 21	78	47	0.00
June 22	84	60	0.01
June 23	93	57	0.09
June 24	91	62	0.03
June 25	86	53	0.00
June 26	78	49	0.00
June 27	87	51	0.00
June 28	86	57	0.00
June 29	93	66	0.19
June 30	85	65	0.00

July 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	61	0.01
July 2	90	59	1.21
July 3	90	57	0.00
July 4	93	63	0.00
July 5	85	60	0.00
July 6	69	57	0.08
July 7	79	54	0.00
July 8	81	59	0.26
July 9	68	53	0.01
July 10	79	53	0.00
July 11	98	57	0.07
July 12	80	54	0.00
July 13	93	53	0.00
July 14	91	63	0.00
July 15	96	61	0.00
July 16	97	69	0.01
July 17	87	60	0.02
July 18	87	58	0.14
July 19	75	52	0.00
July 20	70	58	0.74
July 21	59	55	1.21
July 22	73	54	0.00
July 23	86	53	0.00
July 24	96	61	0.00
July 25	90	65	0.00
July 26	88	62	0.00
July 27	91	57	0.00
July 28	88	61	0.16
July 29	77	58	0.16
July 30	81	57	0.00
July 31	78	60	0.00

August 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	58	0.08
August 2	60	48	0.01
August 3	72	42	0.00
August 4	79	45	0.00
August 5	88	52	0.00
August 6	93	56	0.00
August 7	93	63	0.00
August 8	87	58	0.00
August 9	88	58	0.00
August 10	91	57	0.00
August 11	97	58	0.00
August 12	102	61	0.00
August 13	96	68	0.03
August 14	76	60	0.31
August 15	79	54	0.69
August 16	91	53	0.00
August 17	76	59	0.00
August 18	63	46	0.02
August 19	82	41	0.00
August 20	92	47	0.00
August 21	89	60	0.00
August 22	87	60	0.00
August 23	84	59	0.00
August 24	95	57	0.00
August 25	96	61	0.01
August 26	86	56	0.01
August 27	79	56	0.26
August 28	74	51	0.00
August 29	78	48	0.00
August 30	81	46	0.00
August 31	92	56	0.00

September 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	89	54	0.00
September 2	94	62	0.00
September 3	99	65	0.00
September 4	100	65	0.00
September 5	101	61	0.00
September 6	104	66	0.00
September 7	99	59	0.00
September 8	94	62	0.00
September 9	87	56	0.00
September 10	95	61	0.03
September 11	73	45	0.07
September 12	71	42	0.00
September 13	69	41	0.00
September 14	77	40	0.00
September 15	87	45	0.00
September 16	75	52	0.00
September 17	57	47	0.03
September 18	75	47	0.05
September 19	56	41	0.00
September 20	59	36	0.00
September 21	68	35	0.00
September 22	84	44	0.00
September 23	84	48	0.00
September 24	83	50	0.00
September 25	89	55	0.00
September 26	89	46	0.00
September 27	89	42	0.00
September 28	77	54	0.00
September 29	68	43	0.00
September 30	80	36	0.00

October 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	47	0.00
October 2	62	47	0.00
October 3	67	32	0.00
October 4	62	42	0.00
October 5	57	32	0.00
October 6	62	26	0.00
October 7	70	32	0.00
October 8	80	39	0.00
October 9	72	42	0.00
October 10	82	36	0.00
October 11	70	49	0.00
October 12	55	32	0.03
October 13	58	30	0.00
October 14	62	27	0.00
October 15	63	33	0.00
October 16	71	28	0.00
October 17	63	41	0.09
October 18	58	36	0.00
October 19	72	33	0.00
October 20	81	41	0.00
October 21	70	39	0.03
October 22	48	30	0.11
October 23	69	30	0.00
October 24	84	38	0.00
October 25	52	34	0.00
October 26	68	27	0.00
October 27	56	33	0.00
October 28	61	29	0.00
October 29	79	36	0.00
October 30	51	35	0.00
October 31	61	32	0.00

November 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	74	32	0.00	0.0
November 2	74	41	0.00	0.0
November 3	68	38	0.00	0.0
November 4	72	37	0.00	0.0
November 5	47	21	0.00	0.0
November 6	56	21	0.00	0.0
November 7	73	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	75	43	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	26	0.07	0.3
November 10	27	19	0.10	2.8
November 11	19	14	0.05	2.2
November 12	26	14	0.14	1.2
November 13	25	9	0.00	0.0
November 14	22	5	0.00	0.0
November 15	34	4	0.00	0.0
November 16	35	8	0.00	0.0
November 17	36	20	0.00	0.0
November 18	31	8	0.00	0.0
November 19	8	2	0.00	0.0
November 20	10	3	0.00	0.1
November 21	22	10	0.00	0.0
November 22	28	14	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	12	0.00	0.0
November 24	41	18	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	18	0.10	1.3
November 26	29	20	0.17	1.9
November 27	30	10	0.00	0.0
November 28	42	10	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	20	0.00	0.0
November 30	39	16	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	25	7	0.13	1.7
December 2	12	7	0.02	0.4
December 3	22	-3	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	18	0.03	0.6
December 5	25	4	0.01	0.2
December 6	13	-5	0.00	0.0
December 7	9	-6	0.00	0.0
December 8	19	-4	0.00	0.0
December 9	29	-3	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 11	44	11	0.00	0.0
December 12	44	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	27	9	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	11	0.00	0.0
December 15	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	12	0.00	0.0
December 17	42	13	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	21	0.02	0.4
December 20	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	15	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	11	0.00	0.0
December 23	33	6	0.02	0.3
December 24	40	10	0.02	0.3
December 25	34	12	0.00	0.0
December 26	19	9	0.00	0.0
December 27	15	5	0.00	0.0
December 28	16	1	0.00	0.0
December 29	4	-9	0.00	0.1
December 30	0	-16	0.00	0.0
December 31	-3	-19	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location