Rapid City Weather in 2016

Historical record of Rapid City, South Dakota weather for the year 2016 based on NOAA data.

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2016 Rapid City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	June 11
Lowest temperature	-23 °F	December 17
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	-4 °F	December 17
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	June 13
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	December 25
Total annual precipitation	13.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.1 inches	-

January 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	7	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	10	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 9	11	-4	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	-4	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 12	43	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 14	43	28	0.03	0.0
January 15	32	18	0.01	0.0
January 16	26	-3	0.05	1.3
January 17	9	-10	0.00	0.0
January 18	18	-1	0.00	0.0
January 19	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	54	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	27	0.10	1.0
January 25	36	20	0.02	0.0
January 26	40	14	0.00	0.0
January 27	53	25	0.00	0.0
January 28	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 29	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	44	19	0.00	0.0

February 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	17	0.01	0.1
February 2	28	21	0.19	2.6
February 3	33	13	0.02	0.7
February 4	35	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	56	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 9	53	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	63	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	59	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	22	0.00	0.0
February 13	52	25	0.22	0.0
February 14	44	26	0.01	0.0
February 15	46	26	0.06	0.0
February 16	53	23	0.00	0.0
February 17	60	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	71	42	0.00	0.0
February 19	62	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	55	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	51	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	47	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	41	18	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	14	0.00	0.0
February 26	62	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	72	29	0.01	0.0
February 28	57	30	0.00	0.0
February 29	43	19	0.12	1.3

March 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	12	0.00	0.0
March 2	62	29	0.04	0.0
March 3	57	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 5	71	25	0.00	0.0
March 6	74	36	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 8	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	55	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	65	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	68	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	74	39	0.00	0.0
March 13	67	35	0.00	0.0
March 14	69	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	50	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	33	10	0.00	0.0
March 20	60	10	0.00	0.0
March 21	78	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	56	35	0.09	0.0
March 23	35	20	0.27	2.2
March 24	52	14	0.00	0.0
March 25	45	24	0.28	3.0
March 26	37	20	0.01	0.1
March 27	58	17	0.00	0.0
March 28	66	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	37	0.01	0.0
March 30	50	33	0.33	0.0
March 31	45	29	0.06	0.5

April 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	52	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	67	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	70	39	0.00	0.0
April 4	69	34	0.00	0.0
April 5	62	38	0.00	0.0
April 6	64	38	0.00	0.0
April 7	59	31	0.00	0.0
April 8	57	27	0.00	0.0
April 9	82	33	0.00	0.0
April 10	58	27	0.01	0.0
April 11	53	20	0.00	0.0
April 12	76	28	0.00	0.0
April 13	80	41	0.00	0.0
April 14	76	46	0.15	0.0
April 15	60	44	0.08	0.0
April 16	44	35	0.09	0.0
April 17	38	32	0.32	2.0
April 18	37	34	0.12	0.0
April 19	57	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	62	35	0.00	0.0
April 21	67	40	0.00	0.0
April 22	80	35	0.00	0.0
April 23	80	50	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	42	0.00	0.0
April 25	53	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	39	32	0.65	1.2
April 27	37	32	0.41	1.0
April 28	42	32	0.01	0.0
April 29	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 30	51	37	0.01	0.0

May 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	32	0.00
May 2	67	32	0.00
May 3	74	37	0.00
May 4	76	42	0.00
May 5	84	43	0.00
May 6	78	48	0.00
May 7	63	47	0.02
May 8	63	40	0.00
May 9	57	42	0.24
May 10	59	34	0.00
May 11	57	32	0.00
May 12	67	29	0.00
May 13	52	30	0.00
May 14	56	25	0.00
May 15	57	30	0.00
May 16	60	35	0.00
May 17	67	34	0.00
May 18	70	34	0.00
May 19	80	43	0.00
May 20	73	52	0.05
May 21	67	52	0.01
May 22	82	48	0.00
May 23	77	39	0.00
May 24	71	45	0.30
May 25	68	44	0.08
May 26	70	44	0.06
May 27	66	45	0.00
May 28	71	43	0.05
May 29	75	44	0.03
May 30	80	46	0.00
May 31	66	40	0.00

June 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	38	0.00
June 2	88	45	0.00
June 3	79	51	0.00
June 4	80	47	0.00
June 5	87	47	0.00
June 6	79	50	0.00
June 7	92	47	0.00
June 8	86	52	0.00
June 9	98	56	0.00
June 10	92	62	0.00
June 11	103	61	0.00
June 12	82	62	0.00
June 13	83	55	1.18
June 14	81	59	0.00
June 15	84	54	0.00
June 16	98	61	0.00
June 17	83	61	0.00
June 18	91	60	0.00
June 19	89	60	0.00
June 20	82	55	0.00
June 21	98	57	0.00
June 22	84	55	0.00
June 23	88	50	0.00
June 24	99	65	0.01
June 25	86	52	0.00
June 26	88	50	0.00
June 27	85	55	0.03
June 28	85	54	0.00
June 29	88	51	0.00
June 30	81	55	0.00

July 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	55	0.18
July 2	88	58	0.00
July 3	83	54	0.85
July 4	93	58	0.01
July 5	84	57	0.00
July 6	88	58	0.02
July 7	78	57	0.00
July 8	87	51	0.00
July 9	95	60	0.00
July 10	93	58	0.00
July 11	85	53	0.00
July 12	88	51	0.00
July 13	83	53	0.05
July 14	84	51	0.00
July 15	81	54	0.22
July 16	83	58	0.02
July 17	84	57	0.00
July 18	95	61	0.42
July 19	99	63	0.00
July 20	102	62	0.00
July 21	96	71	0.00
July 22	101	65	0.00
July 23	90	58	0.00
July 24	88	60	0.08
July 25	92	63	0.00
July 26	91	64	0.01
July 27	83	60	0.00
July 28	77	54	0.04
July 29	83	52	0.00
July 30	91	52	0.91
July 31	90	64	0.02

August 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	64	0.00
August 2	90	63	0.00
August 3	96	63	0.00
August 4	82	53	0.00
August 5	86	51	0.00
August 6	78	55	0.00
August 7	85	61	0.12
August 8	91	61	0.61
August 9	90	58	0.01
August 10	91	64	0.00
August 11	80	56	0.08
August 12	83	56	0.06
August 13	82	55	0.00
August 14	92	52	0.20
August 15	85	54	0.00
August 16	85	58	0.00
August 17	92	60	0.01
August 18	76	60	0.00
August 19	63	44	0.22
August 20	73	42	0.00
August 21	87	44	0.00
August 22	101	53	0.00
August 23	82	53	0.00
August 24	77	52	0.00
August 25	70	48	0.00
August 26	69	51	0.96
August 27	85	51	0.01
August 28	91	49	0.00
August 29	84	60	0.00
August 30	85	59	0.00
August 31	83	55	0.00

September 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	60	0.00
September 2	84	62	0.00
September 3	86	57	0.06
September 4	71	54	0.11
September 5	77	53	0.00
September 6	72	49	0.06
September 7	79	47	0.00
September 8	86	46	0.00
September 9	65	39	0.02
September 10	80	36	0.00
September 11	90	42	0.00
September 12	61	46	0.02
September 13	53	39	0.09
September 14	77	36	0.00
September 15	73	46	0.02
September 16	75	45	0.00
September 17	84	44	0.00
September 18	85	45	0.00
September 19	82	55	0.00
September 20	83	53	0.00
September 21	75	50	0.00
September 22	60	52	0.01
September 23	74	52	0.41
September 24	67	50	0.04
September 25	66	41	0.00
September 26	74	38	0.00
September 27	84	39	0.00
September 28	79	47	0.00
September 29	82	38	0.00
September 30	72	51	0.00

October 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	45	0.00
October 2	79	50	0.00
October 3	66	47	0.16
October 4	62	36	0.00
October 5	62	30	0.00
October 6	49	29	0.00
October 7	59	23	0.00
October 8	67	32	0.00
October 9	84	36	0.00
October 10	73	39	0.00
October 11	42	30	0.00
October 12	52	23	0.00
October 13	65	25	0.00
October 14	83	38	0.00
October 15	73	45	0.00
October 16	84	46	0.00
October 17	64	41	0.05
October 18	63	32	0.00
October 19	60	31	0.21
October 20	60	27	0.00
October 21	71	32	0.00
October 22	79	32	0.00
October 23	62	35	0.00
October 24	65	29	0.00
October 25	67	44	0.00
October 26	71	40	0.00
October 27	84	41	0.00
October 28	78	52	0.00
October 29	52	41	0.04
October 30	67	42	0.00
October 31	76	42	0.00

November 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	77	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	77	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	76	39	0.00	0.0
November 7	64	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	65	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	75	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	65	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	60	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	76	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	66	37	0.00	0.0
November 14	69	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	64	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	59	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	26	0.20	2.4
November 18	34	11	0.00	0.0
November 19	36	10	0.00	0.0
November 20	52	21	0.00	0.0
November 21	58	28	0.00	0.0
November 22	48	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	43	17	0.00	0.0
November 24	44	18	0.00	0.0
November 25	56	16	0.00	0.0
November 26	57	24	0.00	0.0
November 27	49	25	0.00	0.0
November 28	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	29	25	0.03	0.4
November 30	27	24	0.00	0.0

December 2016 Rapid City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	37	13	0.00	0.0
December 6	20	2	0.00	0.0
December 7	15	-2	0.00	0.0
December 8	14	-6	0.00	0.0
December 9	3	-2	0.01	0.4
December 10	8	0	0.02	0.3
December 11	23	-2	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	1	0.00	0.0
December 13	23	-7	0.00	0.0
December 14	23	-1	0.00	0.0
December 15	21	9	0.07	1.7
December 16	10	-4	0.30	3.9
December 17	-4	-23	0.00	0.0
December 18	15	-20	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	2	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	16	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	13	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	4	0.00	0.0
December 23	44	11	0.00	0.0
December 24	24	11	0.00	0.0
December 25	21	9	0.35	5.0
December 26	27	8	0.02	0.0
December 27	39	7	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	11	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	7	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Rapid City Regional Airport	location