Rapid City Weather in 1979

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	June 13
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	January 14
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 6
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	August 7
Most daily snow	2.9 inches	January 12
Total annual precipitation	14.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.8 inches	-

January 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	9	-19	0.00	0.0
January 2	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 3	15	-6	0.00	0.0
January 4	2	-13	0.01	0.2
January 5	16	-17	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	2	0.00	0.0
January 7	13	-6	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	-5	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	11	1	0.00	0.0
January 11	24	8	0.04	0.7
January 12	8	-11	0.26	2.9
January 13	1	-14	0.00	0.0
January 14	-3	-23	0.00	0.0
January 15	2	-10	0.06	0.8
January 16	28	-3	0.00	0.0
January 17	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 18	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	1	0.09	0.9
January 23	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	7	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	14	0.02	0.4
January 26	14	5	0.00	0.0
January 27	13	-1	0.00	0.0
January 28	13	-6	0.00	0.0
January 29	7	-4	0.00	0.0
January 30	7	-10	0.01	0.2
January 31	10	-9	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	6	-9	0.00	0.0
February 2	2	-13	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	-7	0.00	0.0
February 4	6	-5	0.01	0.2
February 5	40	-1	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 7	24	0	0.03	0.7
February 8	13	-5	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	0	0.00	0.0
February 10	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	22	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	12	0.00	0.0
February 13	43	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	52	0	0.08	0.9
February 15	1	-14	0.09	1.0
February 16	-1	-17	0.00	0.0
February 17	26	-3	0.00	0.0
February 18	39	14	0.00	0.0
February 19	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 20	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 21	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	13	0.11	1.3
February 23	15	6	0.00	0.0
February 24	20	6	0.01	0.3
February 25	40	7	0.00	0.0
February 26	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	18	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	25	20	0.00	0.0
March 2	23	14	0.00	0.0
March 3	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 4	41	10	0.00	0.0
March 5	53	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	51	30	0.06	0.0
March 8	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	13	0.03	0.4
March 10	47	11	0.00	0.0
March 11	62	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	68	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	62	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	19	0.00	0.0
March 21	39	34	0.13	0.1
March 22	41	32	0.04	0.4
March 23	45	28	0.07	0.5
March 24	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	44	22	0.02	0.2
March 26	31	14	0.00	0.0
March 27	66	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	21	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	44	30	0.12	1.0

April 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	32	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	38	24	0.01	0.2
April 3	48	23	0.01	0.1
April 4	53	25	0.00	0.0
April 5	31	18	0.03	0.4
April 6	73	18	0.00	0.0
April 7	68	37	0.00	0.0
April 8	59	30	0.00	0.0
April 9	70	32	0.00	0.0
April 10	59	35	0.09	0.0
April 11	35	32	0.16	1.1
April 12	35	30	0.00	0.0
April 13	53	23	0.00	0.0
April 14	62	28	0.00	0.0
April 15	74	33	0.00	0.0
April 16	69	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	79	43	0.00	0.0
April 18	86	52	0.00	0.0
April 19	54	38	0.00	0.0
April 20	61	31	0.00	0.0
April 21	66	31	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 23	61	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	58	38	0.00	0.0
April 25	58	35	0.00	0.0
April 26	55	26	0.00	0.0
April 27	56	25	0.00	0.0
April 28	58	27	0.01	0.0
April 29	58	23	0.00	0.0
April 30	64	24	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	65	38	0.00	0.0
May 2	50	35	0.00	0.0
May 3	60	34	0.00	0.0
May 4	75	34	0.00	0.0
May 5	75	46	0.00	0.0
May 6	71	40	0.00	0.0
May 7	62	35	0.00	0.0
May 8	44	29	0.18	0.0
May 9	36	32	0.31	2.6
May 10	45	27	0.02	0.2
May 11	57	26	0.03	0.0
May 12	63	34	0.00	0.0
May 13	65	43	0.08	0.0
May 14	68	38	0.00	0.0
May 15	78	42	0.00	0.0
May 16	91	53	0.00	0.0
May 17	66	48	0.10	0.0
May 18	59	45	0.20	0.0
May 19	68	47	0.04	0.0
May 20	64	43	0.00	0.0
May 21	79	43	0.00	0.0
May 22	72	42	0.00	0.0
May 23	67	36	0.00	0.0
May 24	79	38	0.00	0.0
May 25	74	50	0.00	0.0
May 26	81	50	0.00	0.0
May 27	87	49	0.07	0.0
May 28	83	54	0.00	0.0
May 29	54	48	0.00	0.0
May 30	60	42	0.04	0.0
May 31	63	39	0.10	0.0

June 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	36	0.00
June 2	78	47	0.00
June 3	85	52	0.00
June 4	83	58	0.00
June 5	87	53	0.00
June 6	73	49	0.24
June 7	61	45	0.02
June 8	58	40	0.00
June 9	69	44	0.04
June 10	81	43	0.00
June 11	89	50	0.00
June 12	95	61	0.00
June 13	103	58	0.00
June 14	90	57	0.06
June 15	79	51	0.17
June 16	74	55	1.00
June 17	61	53	0.01
June 18	58	52	0.03
June 19	62	53	0.45
June 20	78	56	0.00
June 21	81	55	0.52
June 22	75	58	0.59
June 23	71	58	0.04
June 24	79	55	0.04
June 25	87	55	0.00
June 26	79	57	0.10
June 27	81	58	0.29
June 28	83	55	0.00
June 29	81	56	0.00
June 30	89	60	0.00

July 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	61	0.01
July 2	89	64	0.00
July 3	87	60	0.95
July 4	68	62	0.29
July 5	75	61	0.00
July 6	79	60	0.00
July 7	84	60	0.00
July 8	88	59	0.00
July 9	85	64	0.00
July 10	91	60	0.00
July 11	85	64	0.00
July 12	85	60	0.83
July 13	77	60	0.02
July 14	84	57	0.00
July 15	76	53	0.00
July 16	67	57	0.76
July 17	76	53	0.00
July 18	81	60	0.00
July 19	81	60	0.00
July 20	82	57	0.00
July 21	89	59	0.00
July 22	93	60	0.00
July 23	83	65	0.06
July 24	79	61	0.04
July 25	77	59	0.31
July 26	75	61	0.04
July 27	81	57	0.00
July 28	83	61	0.01
July 29	79	60	0.79
July 30	77	56	0.00
July 31	79	55	0.00

August 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	56	0.28
August 2	85	59	0.00
August 3	89	62	0.00
August 4	86	57	0.00
August 5	89	66	0.00
August 6	93	70	0.01
August 7	89	63	1.23
August 8	78	63	0.01
August 9	78	56	0.00
August 10	76	52	0.00
August 11	82	54	0.00
August 12	80	59	0.06
August 13	64	55	0.09
August 14	61	48	0.09
August 15	74	53	0.00
August 16	83	52	0.05
August 17	86	61	0.00
August 18	77	62	0.01
August 19	67	60	0.34
August 20	71	54	0.00
August 21	74	50	0.05
August 22	80	51	0.04
August 23	78	52	0.00
August 24	80	50	0.00
August 25	80	51	0.00
August 26	75	51	0.00
August 27	82	52	0.00
August 28	80	56	0.00
August 29	87	56	0.00
August 30	96	58	0.06
August 31	88	60	0.00

September 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	52	0.00
September 2	90	50	0.00
September 3	99	52	0.00
September 4	88	59	0.00
September 5	82	57	0.00
September 6	85	53	0.00
September 7	90	53	0.00
September 8	94	55	0.00
September 9	102	67	0.00
September 10	74	52	0.02
September 11	70	42	0.00
September 12	65	43	0.05
September 13	65	35	0.00
September 14	71	33	0.00
September 15	85	47	0.00
September 16	94	45	0.00
September 17	84	50	0.00
September 18	80	48	0.00
September 19	89	58	0.00
September 20	73	48	0.00
September 21	81	40	0.00
September 22	82	50	0.00
September 23	85	45	0.00
September 24	79	53	0.00
September 25	87	50	0.00
September 26	90	57	0.00
September 27	78	47	0.00
September 28	82	45	0.00
September 29	73	52	0.00
September 30	87	50	0.00

October 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	41	0.00
October 2	73	44	0.00
October 3	63	37	0.00
October 4	73	36	0.00
October 5	71	46	0.00
October 6	79	39	0.00
October 7	85	48	0.00
October 8	60	36	0.00
October 9	54	33	0.00
October 10	80	32	0.00
October 11	73	51	0.00
October 12	53	36	0.05
October 13	65	29	0.00
October 14	73	37	0.00
October 15	77	44	0.00
October 16	61	44	0.09
October 17	65	40	0.00
October 18	58	42	0.14
October 19	75	43	0.00
October 20	56	42	0.03
October 21	42	33	0.15
October 22	51	27	0.00
October 23	67	29	0.00
October 24	65	40	0.00
October 25	70	36	0.00
October 26	68	35	0.00
October 27	65	32	0.00
October 28	60	32	0.00
October 29	45	34	0.44
October 30	47	32	0.00
October 31	43	32	0.00

November 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	21	0.00	0.0
November 2	47	23	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	17	0.00	0.0
November 4	41	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 6	46	19	0.00	0.0
November 7	49	17	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	14	0.00	0.0
November 9	28	20	0.00	0.0
November 10	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 11	38	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	49	24	0.00	0.0
November 13	50	25	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	25	0.00	0.0
November 15	69	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	67	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	68	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	60	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	34	26	0.10	1.0
November 21	31	19	0.02	0.5
November 22	39	16	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	15	0.00	0.0
November 24	40	22	0.03	0.3
November 25	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 26	39	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	29	14	0.00	0.0
November 28	23	14	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	8	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	18	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	58	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	51	29	0.00	0.0
December 4	68	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	31	0.01	0.0
December 6	53	24	0.04	0.0
December 7	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	55	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	61	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	64	16	0.00	0.0
December 11	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 12	46	7	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	14	0.00	0.0
December 14	60	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	50	-5	0.02	0.3
December 16	10	-18	0.00	0.0
December 17	47	10	0.00	0.0
December 18	70	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	55	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	56	27	0.00	0.0
December 21	48	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	17	0.00	0.0
December 25	59	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	49	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	19	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	43	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	45	15	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location