Rapid City Weather in 1985

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1985 based on NOAA data.

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1985 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	July 7
Lowest temperature	-19 °F	December 2
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 8
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	December 1
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	August 19
Most daily snow	10.2 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	13.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	66.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rapid City in 1985?

The highest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1985 was 104 °F which happened on July 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1985

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Jul 7
2	102 °F	Aug 8
2	102 °F	Jul 11
4	101 °F	Jul 6
5	99 °F	Jul 10
6	98 °F	Jul 26
6	98 °F	Jun 24
8	97 °F	Jul 12
9	96 °F	Jul 22
9	96 °F	Jul 8
9	96 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Rapid City in 1985?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1985 was -19 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1985

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-19 °F	December 2
1	-19 °F	January 31
3	-17 °F	February 1
3	-17 °F	January 30
5	-15 °F	December 13
5	-15 °F	December 12
7	-14 °F	December 1
7	-14 °F	November 28
7	-14 °F	November 27
7	-14 °F	November 23

January 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	23	-10	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	8	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 5	55	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	42	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	21	16	0.05	0.6
January 9	20	11	0.02	0.5
January 10	15	-3	0.01	0.5
January 11	12	-10	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	-2	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	20	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	20	0.30	0.3
January 16	40	25	0.00	0.1
January 17	53	27	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	14	0.02	0.4
January 19	14	-6	0.01	0.2
January 20	18	-10	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	8	0.00	0.1
January 22	32	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	48	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	49	31	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	20	0.00	0.0
January 27	35	14	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	13	0.01	0.2
January 29	24	-2	0.04	0.9
January 30	0	-17	0.00	0.0
January 31	11	-19	0.00	0.0

February 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	8	-17	0.00	0.0
February 2	10	-12	0.00	0.0
February 3	7	-12	0.01	0.2
February 4	8	-12	0.01	0.2
February 5	25	-8	0.01	0.2
February 6	17	-7	0.00	0.0
February 7	19	-8	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	17	2	0.00	0.0
February 10	22	-5	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	45	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	13	0.00	0.0
February 15	62	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	18	0.00	0.0
February 17	50	15	0.00	0.0
February 18	47	19	0.00	0.0
February 19	60	21	0.00	0.0
February 20	57	31	0.00	0.0
February 21	47	27	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	33	0.03	0.1
February 23	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	50	22	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	61	22	0.00	0.0

March 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	34	0.04	0.4
March 2	34	19	0.38	4.3
March 3	20	14	0.63	10.2
March 4	21	5	0.05	0.5
March 5	27	3	0.00	0.0
March 6	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	39	17	0.00	0.0
March 8	46	16	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	22	0.04	0.2
March 12	40	21	0.05	0.0
March 13	49	21	0.00	0.0
March 14	54	26	0.00	0.0
March 15	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	59	26	0.00	0.0
March 17	64	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 19	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	66	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	66	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	29	0.06	0.6
March 23	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	60	23	0.00	0.0
March 25	72	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	47	24	0.00	0.0
March 29	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 30	47	18	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	23	0.30	0.0

April 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	71	38	0.00	0.0
April 3	60	37	0.10	0.0
April 4	46	29	0.06	0.3
April 5	49	25	0.00	0.0
April 6	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	23	0.00	0.0
April 8	58	16	0.00	0.0
April 9	70	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	78	42	0.00	0.0
April 11	85	40	0.00	0.0
April 12	69	43	0.00	0.0
April 13	68	36	0.00	0.0
April 14	82	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	81	42	0.00	0.0
April 16	72	43	0.00	0.0
April 17	84	54	0.00	0.0
April 18	83	58	0.00	0.0
April 19	70	48	0.04	0.0
April 20	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 21	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 22	63	40	0.02	0.0
April 23	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 24	63	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	58	30	0.00	0.0
April 26	45	33	0.10	0.1
April 27	73	32	0.00	0.0
April 28	82	43	0.00	0.0
April 29	81	46	0.00	0.0
April 30	71	44	0.00	0.0

May 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	39	0.00
May 2	85	44	0.00
May 3	91	58	0.00
May 4	74	40	0.00
May 5	67	34	0.00
May 6	78	32	0.00
May 7	76	39	0.00
May 8	88	53	0.00
May 9	83	62	0.00
May 10	86	57	0.15
May 11	60	50	0.06
May 12	62	46	0.00
May 13	63	42	0.00
May 14	67	39	0.00
May 15	73	41	0.00
May 16	72	41	0.00
May 17	74	44	0.00
May 18	73	46	0.06
May 19	76	52	0.00
May 20	80	43	0.00
May 21	84	52	0.00
May 22	85	49	0.00
May 23	83	52	0.00
May 24	89	53	0.00
May 25	86	58	0.05
May 26	63	51	0.59
May 27	69	51	0.01
May 28	82	49	0.08
May 29	80	47	0.00
May 30	65	50	0.24
May 31	75	49	0.00

June 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	58	47	0.01
June 2	57	42	0.00
June 3	61	45	0.30
June 4	61	43	0.00
June 5	80	53	0.01
June 6	82	57	0.00
June 7	92	58	0.00
June 8	81	55	0.00
June 9	76	55	0.00
June 10	61	43	0.72
June 11	64	43	0.00
June 12	70	35	0.00
June 13	84	48	0.00
June 14	79	52	0.00
June 15	86	50	0.00
June 16	76	48	0.00
June 17	74	49	0.00
June 18	71	45	0.00
June 19	85	42	0.00
June 20	94	50	0.02
June 21	69	47	0.05
June 22	91	42	0.00
June 23	86	58	0.00
June 24	98	59	0.08
June 25	67	52	0.00
June 26	56	49	0.26
June 27	69	45	0.02
June 28	74	40	0.00
June 29	83	43	0.11
June 30	88	58	0.00

July 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	53	0.01
July 2	93	54	0.00
July 3	96	57	0.00
July 4	89	57	0.00
July 5	92	52	0.00
July 6	101	63	0.00
July 7	104	63	0.00
July 8	96	75	0.00
July 9	94	66	0.00
July 10	99	61	0.00
July 11	102	64	0.00
July 12	97	68	0.00
July 13	93	63	0.00
July 14	79	55	0.06
July 15	90	51	0.42
July 16	91	61	0.00
July 17	85	71	0.00
July 18	84	61	0.00
July 19	75	61	0.00
July 20	90	61	0.00
July 21	87	62	0.00
July 22	96	58	0.00
July 23	91	64	0.04
July 24	82	59	0.01
July 25	86	52	0.00
July 26	98	59	0.00
July 27	94	64	0.00
July 28	85	60	0.00
July 29	75	55	0.35
July 30	63	55	0.13
July 31	70	55	0.01

August 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	59	0.00
August 2	94	66	0.00
August 3	84	60	0.00
August 4	89	55	0.00
August 5	90	56	0.13
August 6	85	57	0.00
August 7	94	58	0.25
August 8	102	58	0.00
August 9	68	50	0.12
August 10	89	46	0.00
August 11	87	60	0.14
August 12	77	54	0.02
August 13	70	51	0.00
August 14	68	51	0.00
August 15	77	50	0.00
August 16	75	53	0.00
August 17	73	46	0.00
August 18	79	45	0.00
August 19	79	49	1.16
August 20	81	56	0.00
August 21	88	65	0.00
August 22	79	57	0.00
August 23	79	50	0.00
August 24	78	50	0.00
August 25	86	48	0.00
August 26	92	57	0.00
August 27	80	57	0.03
August 28	88	60	0.01
August 29	82	60	0.00
August 30	94	60	0.00
August 31	86	62	0.00

September 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	79	56	0.00	0.0
September 2	83	59	0.12	0.0
September 3	82	57	0.14	0.0
September 4	79	56	0.00	0.0
September 5	91	55	0.00	0.0
September 6	85	51	0.00	0.0
September 7	71	52	0.01	0.0
September 8	54	47	0.28	0.0
September 9	70	47	0.02	0.0
September 10	59	54	0.01	0.0
September 11	71	57	0.00	0.0
September 12	78	52	0.62	0.0
September 13	76	44	0.00	0.0
September 14	86	53	0.00	0.0
September 15	85	60	0.00	0.0
September 16	89	50	0.00	0.0
September 17	89	49	0.00	0.0
September 18	84	48	0.01	0.0
September 19	59	32	0.00	0.0
September 20	63	32	0.00	0.0
September 21	71	40	0.00	0.0
September 22	51	32	0.00	0.0
September 23	50	24	0.00	0.0
September 24	48	18	0.10	0.0
September 25	46	31	0.11	0.0
September 26	70	28	0.00	0.0
September 27	n/a	29	0.07	0.6
September 28	34	28	0.01	0.1
September 29	40	29	0.02	0.2
September 30	42	25	0.05	0.5

October 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	60	20	0.00	0.0
October 2	64	43	0.00	0.0
October 3	54	40	0.02	0.0
October 4	55	30	0.00	0.0
October 5	60	29	0.00	0.0
October 6	64	36	0.00	0.0
October 7	50	31	0.06	0.0
October 8	33	24	0.02	0.3
October 9	37	23	0.02	0.3
October 10	62	20	0.00	0.0
October 11	51	33	0.32	0.0
October 12	59	37	0.40	0.0
October 13	56	33	0.00	0.0
October 14	57	31	0.00	0.0
October 15	69	39	0.00	0.0
October 16	74	33	0.00	0.0
October 17	63	39	0.00	0.0
October 18	65	35	0.00	0.0
October 19	69	35	0.00	0.0
October 20	78	37	0.00	0.0
October 21	78	40	0.00	0.0
October 22	68	38	0.14	0.0
October 23	66	37	0.00	0.0
October 24	60	30	0.00	0.0
October 25	76	34	0.00	0.0
October 26	57	39	0.00	0.0
October 27	68	36	0.00	0.0
October 28	81	39	0.00	0.0
October 29	51	30	0.00	0.0
October 30	65	28	0.00	0.0
October 31	54	27	0.00	0.0

November 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	60	32	0.00	0.0
November 3	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	71	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	22	0.00	0.0
November 6	50	23	0.00	0.0
November 7	43	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	29	14	0.45	6.2
November 9	14	11	0.29	5.8
November 10	15	8	0.19	3.9
November 11	27	10	0.04	0.8
November 12	20	14	0.00	0.0
November 13	24	9	0.35	4.0
November 14	30	8	0.00	0.0
November 15	28	2	0.00	0.0
November 16	39	3	0.00	0.0
November 17	36	24	0.04	0.5
November 18	24	5	0.27	4.1
November 19	12	-1	0.00	0.0
November 20	5	-7	0.00	0.0
November 21	8	-4	0.16	2.0
November 22	5	-9	0.00	0.0
November 23	4	-14	0.00	0.0
November 24	16	-2	0.06	0.8
November 25	11	-2	0.04	0.7
November 26	0	-9	0.00	0.0
November 27	-1	-14	0.00	0.0
November 28	2	-14	0.07	1.1
November 29	1	-3	0.22	2.9
November 30	-2	-6	0.04	0.8

December 1985 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	-3	-14	0.03	0.6
December 2	15	-19	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	11	0.02	0.1
December 4	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 6	42	19	0.00	0.0
December 7	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	25	18	0.00	0.0
December 9	23	17	0.01	0.1
December 10	19	4	0.01	0.3
December 11	15	-6	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	-15	0.00	0.0
December 13	12	-15	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	2	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	14	0.01	0.1
December 17	31	7	0.22	3.1
December 18	37	4	0.28	3.0
December 19	37	12	0.01	0.2
December 20	41	11	0.01	0.2
December 21	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 23	44	17	0.10	1.0
December 24	18	4	0.07	1.5
December 25	44	8	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	9	0.00	0.0
December 30	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	13	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location