Rapid City Downtown, SD: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 57.1°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest 1 January to 9 October on record, in 115 years since 1888 (1972 excluded: 181 of 283 days missing; 1973 excluded: 282 of 282 days missing; 1974 excluded: 282 of 282 days missing; 21 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 57.1°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 115, provisional
Precipitation: 12.71 in; Driest since 2021; 24th driest of 115

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 57.1°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Rapid City Downtown, SD from 1888 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	57.1	1	69.2	1	45	1	12.71	92	0
2025	52.7	21	63.7	33	41.6	18	17.09	54	0
2024	54.7	4	66.2	6	43.2	4	13.76	87	0
2023	52.7	21	63.2	42	42.1	11	20.00	25	0
2022	53.3	14	65.2	9	41.4	21	15.59	66	0
2021	54	8	65.2	9	42.9	7	11.12	104	0
2020	53	18	64.3	26	41.7	16	14.78	73	0
2019	47.9	105	57.4	114	38.4	80	28.91	1	0
2018	49.7	79	60.2	94	39.1	64	25.54	5	0
2017	53.2	17	64.2	27	42.3	8	12.26	96	0
2016	54.9	3	65.9	7	44	2	12.46	94	0
2015	53.8	10	64.6	19	43.1	6	22.73	9	0
2014	49.5	83	60.1	96	38.9	68	22.38	11	0
2013	52.1	33	62.8	50	41.4	21	19.91	26	0
2012	56.2	2	68.5	2	43.9	3	10.15	109	0
2011	50	75	60.8	86	39.3	58	22.52	10	0
2010	50.8	57	61.4	74	40.2	40	18.67	34	1
2009	49.6	80	60.4	91	38.8	71	19.31	31	0
2008	49.9	76	61	80	38.9	68	21.80	14	0
2007	53.4	12	64.7	17	42.2	10	15.32	68	0
2006	53.9	9	64.5	21	43.2	4	15.51	67	1
2005	52.7	21	63.9	30	41.4	21	14.74	74	1
2004	51.7	42	62.9	47	40.4	35	14.07	82	0
2003	52.2	31	63.6	35	41	26	12.44	95	3
2002	51.3	49	62.4	60	40	44	13.84	85	1
2001	52	35	62.5	55	41.5	19	18.21	40	0
2000	53.3	14	64.5	21	42	13	18.11	42	3
1999	51.2	54	62.3	61	40.5	33	21.62	18	12
1998	51.8	39	61.8	72	41.8	15	20.77	21	0
1997	50.4	72	60.8	86	40.1	42	21.77	15	2
1996	48.3	101	58.8	108	37.6	95	17.97	43	3
1972									181
1971	50.7	60	62.1	69	39.4	55	19.07	32	1
1970	51.7	42	63.4	38	40	44	18.46	37	0
1969	51.3	49	63.2	42	39.4	55	14.63	75	0
1968	51.7	42	63.5	36	39.9	48	18.32	39	0
1967	51.9	36	63.3	40	40.4	35	20.92	20	1
1966	50.5	68	62.5	55	38.5	77	20.49	23	0
1965	49.6	80	60.9	84	38.3	82	18.48	36	0
1964	52.5	27	64	28	40.9	27	15.17	71	0
1963	53.6	11	65.4	8	41.7	16	21.37	19	0
1962	50.8	57	62.3	61	39.3	58	28.56	2	1
1961	54.2	6	66.3	5	42.1	11	8.30	111	1
1960	51.9	36	63.8	32	39.9	48	11.78	101	0
1959	51.4	47	63.4	38	39.5	53	13.99	83	2
1958	51.9	36	63.1	45	40.6	30	15.60	65	1
1957	49.5	83	60.4	91	38.6	73	19.85	28	0
1956	52.1	33	63.9	30	40	44	13.88	84	5
1955	52.3	30	64.4	23	40.1	42	15.77	63	0
1954	52.5	27	64.7	17	40.3	39	11.76	102	1
1953	52.8	19	64.4	23	41.3	24	19.01	33	2
1952	52.8	19	65.2	9	40.4	35	12.07	97	0
1951	48.8	94	60.7	89	36.9	100	17.60	45	1
1950	46.8	115	58.6	109	35	114	13.80	86	2
1949	49.5	83	62.3	61	36.8	103	17.29	50	0
1948	50.6	63	62.6	53	38.6	73	15.31	69	0
1947	50.8	57	62.5	55	39	66	15.74	64	0
1946	53.3	14	65.1	12	41.5	19	26.34	3	0
1945	49.8	77	60.6	90	39	66	19.56	29	0
1944	49.4	90	60.3	93	38.5	77	17.32	48	0
1943	50.6	63	62.9	47	38.4	80	14.10	81	0
1942	50.6	63	61.4	74	39.7	51	17.00	55	0
1941	51.4	47	62.3	61	40.6	30	18.66	35	0
1940	51.3	49	62.3	61	40.4	35	10.69	106	0
1939	52.7	21	64.8	15	40.7	29	10.51	107	0
1938	53.4	12	64.9	14	41.9	14	14.85	72	0
1937	49.5	83	61	80	37.9	89	12.90	91	0
1936	50.3	73	62.5	55	38.2	83	6.00	115	0
1935	51.3	49	63.1	45	39.4	55	14.59	76	0
1934	54.2	6	67.3	3	41.2	25	7.72	112	0
1933	52.2	31	64	28	40.5	33	17.36	47	0
1932	50.6	63	61.9	71	39.3	58	20.12	24	0
1931	54.6	5	67	4	42.3	8	7.61	113	1
1930	51.2	54	62.8	50	39.5	53	11.95	99	0
1929	47.3	109	58.6	109	35.9	108	21.99	13	0
1928	50.7	60	62	70	39.2	62	15.24	70	3
1927	48.2	103	58.6	109	37.8	91	24.14	7	0
1926	51.8	39	63.3	40	40.2	40	19.86	27	0
1925	51.6	46	63.2	42	40	44	17.11	53	1
1924	47.7	107	59.4	104	36	107	11.65	103	0
1923	49.5	83	60.9	84	38.1	84	23.46	8	0
1922	49.4	90	61.2	77	37.7	93	17.43	46	0
1921	52.7	21	65	13	40.6	30	11.98	98	2
1920	48.8	94	60	97	37.7	93	21.74	16	1
1919	51.7	42	63.7	33	39.7	51	16.03	62	0
1918	49.5	83	61	80	38	87	19.43	30	0
1917	47.2	110	59.3	105	35.1	113	16.07	61	0
1916	47.8	106	59.7	102	35.8	110	14.44	78	0
1915	47.1	111	57	115	37.3	96	25.41	6	0
1914	51.3	49	63.5	36	39.1	64	13.55	88	1
1913	48.3	101	60	97	36.5	105	17.62	44	0
1912	47	112	58	113	35.9	108	17.30	49	0
1911	51.8	39	64.4	23	39.2	62	7.59	114	0
1910	52.4	29	64.8	15	39.9	48	16.49	60	0
1909	49.8	77	61.6	73	37.9	89	18.45	38	0
1908	50.2	74	62.2	67	38.1	84	17.29	50	0
1907	46.9	114	58.4	112	35.5	111	18.17	41	0
1906	49.6	80	61.3	76	38	87	16.87	56	0
1905	48	104	59	107	37.1	98	25.59	4	0
1904	48.6	97	60.8	86	36.3	106	14.55	77	0
1903	48.4	100	59.8	100	37	99	20.71	22	0
1902	49.5	83	61	80	38.1	84	16.82	58	0
1901	51.1	56	62.9	47	39.3	58	22.20	12	0
1900	52.7	21	64.6	19	40.9	27	12.64	93	0
1899	47	112	59.1	106	34.9	115	14.17	80	0
1898	50.7	60	62.8	50	38.6	73	10.28	108	0
1897	50.5	68	62.3	61	38.7	72	11.00	105	0
1896	50.6	63	62.6	53	38.6	73	11.90	100	0
1895	48.6	97	60.2	94	36.9	100	14.34	79	0
1894	50.5	68	62.5	55	38.5	77	13.30	89	0
1893	48.9	93	61.1	79	36.8	103	8.38	110	0
1892	48.8	94	59.8	100	37.8	91	17.20	52	0
1891	48.5	99	59.9	99	37.2	97	16.50	59	0
1890	49.1	92	61.2	77	36.9	100	13.20	90	1
1889	50.5	68	62.2	67	38.9	68	16.85	57	0
1888	47.5	108	59.6	103	35.4	112	21.68	17	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	57.1
2012	56.2
2016	54.9
2024	54.7
1931	54.6
1961	54.2
1934	54.2
2021	54
2006	53.9
2015	53.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	46.8
1907	46.9
1912	47
1899	47
1915	47.1
1917	47.2
1929	47.3
1888	47.5
1924	47.7
1916	47.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	28.91
1962	28.56
1946	26.34
1905	25.59
2018	25.54
1915	25.41
1927	24.14
1923	23.46
2015	22.73
2011	22.52

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	6.00
1911	7.59
1931	7.61
1934	7.72
1961	8.30
1893	8.38
2012	10.15
1898	10.28
1939	10.51
1940	10.69

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 110°F; 25 July 2026
Coldest night: -12°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.95 in; 16 August 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	29.5°F 24th warmest of 116	0.24 in 36th driest of 116
February	39°F 2nd warmest of 115	0.05 in 3rd driest of 116
March	46°F 3rd warmest of 116	0.54 in 24th driest of 116
April	46.6°F 43rd warmest of 114	0.87 in 23rd driest of 115
May	59.7°F 12th warmest of 115	3.07 in 53rd wettest of 115
June	66.7°F 38th warmest of 115	0.78 in 4th driest of 115
July	80.7°F 2nd warmest of 115	1.43 in 34th driest of 115
August	74.7°F 13th warmest of 115	4.16 in 7th wettest of 115
September	67.5°F 8th warmest of 115	1.57 in 34th wettest of 115
October so far	64.8°F 3rd warmest of 114	0.00 in Driest of 115

Hot days and freezes

Rapid City Downtown, SD has had 50 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 1936 (1972 excluded: 181 of 283 days missing; 1973 excluded: 282 of 282 days missing; 1974 excluded: 282 of 282 days missing; 21 more years excluded for missing days), 2nd most of 115.
Rapid City Downtown, SD has had 11 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 1936 (1972 excluded: 181 of 283 days missing; 1973 excluded: 282 of 282 days missing; 1974 excluded: 282 of 282 days missing; 21 more years excluded for missing days), 3rd most of 115.
Rapid City Downtown, SD has had 74 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, 113th most of 115.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD came on Wednesday 6 May 2026, the latest since 2021, tied 69th latest of 115 (with 1905).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
9 October	Warmest day	91°F	90°F 2003	Provisional
25 July	Warmest day	110°F	105°F 2024, 1931	Provisional
14 July	Warmest day	102°F	101°F 2012	Provisional
11 July	Warmest day	101°F	100°F 1939	Provisional
7 June	Warmest day	98°F	93°F 1911, 1893	Provisional
22 April	Warmest day	91°F	85°F 1939	Provisional
25 March	Warmest day	81°F	75°F 2007	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	85°F	81°F 1910	Provisional
20 March	Warmest day	82°F	79°F 2007	Provisional
19 March	Warmest day	83°F	74°F 2004	Provisional
8 March	Warmest day	76°F	67°F 1904	Provisional
5 February	Warmest day	69°F	67°F 1963	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

2025
2026

Rapid City Downtown, SD the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

2026 so far brought 12.71 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 2021, 24th driest of 115.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 110°F on Saturday 25 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of -12°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 1.95 in on Sunday 16 August 2026.