Rapid City Downtown, SD: Fall

9 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 66.9°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest 1 September to 9 October since 2024, 4th warmest of 115.

Fall 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 66.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 4th warmest of 115
Precipitation: 1.57 in; Wettest since 2025; 52nd wettest of 115

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 9 October in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 66.9°F in 2026; the highest is 69.6°F, in 2024.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September 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	66.9	4	77.7	10	56.1	1	1.57	52	0
2025	65.8	6	77.8	8	53.8	5	2.15	27	0
2024	69.6	1	84	1	55.2	2	0.84	85	0
2023	63.9	14	75.1	26	52.6	10	2.13	29	0
2022	65.3	7	76.8	18	53.8	5	1.17	72	0
2021	67	3	79.9	4	54.1	4	1.33	61	0
2020	61.8	33	74.2	38	49.5	22	1.22	69	0
2019	59.5	64	70.4	80	48.6	40	2.73	17	0
2018	57.1	94	67.4	104	46.8	68	1.82	40	0
2017	59.5	64	69.9	85	49.1	30	2.29	25	0
2016	60.9	45	72	64	49.7	21	1.14	74	0
2015	64.2	11	75.3	23	53.1	8	0.92	82	0
2014	58.8	72	69.7	88	47.9	50	4.98	5	0
2013	62.5	26	73.5	47	51.4	15	4.09	6	0
2012	61.3	38	73.6	45	49.1	30	0.03	115	0
2011	62.7	24	74.5	33	50.9	16	1.51	54	0
2010	61	43	73.9	41	48.1	47	1.88	39	1
2009	57.6	88	68.7	95	46.5	70	3.24	9	0
2008	60	55	71.4	70	48.6	40	1.37	58	0
2007	61.5	35	74	40	49	33	0.70	93	0
2006	57	95	66.7	108	47.3	61	2.10	30	0
2005	61.6	34	73.8	43	49.3	26	1.62	49	0
2004	61	43	73	56	49	33	2.34	23	0
2003	61.2	39	73	56	49.2	28	1.44	57	1
2002	58.1	82	68.8	94	47.5	57	3.13	12	0
2001	60.4	53	72.1	62	48.8	38	1.30	65	0
2000	58.9	70	71	74	46.9	64	1.19	70	0
1999	55.5	109	66.6	110	44.4	100	1.46	55	0
1998	63.2	18	74.3	36	52.2	11	5.51	3	0
1997	63.7	15	75.2	25	52.2	11	1.46	55	0
1996	57.4	90	68.1	99	46.7	69	2.47	22	0
1971	58.3	76	70.7	76	46	79	2.79	16	0
1970	60	55	73.2	53	46.9	64	2.04	33	0
1969	62.9	22	76.5	19	49.4	23	1.31	64	0
1968	59.8	59	73.3	51	46.4	74	0.83	86	0
1967	62.9	22	74.9	30	50.8	17	1.59	50	0
1966	60.9	45	73.5	47	48.4	43	3.10	13	0
1965	52.4	114	63.8	114	41.1	115	1.52	53	0
1964	58.2	80	72	64	44.4	100	0.99	77	0
1963	67.7	2	80.5	2	54.8	3	1.78	43	0
1962	60.5	52	73.5	47	46.9	64	2.28	26	1
1961	55.4	110	68.1	99	42.8	111	1.10	75	0
1960	64.1	12	77.7	10	50.6	18	0.74	91	0
1959	56.2	101	68.3	97	44.1	104	2.92	14	0
1958	62.5	26	76.9	16	48.2	46	0.11	113	0
1957	58.5	74	70.8	75	46.2	76	0.79	88	0
1956	63	21	77.1	12	48.9	35	0.47	98	0
1955	61.4	37	74.5	33	48.3	44	2.49	21	0
1954	60.8	49	73.3	51	48.3	44	0.26	107	0
1953	62.5	26	76.9	16	48.1	47	0.24	108	0
1952	63.3	17	77.8	8	48.9	35	0.12	112	0
1951	56.8	97	68.1	99	45.7	84	3.20	10	1
1950	56.2	101	67.7	103	44.8	93	1.64	46	0
1949	58.3	76	71.4	70	45.1	90	2.06	32	0
1948	63.1	20	77.1	12	49.1	30	1.16	73	0
1947	62.6	25	75.8	21	49.4	23	0.59	95	0
1946	57.4	90	68.9	93	45.9	80	5.80	2	0
1945	57.9	83	69.9	85	45.9	80	1.64	46	0
1944	58.3	76	71.2	72	45.3	88	0.77	89	0
1943	60.9	45	75.3	23	46.5	70	0.43	99	0
1942	58.4	75	70.4	80	46.5	70	1.30	65	0
1941	56.2	101	67.9	102	44.5	97	1.82	40	0
1940	64	13	75.9	20	52.1	13	1.98	35	0
1939	62.2	30	75.1	26	49.2	28	1.94	36	0
1938	65.2	8	77.1	12	53.4	7	1.37	58	0
1937	62.1	31	74.9	30	49.3	26	0.73	92	0
1936	62.4	29	75	29	49.9	20	0.60	94	0
1935	60.8	49	74.3	36	47.4	59	0.16	110	0
1934	56.5	98	70.4	80	42.6	113	0.40	101	0
1933	63.2	18	77	15	49.4	23	0.11	113	0
1932	57.8	84	70.5	78	45.1	90	1.19	70	0
1931	65.2	8	78.5	5	52	14	0.37	103	0
1930	59.8	59	72.2	61	47.4	59	3.53	7	0
1929	54.2	113	64.8	113	43.6	107	2.03	34	0
1928	58.8	72	72	64	45.6	86	1.72	45	0
1927	55.8	107	67.2	105	44.4	100	2.52	20	0
1926	56.3	100	69.7	88	42.9	110	1.23	68	0
1925	56.4	99	67.1	106	45.8	83	1.32	63	0
1924	57.2	93	69.9	85	44.5	97	1.92	38	0
1923	59.2	68	70.5	78	47.9	50	5.37	4	0
1922	63.4	16	78.3	7	48.5	42	0.80	87	0
1921	58.3	76	71.9	67	44.7	95	0.95	80	0
1920	60.9	45	74.7	32	47.1	62	0.99	77	0
1919	59.8	59	71.6	69	47.9	50	3.52	8	0
1918	57	95	68.3	97	45.7	84	2.07	31	0
1917	59.2	68	73.2	53	45.2	89	1.06	76	0
1916	56	104	69.2	92	42.8	111	0.34	106	0
1915	55.2	111	66.5	111	43.8	105	2.30	24	0
1914	61.1	40	74.2	38	47.9	50	1.59	50	0
1913	57.8	84	69.5	90	46.1	77	6.35	1	0
1912	52.4	114	63.3	115	41.5	114	0.97	79	0
1911	59.3	67	70.6	77	48	49	1.35	60	0
1910	59.9	57	72.1	62	47.6	56	1.79	42	0
1909	60.7	51	73.9	41	47.5	57	2.54	19	0
1908	62.1	31	75.4	22	48.9	35	3.16	11	0
1907	55.9	105	68.4	96	43.5	108	1.77	44	0
1906	61.1	40	73.6	45	48.7	39	1.30	65	0
1905	61.5	35	75.1	26	47.9	50	0.88	83	0
1904	59.6	62	73	56	46.3	75	0.49	97	0
1903	54.5	112	65.8	112	43.3	109	2.83	15	0
1902	57.8	84	71.8	68	43.7	106	0.43	99	0
1901	55.9	105	67	107	44.7	95	1.93	37	0
1900	58.2	80	69.5	90	46.9	64	2.15	27	0
1899	61.1	40	74.4	35	47.7	55	0.87	84	0
1898	57.4	90	70.3	83	44.5	97	1.33	61	0
1897	66.6	5	80.5	2	52.8	9	0.19	109	0
1896	55.8	107	66.7	108	44.8	93	2.58	18	0
1895	60.1	54	73.1	55	47.1	62	0.38	102	0
1894	57.6	88	70.3	83	44.9	92	0.75	90	0
1893	59.6	62	73.4	50	45.9	80	0.58	96	0
1892	64.3	10	78.5	5	50.1	19	0.15	111	0
1891	59.5	64	72.6	59	46.5	70	1.63	48	0
1890	57.7	87	71.2	72	44.2	103	0.93	81	0
1889	58.9	70	72.4	60	45.5	87	0.37	103	0
1888	59.9	57	73.8	43	46.1	77	0.36	105	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	69.6
1963	67.7
2021	67
2026	66.9
1897	66.6
2025	65.8
2022	65.3
1938	65.2
1931	65.2
1892	64.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	52.4
1912	52.4
1929	54.2
1903	54.5
1915	55.2
1961	55.4
1999	55.5
1927	55.8
1896	55.8
1907	55.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1913	6.35
1946	5.80
1998	5.51
1923	5.37
2014	4.98
2013	4.09
1930	3.53
1919	3.52
2009	3.24
1951	3.20

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	0.03
1958	0.11
1933	0.11
1952	0.12
1892	0.15
1935	0.16
1897	0.19
1953	0.24
1954	0.26
1916	0.34

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 4 September 2026, 2 September 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 2 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 20 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 1.57 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the wettest 1 September to 9 October since 2025, 52nd wettest of 115.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 95°F on Friday 4 September 2026 and Wednesday 2 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 46°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 0.75 in on Sunday 20 September 2026.