Rapid City Weather in 1983

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1983 based on NOAA data.

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1983 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	-27 °F	December 23
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	-13 °F	December 24
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	June 30
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	May 11
Total annual precipitation	15.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.7 inches	-

January 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	46	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 3	51	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	56	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	57	33	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 8	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	15	0.06	0.8
January 10	42	14	0.08	0.2
January 11	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	64	26	0.00	0.0
January 13	62	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 15	45	16	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 19	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	19	0.05	0.3
January 24	34	25	0.01	0.1
January 25	25	14	0.03	0.3
January 26	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	58	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 29	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	28	20	0.11	1.2
January 31	33	20	0.00	0.0

February 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	24	14	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	17	0.00	0.0
February 5	27	17	0.01	0.3
February 6	40	8	0.00	0.0
February 7	46	16	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	21	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	51	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	72	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	66	36	0.00	0.0
February 14	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	55	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	66	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	31	0.01	0.0
February 20	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	58	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	55	27	0.00	0.0
February 23	59	33	0.00	0.0
February 24	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	65	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	59	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	51	34	0.16	0.0
February 28	54	31	0.00	0.0

March 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	65	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	69	35	0.00	0.0
March 3	70	36	0.00	0.0
March 4	39	34	0.03	0.0
March 5	37	33	0.19	1.2
March 6	35	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	55	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	71	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	67	40	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	29	0.02	0.1
March 17	30	25	0.03	0.3
March 18	29	23	0.07	0.7
March 19	26	15	0.09	1.8
March 20	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 21	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	18	0.00	0.0
March 23	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 25	37	30	0.22	0.3
March 26	32	29	0.16	1.8
March 27	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	37	23	0.03	0.3
March 29	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 30	66	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	57	36	0.00	0.0

April 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	24	0.00	0.0
April 2	47	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	33	26	0.07	0.9
April 4	35	21	0.09	1.2
April 5	36	21	0.04	0.5
April 6	44	23	0.00	0.0
April 7	49	20	0.00	0.0
April 8	55	22	0.00	0.0
April 9	55	23	0.00	0.0
April 10	62	26	0.00	0.0
April 11	54	35	0.06	0.0
April 12	35	26	0.12	1.1
April 13	28	21	0.06	0.6
April 14	43	18	0.00	0.0
April 15	50	26	0.00	0.0
April 16	58	27	0.00	0.0
April 17	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 18	69	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	63	31	0.00	0.0
April 20	69	37	0.00	0.0
April 21	55	36	0.00	0.0
April 22	60	41	0.00	0.0
April 23	62	33	0.00	0.0
April 24	72	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	71	43	0.00	0.0
April 26	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 27	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 28	50	36	0.00	0.0
April 29	42	36	0.22	0.0
April 30	42	37	0.34	0.0

May 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	41	34	0.56	0.3
May 2	58	38	0.00	0.0
May 3	67	36	0.00	0.0
May 4	69	37	0.00	0.0
May 5	76	40	0.00	0.0
May 6	67	42	0.60	0.0
May 7	60	42	0.01	0.0
May 8	75	40	0.03	0.0
May 9	77	47	0.00	0.0
May 10	62	40	0.00	0.0
May 11	40	30	0.72	4.0
May 12	47	28	0.00	0.0
May 13	51	31	0.00	0.0
May 14	58	29	0.00	0.0
May 15	60	35	0.00	0.0
May 16	46	38	0.00	0.0
May 17	59	37	0.00	0.0
May 18	64	34	0.00	0.0
May 19	60	40	0.01	0.0
May 20	64	35	0.21	0.0
May 21	74	41	0.00	0.0
May 22	66	41	0.00	0.0
May 23	75	43	0.00	0.0
May 24	70	48	0.00	0.0
May 25	77	44	0.00	0.0
May 26	84	56	0.00	0.0
May 27	83	54	0.00	0.0
May 28	73	50	0.00	0.0
May 29	65	43	0.00	0.0
May 30	63	37	0.01	0.0
May 31	60	40	0.03	0.0

June 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	42	0.00
June 2	72	40	0.00
June 3	74	47	0.05
June 4	63	46	0.00
June 5	65	42	0.00
June 6	71	43	0.00
June 7	74	44	0.00
June 8	70	50	0.01
June 9	82	48	0.24
June 10	83	55	0.00
June 11	85	54	0.00
June 12	63	53	0.06
June 13	69	48	0.00
June 14	76	47	0.00
June 15	77	42	0.00
June 16	63	47	0.17
June 17	67	52	0.17
June 18	80	53	0.00
June 19	78	59	0.06
June 20	80	58	0.04
June 21	87	61	0.00
June 22	77	51	0.00
June 23	90	57	0.00
June 24	92	66	0.00
June 25	83	61	0.00
June 26	72	60	0.20
June 27	70	57	0.00
June 28	64	54	0.33
June 29	73	46	0.09
June 30	84	52	1.59

July 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	50	0.00
July 2	80	58	0.00
July 3	70	50	0.05
July 4	74	54	0.00
July 5	87	53	0.00
July 6	92	60	0.00
July 7	95	65	0.00
July 8	96	69	0.00
July 9	97	66	0.00
July 10	89	58	0.00
July 11	79	47	0.00
July 12	93	53	0.00
July 13	98	65	0.00
July 14	97	62	0.00
July 15	79	56	0.00
July 16	83	47	0.04
July 17	88	63	0.12
July 18	91	65	0.00
July 19	101	65	0.00
July 20	103	67	0.01
July 21	86	63	0.00
July 22	77	61	0.00
July 23	74	61	0.00
July 24	81	63	0.00
July 25	94	60	0.00
July 26	92	66	0.54
July 27	89	66	0.00
July 28	86	64	0.00
July 29	88	51	1.18
July 30	87	58	0.00
July 31	90	60	0.00

August 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	63	0.00
August 2	93	67	0.06
August 3	89	68	0.00
August 4	92	66	0.00
August 5	90	66	0.00
August 6	91	63	0.00
August 7	98	66	0.00
August 8	90	68	0.00
August 9	100	65	0.00
August 10	92	68	0.00
August 11	92	64	0.00
August 12	93	69	0.04
August 13	86	58	0.00
August 14	95	63	0.00
August 15	95	70	0.00
August 16	88	65	0.01
August 17	92	66	0.11
August 18	100	66	0.33
August 19	80	64	0.01
August 20	94	59	0.04
August 21	88	66	0.60
August 22	81	61	1.06
August 23	86	63	0.00
August 24	93	66	0.13
August 25	95	61	0.00
August 26	90	66	0.00
August 27	94	59	0.00
August 28	97	60	0.00
August 29	96	59	0.00
August 30	88	64	0.00
August 31	92	61	0.00

September 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	99	62	0.00	0.0
September 2	94	64	0.00	0.0
September 3	88	58	0.00	0.0
September 4	74	58	0.06	0.0
September 5	77	50	0.00	0.0
September 6	77	44	0.00	0.0
September 7	99	48	0.00	0.0
September 8	84	62	0.00	0.0
September 9	93	56	0.04	0.0
September 10	71	47	0.00	0.0
September 11	75	46	0.00	0.0
September 12	70	44	0.00	0.0
September 13	73	47	0.02	0.0
September 14	79	46	0.00	0.0
September 15	69	40	0.00	0.0
September 16	87	38	0.00	0.0
September 17	83	45	0.00	0.0
September 18	68	38	0.00	0.0
September 19	47	31	0.04	0.3
September 20	50	29	0.00	0.0
September 21	57	25	0.02	0.0
September 22	57	26	0.00	0.0
September 23	79	34	0.00	0.0
September 24	81	53	0.00	0.0
September 25	85	51	0.00	0.0
September 26	91	52	0.00	0.0
September 27	91	59	0.00	0.0
September 28	62	38	0.00	0.0
September 29	49	34	0.00	0.0
September 30	63	48	0.15	0.0

October 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	56	45	0.05	0.0
October 2	69	47	0.15	0.0
October 3	54	36	0.66	0.0
October 4	71	32	0.00	0.0
October 5	57	38	0.00	0.0
October 6	76	37	0.00	0.0
October 7	57	41	0.07	0.0
October 8	59	41	0.00	0.0
October 9	78	45	0.00	0.0
October 10	60	45	0.16	0.0
October 11	53	36	0.03	0.0
October 12	52	33	0.00	0.0
October 13	56	28	0.00	0.0
October 14	51	31	0.36	0.0
October 15	46	37	0.05	0.0
October 16	56	33	0.00	0.0
October 17	61	30	0.00	0.0
October 18	46	37	0.11	0.0
October 19	51	34	0.10	0.9
October 20	61	30	0.00	0.0
October 21	57	30	0.00	0.0
October 22	74	33	0.00	0.0
October 23	72	40	0.00	0.0
October 24	58	34	0.00	0.0
October 25	72	30	0.00	0.0
October 26	79	38	0.00	0.0
October 27	82	46	0.00	0.0
October 28	57	36	0.00	0.0
October 29	65	36	0.00	0.0
October 30	69	39	0.00	0.0
October 31	72	37	0.00	0.0

November 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	71	42	0.00	0.0
November 2	63	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	65	40	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	37	0.00	0.0
November 5	57	41	0.00	0.0
November 6	66	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	54	36	0.08	0.1
November 8	37	33	0.26	1.3
November 9	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	19	0.00	0.0
November 11	36	21	0.01	0.0
November 12	56	29	0.01	0.0
November 13	44	23	0.27	0.0
November 14	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	55	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	59	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	51	24	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	23	0.00	0.0
November 21	33	25	0.13	1.3
November 22	26	15	0.09	1.7
November 23	25	11	0.00	0.0
November 24	38	15	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	18	0.12	1.1
November 26	23	15	0.10	1.0
November 27	17	9	0.00	0.4
November 28	32	11	0.00	0.0
November 29	27	7	0.00	0.0
November 30	20	0	0.00	0.0

December 1983 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	22	5	0.00	0.0
December 2	24	5	0.00	0.0
December 3	43	18	0.00	0.0
December 4	29	21	0.27	3.0
December 5	23	-1	0.01	0.2
December 6	26	4	0.00	0.0
December 7	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 8	19	-2	0.00	0.0
December 9	25	4	0.00	0.0
December 10	16	3	0.00	0.0
December 11	37	14	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	19	0.02	0.2
December 14	28	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	14	5	0.00	0.1
December 16	12	-3	0.00	0.1
December 17	0	-19	0.00	0.0
December 18	-1	-20	0.01	0.1
December 19	-1	-9	0.04	0.7
December 20	-2	-20	0.11	2.2
December 21	-4	-25	0.00	0.0
December 22	-3	-25	0.00	0.1
December 23	-2	-27	0.00	0.0
December 24	-13	-26	0.00	0.0
December 25	7	-21	0.00	0.0
December 26	16	2	0.00	0.0
December 27	14	5	0.01	0.4
December 28	14	-4	0.00	0.0
December 29	11	-5	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	4	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	28	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location