Rapid City Downtown, SD: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 46.6°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest April since 2025, tied 43rd warmest of 114 (with 2017, 2001 and 1971).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 46.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 43rd warmest of 114
Precipitation: 0.87 in; Driest since 2004; 23rd driest of 115

The mean temperature of every April in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 46.6°F in 2026; the highest is 54.1°F, in 1946.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April 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	46.6	43	58.3	40	34.9	48	0.87	93	0
2025	47.6	30	58.4	37	36.9	21	2.35	42	0
2024	48.7	21	59.5	28	37.8	14	4.36	8	0
2023	43.1	81	54.2	76	32	85	0.96	89	0
2022	40.7	99	52.1	95	29.3	105	1.11	85	0
2021	44.3	64	55.2	70	33.5	67	1.15	84	0
2020	42.5	88	54.2	76	30.7	96	1.55	71	0
2019	45	58	54.9	72	35.2	44	2.39	41	0
2018	39.5	107	50.7	99	28.2	109	1.73	58	0
2017	46.6	43	57.1	52	36	36	1.63	66	0
2016	47.5	31	57.4	49	37.6	16	1.18	82	0
2015	47.5	31	58.1	43	36.9	21	0.95	90	0
2014	44.6	62	55.7	62	33.6	64	1.68	60	0
2013	37.8	113	47.8	113	27.8	110	3.10	26	0
2012	51.5	5	63.2	10	39.8	4	2.22	44	0
2011	43.3	78	53.3	85	33.2	70	2.13	45	0
2010	46.4	48	56.8	55	36.1	35	3.04	29	0
2009	41.1	96	49.8	106	32.4	81	3.66	18	0
2008	42.5	88	54.2	76	30.8	94	1.11	85	0
2007	43.4	77	53.2	86	33.5	67	1.67	61	0
2006	50.1	13	60.8	20	39.3	8	2.29	43	0
2005	47.5	31	58.7	33	36.3	30	1.72	59	0
2004	48.5	24	59.9	24	37.2	18	0.60	102	0
2003	46.9	40	57.5	46	36.9	21	3.47	21	1
2002	43.6	75	55.5	64	31.8	86	2.53	38	0
2001	46.6	43	56.6	57	36.6	29	2.95	30	0
2000	43.9	72	55.4	67	32.5	80	4.71	4	0
1999			52.3	93			3.83	16	4
1998	47.5	31	58.4	37	36.7	27	0.67	100	0
1997	38.8	109	48.2	112	29.5	103	1.87	51	0
1996	43.8	74	54.7	73	32.8	75	1.62	68	1
1972									19
1971	46.6	43	58.8	32	34.4	54	4.71	4	0
1970	41.2	94	50.7	99	31.6	88	4.80	3	0
1969	50.7	8	63.7	8	37.7	15	1.81	55	0
1968	45.1	57	56.6	57	33.6	64	2.03	47	0
1967	46.2	50	58.2	41	34.2	56	3.31	22	0
1966	40.9	98	51.6	98	30.3	97	2.81	33	0
1965	47.5	31	58.7	33	36.2	33	1.65	65	0
1964	47.5	31	58.1	43	36.9	21	1.06	87	0
1963	45.7	52	56.2	59	35.3	43	5.12	2	0
1962	50.5	12	64.1	6	37	20	0.72	98	0
1961	43.3	78	55.5	64	31.2	91	1.49	74	0
1960	47.7	29	59.9	24	35.4	40	1.48	75	0
1959	44.3	64	55.9	60	32.8	75	2.49	39	0
1958	44.1	67	53.8	81	34.1	57	4.43	7	1
1957	41.6	92	50.2	103	32.9	73	2.83	32	0
1956	40.7	99	52.6	90	28.9	108	1.63	66	0
1955	50.6	11	64.4	5	36.8	25	1.74	57	0
1954	46.9	40	59.1	31	34.6	50	0.30	115	0
1953	38.5	111	47.7	114	29.3	105	3.25	23	1
1952	51.2	7	64.7	3	37.6	16	0.44	106	0
1951	42.3	91	54.5	74	30.1	99	0.58	103	0
1950	39	108	50.2	103	27.6	111	1.96	48	1
1949	49.6	17	62.9	13	36.3	30	1.26	78	0
1948	48.4	25	62.3	14	34.6	50	1.86	52	0
1947	44.8	61	55.5	64	34	59	2.07	46	0
1946	54.1	1	66.5	1	41.6	2	1.38	76	0
1945	41.4	93	51.9	97	30.8	94	1.19	81	0
1944	42.8	85	52.5	91	33	71	1.78	56	0
1943	51.5	5	63.4	9	39.7	5	1.85	54	0
1942	50.1	13	61.6	18	38.6	11	4.21	12	0
1941	45	58	53.7	82	36.3	30	6.47	1	0
1940	41.2	94	49.7	108	32.7	77	3.06	28	0
1939	46.3	49	57.4	49	35.1	45	0.74	96	0
1938	46.1	51	56.8	55	35.4	40	3.07	27	0
1937	44	69	54	80	34.1	57	0.50	104	0
1936	41.1	96	52.4	92	29.7	101	1.21	80	0
1935	40.5	102	50.1	105	31	93	2.78	35	0
1934	48.3	27	60.8	20	35.9	37	1.17	83	0
1933	43.1	81	53.2	86	33	71	2.78	35	0
1932	49.3	19	59.6	27	39	9	4.10	13	0
1931	47.2	37	59.4	30	35.1	45	0.36	111	0
1930	52.6	3	64.6	4	40.5	3	1.67	61	0
1929	44.4	63	55.4	67	33.4	69	3.48	20	0
1928	40.7	99	52.2	94	29.1	107	0.92	91	0
1927	42.5	88	52	96	32.9	73	4.49	6	0
1926	46.5	47	58.4	37	34.5	52	0.32	114	0
1925	50.7	8	61.7	17	39.7	5	1.89	50	0
1924	44.1	67	55.9	60	32.3	83	0.34	113	0
1923	42.8	85	55.2	70	30.3	97	0.89	92	0
1922	43.3	78	52.9	88	33.7	62	3.22	24	0
1921	45	58	57.3	51	32.7	77	0.36	111	0
1920	34.6	114	43.6	115	25.6	114	4.27	9	0
1919	44	69	53.7	82	34.4	54	3.16	25	0
1918	40.2	104	49.2	111	31.2	91	2.87	31	0
1917	39.7	106	49.8	106	29.5	103	3.95	15	0
1916	42.7	87	52.9	88	32.4	81	1.24	79	0
1915	52.8	2	63.2	10	42.4	1	2.81	33	0
1914	44	69	54.2	76	33.8	61	1.58	70	0
1913	48.6	22	60.9	19	36.2	33	0.39	110	0
1912	47.2	37	58.6	35	35.8	39	1.61	69	0
1911	43.9	72	55.3	69	32.6	79	1.34	77	0
1910	51.7	4	65.2	2	38.2	12	0.74	96	0
1909	38.8	109	50.3	102	27.2	112	0.45	105	0
1908	48.6	22	61.9	16	35.4	40	0.78	95	0
1907	38.4	112	49.7	108	27.1	113	0.79	94	0
1906	49.5	18	62.2	15	36.8	25	0.65	101	0
1905	42.9	84	53.4	84	32.3	83	1.95	49	0
1904	44.2	66	57	54	31.5	89	0.43	107	0
1903	45.7	52	57.7	45	33.7	62	3.51	19	0
1902	43.1	81	54.4	75	31.8	86	2.49	39	0
1901	48.1	28	59.5	28	36.7	27	1.86	52	0
1900	49.8	15	60	23	39.5	7	3.81	17	0
1899	43.6	75	57.1	52	30	100	0.43	107	0
1898	45.6	55	57.5	46	33.6	64	1.66	64	0
1897	45.3	56	55.7	62	35	47	0.69	99	0
1896	45.7	52	57.5	46	34	59	1.67	61	0
1895	50.7	8	63.2	10	38.2	12	1.53	73	0
1894	48.4	25	59.7	26	37.1	19	4.24	10	0
1893	40.1	105	50.6	101	29.6	102	1.05	88	0
1892	40.4	103	49.6	110	31.3	90	4.04	14	0
1891	47.1	39	58.2	41	35.9	37	2.74	37	0
1890	46.7	42	58.6	35	34.8	49	1.55	71	0
1889	49.8	15	60.7	22	38.8	10	4.22	11	0
1888	49.3	19	64.1	6	34.5	52	0.41	109	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1946	54.1
1915	52.8
1930	52.6
1910	51.7
2012	51.5
1943	51.5
1952	51.2
1969	50.7
1925	50.7
1895	50.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1920	34.6
2013	37.8
1907	38.4
1953	38.5
1997	38.8
1909	38.8
1950	39
2018	39.5
1917	39.7
1893	40.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	6.47
1963	5.12
1970	4.80
2000	4.71
1971	4.71
1927	4.49
1958	4.43
2024	4.36
1920	4.27
1894	4.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	0.30
1926	0.32
1924	0.34
1931	0.36
1921	0.36
1913	0.39
1888	0.41
1904	0.43
1899	0.43
1952	0.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 7 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.19 in; 24 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 0.87 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest April since 2004, 23rd driest of 115.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 91°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 24°F on Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 0.19 in on Friday 24 April 2026.