Rapid City Weather in 1981

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	106 °F	July 7
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	February 10
Highest daily low	68 °F	July 10
Lowest daily high	0 °F	February 10
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	August 13
Most daily snow	1.7 inches	December 15
Total annual precipitation	14.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.1 inches	-

January 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 2	56	24	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	49	35	0.00	0.0
January 6	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 7	48	20	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 10	47	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	59	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	52	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	17	0.06	0.4
January 16	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	55	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	53	21	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	15	0.00	0.0
January 21	59	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	62	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	67	35	0.00	0.0
January 24	63	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	18	0.05	0.5
January 29	22	15	0.03	0.3
January 30	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	27	16	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	16	8	0.01	0.1
February 2	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 3	30	9	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	6	0.00	0.0
February 5	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	-4	0.00	0.0
February 8	32	-2	0.00	0.0
February 9	8	-1	0.06	0.9
February 10	0	-14	0.02	0.3
February 11	20	-12	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 13	55	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	62	35	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	63	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	60	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	59	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	51	39	0.00	0.0
February 21	49	32	0.00	0.0
February 22	54	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	61	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	53	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	55	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	49	16	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	51	21	0.00
March 2	54	17	0.00
March 3	53	25	0.00
March 4	51	18	0.00
March 5	57	19	0.00
March 6	34	19	0.00
March 7	48	18	0.00
March 8	54	19	0.00
March 9	53	21	0.00
March 10	51	25	0.00
March 11	60	22	0.00
March 12	57	28	0.00
March 13	57	24	0.00
March 14	65	31	0.00
March 15	59	30	0.00
March 16	68	27	0.00
March 17	51	20	0.00
March 18	48	14	0.00
March 19	48	32	0.00
March 20	55	32	0.01
March 21	48	28	0.07
March 22	58	23	0.00
March 23	60	31	0.01
March 24	60	25	0.00
March 25	61	32	0.00
March 26	57	35	0.00
March 27	51	30	0.03
March 28	53	32	0.00
March 29	62	29	0.00
March 30	60	30	0.00
March 31	53	28	0.00

April 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	72	25	0.00
April 2	63	40	0.00
April 3	49	35	0.04
April 4	54	27	0.00
April 5	61	27	0.00
April 6	56	36	0.00
April 7	48	26	0.00
April 8	55	26	0.00
April 9	74	28	0.00
April 10	62	38	0.02
April 11	59	33	0.00
April 12	79	30	0.00
April 13	50	30	0.00
April 14	62	21	0.00
April 15	74	41	0.00
April 16	81	43	0.00
April 17	71	45	0.00
April 18	75	37	0.00
April 19	53	35	0.00
April 20	58	39	0.08
April 21	68	41	0.16
April 22	64	42	0.00
April 23	73	38	0.00
April 24	84	40	0.00
April 25	81	53	0.00
April 26	82	49	0.01
April 27	66	49	0.01
April 28	73	43	0.00
April 29	71	45	0.00
April 30	70	40	0.00

May 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	81	35	0.00
May 2	82	53	0.25
May 3	58	46	0.13
May 4	60	44	0.14
May 5	69	40	0.00
May 6	55	44	0.34
May 7	64	43	0.26
May 8	58	38	0.04
May 9	54	34	0.03
May 10	68	33	0.00
May 11	67	40	0.04
May 12	55	41	0.12
May 13	59	37	0.01
May 14	69	34	0.00
May 15	75	47	0.03
May 16	56	49	0.24
May 17	49	47	0.69
May 18	59	43	0.00
May 19	67	38	0.00
May 20	71	46	0.00
May 21	71	48	0.00
May 22	65	43	0.22
May 23	62	41	0.13
May 24	68	41	0.00
May 25	70	41	0.00
May 26	71	48	0.00
May 27	72	55	0.11
May 28	76	50	0.00
May 29	68	48	0.00
May 30	77	45	0.00
May 31	82	52	0.03

June 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	44	0.15
June 2	68	44	0.00
June 3	81	46	0.02
June 4	77	53	0.00
June 5	77	55	0.00
June 6	94	52	0.50
June 7	71	56	0.00
June 8	77	55	0.32
June 9	72	51	0.24
June 10	73	50	0.01
June 11	81	57	0.00
June 12	83	57	0.01
June 13	74	54	0.15
June 14	64	48	0.13
June 15	62	43	0.00
June 16	81	42	0.00
June 17	73	49	0.00
June 18	75	44	0.00
June 19	76	44	0.00
June 20	72	56	0.22
June 21	74	55	0.00
June 22	81	51	0.00
June 23	87	55	0.00
June 24	81	54	0.00
June 25	83	55	0.03
June 26	93	57	0.00
June 27	93	62	0.11
June 28	71	57	0.00
June 29	81	47	0.00
June 30	92	60	0.00

July 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	64	0.73
July 2	79	58	0.01
July 3	81	54	0.00
July 4	91	58	0.00
July 5	97	61	0.00
July 6	102	65	0.00
July 7	106	66	0.00
July 8	79	52	0.00
July 9	93	53	0.00
July 10	100	68	0.00
July 11	98	66	0.00
July 12	78	65	0.00
July 13	81	62	0.41
July 14	84	66	0.03
July 15	83	60	0.85
July 16	78	59	0.00
July 17	83	57	0.01
July 18	85	59	0.05
July 19	87	59	0.00
July 20	89	57	0.04
July 21	86	61	0.03
July 22	81	53	0.15
July 23	87	53	0.71
July 24	79	59	0.02
July 25	66	53	1.31
July 26	60	52	0.05
July 27	61	54	0.05
July 28	80	53	0.00
July 29	86	58	0.00
July 30	91	63	0.02
July 31	85	64	0.00

August 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	63	0.00
August 2	88	62	0.00
August 3	85	60	0.00
August 4	74	60	0.00
August 5	83	59	0.18
August 6	80	58	0.00
August 7	83	55	0.00
August 8	81	58	0.07
August 9	74	55	0.00
August 10	80	50	0.00
August 11	86	55	0.00
August 12	90	57	0.00
August 13	79	64	1.47
August 14	83	61	0.00
August 15	84	58	0.00
August 16	73	58	0.00
August 17	80	57	0.00
August 18	84	58	0.00
August 19	91	56	0.00
August 20	95	62	0.00
August 21	90	62	0.00
August 22	80	59	0.00
August 23	83	58	0.02
August 24	83	55	0.00
August 25	80	55	0.00
August 26	74	55	0.00
August 27	78	53	0.00
August 28	82	50	0.00
August 29	91	53	0.00
August 30	99	58	0.00
August 31	72	44	0.00

September 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	41	0.00
September 2	80	52	0.00
September 3	72	53	0.02
September 4	84	50	0.00
September 5	93	62	0.00
September 6	69	52	0.05
September 7	81	52	0.00
September 8	88	50	0.00
September 9	95	54	0.00
September 10	94	59	0.00
September 11	84	55	0.00
September 12	95	53	0.00
September 13	88	56	0.00
September 14	75	48	0.00
September 15	69	44	0.00
September 16	66	38	0.00
September 17	72	35	0.00
September 18	86	37	0.00
September 19	86	46	0.00
September 20	73	46	0.00
September 21	76	41	0.00
September 22	73	51	0.00
September 23	75	53	0.00
September 24	62	53	0.05
September 25	85	50	0.01
September 26	65	42	0.00
September 27	65	38	0.00
September 28	89	50	0.00
September 29	73	48	0.00
September 30	64	41	0.03

October 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	71	38	0.00	0.0
October 2	89	40	0.00	0.0
October 3	67	47	0.00	0.0
October 4	63	38	0.17	0.0
October 5	52	36	0.36	0.0
October 6	63	28	0.00	0.0
October 7	80	44	0.00	0.0
October 8	70	42	0.12	0.0
October 9	63	38	0.00	0.0
October 10	73	37	0.00	0.0
October 11	68	51	0.84	0.0
October 12	57	37	0.03	0.0
October 13	47	35	0.06	0.0
October 14	47	31	0.07	0.0
October 15	58	32	0.00	0.0
October 16	60	44	0.00	0.0
October 17	55	40	0.00	0.0
October 18	55	35	0.00	0.0
October 19	75	33	0.00	0.0
October 20	46	32	0.12	1.2
October 21	35	22	0.00	0.0
October 22	34	13	0.02	0.2
October 23	42	12	0.00	0.0
October 24	47	32	0.02	0.2
October 25	48	32	0.00	0.0
October 26	74	33	0.00	0.0
October 27	66	39	0.00	0.0
October 28	76	41	0.00	0.0
October 29	74	38	0.00	0.0
October 30	56	34	0.00	0.0
October 31	60	30	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	66	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	55	28	0.00	0.0
November 6	64	25	0.00	0.0
November 7	69	35	0.00	0.0
November 8	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 9	64	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	35	0.00	0.0
November 11	66	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	69	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	70	37	0.00	0.0
November 14	66	33	0.05	0.0
November 15	57	34	0.00	0.0
November 16	63	34	0.00	0.0
November 17	59	34	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	30	0.07	0.0
November 19	31	23	0.00	0.0
November 20	28	19	0.00	0.0
November 21	55	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	60	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 24	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 25	34	28	0.02	0.2
November 26	40	16	0.00	0.0
November 27	33	16	0.00	0.0
November 28	28	17	0.09	1.0
November 29	36	9	0.00	0.0
November 30	36	22	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 2	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	16	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	15	0.00	0.0
December 5	53	22	0.00	0.0
December 6	65	36	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	59	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	26	16	0.17	1.7
December 16	17	10	0.11	1.1
December 17	24	14	0.00	0.0
December 18	21	-7	0.00	0.0
December 19	27	-9	0.00	0.0
December 20	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 28	20	5	0.00	0.0
December 29	11	2	0.00	0.0
December 30	13	7	0.05	0.7
December 31	10	-3	0.02	0.3

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location