Rapid City Weather in 1986

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 1986 based on NOAA data.

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1986 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	August 19
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	November 13
Highest daily low	66 °F	July 17
Lowest daily high	3 °F	February 10
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	June 9
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	November 7
Total annual precipitation	21.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rapid City in 1986?

The highest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1986 was 104 °F which happened on August 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1986

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Aug 19
2	98 °F	Aug 15
2	98 °F	Jul 29
4	97 °F	Jul 3
5	93 °F	Aug 12
5	93 °F	Jul 23
7	92 °F	Aug 18
7	92 °F	Jun 17
9	91 °F	Jul 18
9	91 °F	Jul 16
9	91 °F	Jul 4
9	91 °F	May 4

What was the coldest temperature in Rapid City in 1986?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1986 was -13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rapid City in 1986

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	November 13
1	-13 °F	February 11
3	-11 °F	February 10
4	-8 °F	November 12
5	-7 °F	November 10
6	-6 °F	February 9
7	-5 °F	November 11
8	-4 °F	February 12
9	-3 °F	December 10
10	-2 °F	February 8

January 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	38	20	0.02	0.0
January 3	24	13	0.11	1.9
January 4	25	7	0.01	0.2
January 5	31	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	13	8	0.02	0.2
January 7	39	7	0.00	0.0
January 8	42	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	46	27	0.01	0.0
January 10	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	51	31	0.00	0.0
January 12	44	20	0.00	0.0
January 13	49	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	48	29	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 19	56	28	0.00	0.0
January 20	44	27	0.01	0.1
January 21	27	15	0.28	3.3
January 22	39	12	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	19	0.03	0.0
January 24	42	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 27	51	14	0.00	0.0
January 28	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 29	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	24	0.00	0.0

February 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	53	23	0.00	0.0
February 2	44	25	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 4	30	25	0.12	1.7
February 5	32	27	0.02	0.6
February 6	28	13	0.20	2.7
February 7	13	2	0.00	0.0
February 8	14	-2	0.00	0.0
February 9	8	-6	0.00	0.0
February 10	3	-11	0.00	0.0
February 11	8	-13	0.00	0.0
February 12	18	-4	0.00	0.0
February 13	18	5	0.03	0.4
February 14	24	1	0.00	0.0
February 15	18	13	0.03	0.5
February 16	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	49	14	0.00	0.0
February 18	17	8	0.00	0.0
February 19	16	4	0.36	1.9
February 20	20	3	0.00	0.0
February 21	44	10	0.01	0.1
February 22	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 23	31	18	0.14	2.8
February 24	51	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	37	0.00	0.0
February 26	51	39	0.01	0.0
February 27	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	20	0.00	0.0

March 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	65	36	0.00	0.0
March 2	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 4	68	32	0.04	0.0
March 5	55	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	45	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	50	17	0.01	0.0
March 8	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	33	0.14	0.0
March 10	54	33	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	33	0.08	0.0
March 12	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 15	33	24	0.12	1.2
March 16	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	33	29	0.36	3.6
March 18	33	26	0.12	1.1
March 19	34	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	47	20	0.01	0.1
March 21	71	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	59	34	0.00	0.0
March 23	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	78	42	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	35	0.00	0.0
March 26	63	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	78	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	79	46	0.00	0.0
March 29	78	46	0.00	0.0
March 30	80	39	0.00	0.0
March 31	56	31	0.00	0.0

April 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	62	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	63	41	0.24	0.0
April 3	42	33	0.55	3.6
April 4	34	31	0.44	4.5
April 5	41	31	0.07	0.7
April 6	68	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	66	37	0.00	0.0
April 8	59	33	0.00	0.0
April 9	57	31	0.00	0.0
April 10	62	32	0.11	0.0
April 11	61	29	0.01	0.0
April 12	50	23	0.00	0.0
April 13	39	15	0.24	2.4
April 14	32	15	0.00	0.0
April 15	46	15	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	26	0.00	0.0
April 17	51	36	0.85	0.0
April 18	55	34	0.58	1.0
April 19	56	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	55	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	61	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	83	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	74	45	0.13	0.0
April 24	57	42	0.24	0.0
April 25	58	42	0.00	0.0
April 26	45	33	1.28	0.5
April 27	50	33	0.00	0.0
April 28	66	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	69	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	58	32	0.00	0.0

May 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	30	0.00
May 2	69	39	0.00
May 3	85	41	0.00
May 4	91	57	0.00
May 5	61	42	0.00
May 6	58	34	0.00
May 7	46	38	0.46
May 8	45	39	0.52
May 9	60	38	0.41
May 10	66	34	0.00
May 11	78	43	0.00
May 12	61	41	0.00
May 13	72	37	0.00
May 14	58	42	0.00
May 15	60	39	0.00
May 16	57	37	0.00
May 17	65	33	0.00
May 18	69	40	0.00
May 19	72	48	0.00
May 20	77	43	0.00
May 21	79	50	0.00
May 22	69	42	0.00
May 23	61	39	0.00
May 24	60	45	0.00
May 25	64	46	0.02
May 26	65	49	0.02
May 27	74	49	0.00
May 28	76	49	0.00
May 29	74	47	0.00
May 30	81	45	0.00
May 31	84	49	0.00

June 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	55	0.00
June 2	86	53	0.00
June 3	89	58	0.04
June 4	62	51	0.12
June 5	71	54	0.00
June 6	83	56	0.00
June 7	76	48	0.00
June 8	77	54	0.39
June 9	60	57	2.18
June 10	70	52	0.11
June 11	78	49	0.00
June 12	71	52	0.02
June 13	77	51	0.22
June 14	77	54	0.20
June 15	80	57	0.00
June 16	80	57	0.00
June 17	92	62	0.00
June 18	90	64	0.00
June 19	83	60	0.00
June 20	81	56	0.06
June 21	75	47	0.42
June 22	80	43	0.00
June 23	83	53	0.00
June 24	89	56	0.00
June 25	89	62	0.00
June 26	90	61	0.00
June 27	88	58	0.02
June 28	84	59	0.03
June 29	85	61	0.20
June 30	78	57	0.55

July 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	53	0.00
July 2	85	59	0.00
July 3	97	66	0.00
July 4	91	55	0.00
July 5	77	50	0.00
July 6	82	48	0.00
July 7	85	52	0.04
July 8	81	58	0.00
July 9	80	56	0.19
July 10	79	55	0.30
July 11	71	51	0.22
July 12	78	52	0.00
July 13	86	50	0.00
July 14	88	58	0.00
July 15	82	64	0.00
July 16	91	63	0.00
July 17	82	66	0.00
July 18	91	63	0.08
July 19	80	58	0.01
July 20	79	57	0.03
July 21	81	52	0.00
July 22	90	56	0.00
July 23	93	64	0.00
July 24	80	62	0.00
July 25	87	60	0.01
July 26	83	56	0.03
July 27	86	55	0.00
July 28	90	61	0.00
July 29	98	59	0.00
July 30	83	58	0.00
July 31	83	55	0.00

August 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	55	0.00
August 2	81	49	0.00
August 3	87	56	0.00
August 4	85	55	0.00
August 5	87	54	0.00
August 6	86	59	0.00
August 7	84	52	0.00
August 8	86	54	0.00
August 9	77	54	0.01
August 10	81	54	0.00
August 11	90	51	0.10
August 12	93	59	0.50
August 13	79	58	0.56
August 14	84	55	0.00
August 15	98	58	0.00
August 16	86	59	0.00
August 17	80	54	0.00
August 18	92	62	0.00
August 19	104	63	0.00
August 20	74	50	0.00
August 21	72	49	0.04
August 22	80	53	0.00
August 23	87	47	0.08
August 24	90	55	0.00
August 25	89	60	0.02
August 26	74	53	0.00
August 27	75	49	0.00
August 28	80	48	0.00
August 29	87	51	0.00
August 30	88	54	0.01
August 31	84	63	0.00

September 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	57	0.25
September 2	69	52	0.75
September 3	79	50	0.00
September 4	73	49	0.00
September 5	69	45	0.61
September 6	51	42	0.09
September 7	63	34	0.00
September 8	70	42	0.00
September 9	67	49	0.02
September 10	57	45	0.29
September 11	73	42	0.00
September 12	67	43	0.00
September 13	55	43	0.00
September 14	51	45	0.00
September 15	48	45	0.06
September 16	60	48	0.02
September 17	65	52	0.00
September 18	53	49	0.51
September 19	64	48	0.00
September 20	56	50	0.05
September 21	61	49	0.00
September 22	68	49	0.00
September 23	79	45	0.00
September 24	75	50	0.43
September 25	72	45	0.00
September 26	65	43	0.00
September 27	66	37	0.03
September 28	65	38	0.03
September 29	63	35	0.00
September 30	65	34	0.00

October 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	39	0.01
October 2	47	41	1.07
October 3	46	36	0.34
October 4	66	31	0.00
October 5	56	40	0.00
October 6	74	35	0.00
October 7	72	45	0.00
October 8	51	40	0.01
October 9	61	38	0.00
October 10	52	35	0.07
October 11	37	25	0.00
October 12	43	18	0.00
October 13	54	19	0.00
October 14	61	33	0.00
October 15	67	30	0.00
October 16	73	39	0.00
October 17	75	37	0.00
October 18	74	40	0.00
October 19	69	40	0.00
October 20	68	46	0.00
October 21	59	44	0.00
October 22	55	47	0.14
October 23	59	42	0.00
October 24	54	39	0.00
October 25	60	40	0.00
October 26	73	39	0.00
October 27	72	38	0.00
October 28	61	36	0.00
October 29	62	36	0.00
October 30	72	36	0.00
October 31	50	32	0.00

November 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	21	0.00	0.0
November 3	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	25	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	47	29	0.50	4.3
November 7	29	16	0.41	4.5
November 8	28	11	0.00	0.0
November 9	12	3	0.17	1.7
November 10	5	-7	0.01	0.1
November 11	31	-5	0.04	0.4
November 12	12	-8	0.06	1.0
November 13	37	-13	0.00	0.0
November 14	32	19	0.00	0.0
November 15	33	20	0.00	0.0
November 16	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 17	36	23	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	10	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	30	0.12	0.0
November 20	46	26	0.00	0.0
November 21	57	36	0.03	0.0
November 22	48	25	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	16	0.00	0.0
November 24	64	34	0.00	0.0
November 25	50	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	57	16	0.00	0.0
November 27	58	27	0.00	0.0
November 28	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	28	22	0.06	0.6

December 1986 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 4	33	10	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 7	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 9	21	0	0.01	0.1
December 10	44	-3	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	51	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	49	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	51	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	50	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 18	52	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	12	0.00	0.0
December 21	52	20	0.00	0.0
December 22	55	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	52	20	0.00	0.0
December 24	50	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	50	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	48	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	52	22	0.00	0.0
December 28	53	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	48	18	0.00	0.0
December 30	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	12	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Rapid City Regional Airport	location