Rapid City Downtown, SD: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 39°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest February since 1954 (1973 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 1974 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 1975 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 20 more years excluded for missing days), 2nd warmest of 115.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 39°F; Warmest since 1954; 2nd warmest of 115
Precipitation: 0.05 in; Driest since 1999; 3rd driest of 116

The mean temperature of every February in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 39°F in 2026; the highest is 42.6°F, in 1954.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	39	2	50.9	2	27.1	3	0.05	114	0
2025	17.9	102	28.1	105	7.6	98	0.35	68	0
2024	34.8	10	44.7	19	24.9	8	0.96	10	0
2023	31.4	27	43	27	19.8	29	0.51	41	0
2022	26.3	59	38.4	50	14.2	66	0.35	68	0
2021	15.7	109	24.2	112	7.3	101	0.55	36	0
2020	29.4	34	39.2	44	19.6	31	1.54	3	0
2019	9.9	113	17.9	115	2	112	0.71	26	0
2018	16.3	108	27.1	107	5.4	106	0.93	14	0
2017	33.7	18	44.4	23	22.9	14	0.44	53	0
2016	38.4	3	48.1	5	28.8	2	0.64	30	0
2015	29.3	36	41.1	31	17.5	44	0.40	65	0
2014	19.3	95	29.8	98	8.8	94	0.25	84	0
2013	31.5	26	41	32	22	19	0.26	82	0
2012	28	49	38.4	50	17.6	42	0.41	60	0
2011	21.9	81	32.8	83	11	83	1.16	5	0
2010	21.2	85	30.1	97	12.4	75	0.32	75	0
2009	29	41	38.7	48	19.2	32	0.53	39	0
2008	26.4	56	37.7	56	15.2	58	0.47	44	0
2007	21.9	81	32.4	84	11.4	79	0.62	33	0
2006	27.3	53	37.3	58	17.4	47	0.21	95	0
2005	34.7	13	44.8	18	24.3	10	0.18	97	1
2004	28.5	45	39.1	45	17.9	39	0.89	17	0
2003	23.3	74	33	79	13.5	71	0.55	36	0
2002	33.1	19	44.2	24	22.1	18	0.17	99	0
2001	17.8	103	26.1	110	9.5	91	0.78	23	0
2000	34.8	10	46	9	23.9	12	0.33	73	1
1999	38.3	4	50.3	3	26.3	6	0.03	115	0
1998	35.4	8	44	25	26.9	4	0.37	67	0
1997	29.3	36	37.6	57	21.3	24	0.78	23	1
1996	29.1	40	40.6	35	17.6	42	0.12	111	0
1972	28.1	48	40.3	37	15.8	55	0.41	60	0
1971	25.2	67	34.2	75	16.1	54	0.85	19	0
1970	33.8	17	44.9	15	22.6	15	0.65	29	0
1969	27.4	52	36.9	63	17.9	39	0.84	20	0
1968	29.3	36	40.2	38	18.5	35	0.46	47	0
1967	29.2	39	40.9	33	17.5	44	0.92	15	0
1966	22.5	78	32.9	81	12.1	77	1.00	6	0
1965	28.6	43	42.5	28	14.7	62	0.28	78	0
1964	30.5	29	40.4	36	20.6	25	0.76	25	0
1963	33.1	19	44.5	22	21.8	20	0.98	9	0
1962	25.9	61	36.6	66	15.2	58	0.82	21	0
1961	35.5	7	47.3	7	23.7	13	0.27	79	0
1960	20.4	89	29.5	101	11.4	79	0.91	16	0
1959	22.8	77	33.7	76	12	78	0.62	33	0
1958	23.3	74	32.4	84	14.3	65	0.46	47	0
1957	29.9	31	42.3	29	17.5	44	0.27	79	0
1956	26.3	59	38	53	14.6	63	0.35	68	0
1955	21.6	84	32.9	81	10.2	87	0.99	8	0
1954	42.6	1	55	1	30.1	1	0.46	47	0
1953	29.4	34	38.9	46	19.9	28	1.99	1	0
1952	30.1	30	39.7	42	20.4	26	0.81	22	0
1951	30.7	28	44.9	15	16.5	53	0.24	85	0
1950	31.8	24	44.6	21	19	33	0.15	104	0
1949	18.9	98	32.4	84	5.4	106	0.17	99	0
1948	22.1	80	33	79	11.1	82	0.63	32	0
1947	21.7	83	33.2	78	10.3	85	0.38	66	0
1946	34.4	14	47	8	21.8	20	0.14	106	0
1945	25.6	65	35.6	67	15.6	56	0.43	57	0
1944	24.2	71	35	70	13.5	71	0.43	57	0
1943	34	16	45.6	11	22.5	17	0.26	82	0
1942	23	76	32.3	87	13.6	69	0.44	53	0
1941	27.8	50	38.7	48	16.9	50	0.08	113	0
1940	27.6	51	37.1	61	18.2	37	0.23	90	0
1939	16.9	106	28.6	103	5.1	108	0.35	68	0
1938	26.5	55	37.9	54	15.1	60	0.20	96	0
1937	23.5	73	35.6	67	11.4	79	0.24	85	0
1936	1.4	115	12	116	-9.2	115	0.59	35	0
1935	34.9	9	45.5	13	24.4	9	0.50	42	0
1934	31.8	24	44.9	15	18.6	34	0.41	60	0
1933	20.4	89	31.7	89	9.1	92	0.35	68	0
1932	29.7	33	41.3	30	18	38	0.24	85	0
1931	36.3	6	47.6	6	25	7	0.13	110	0
1930	37.9	5	49	4	26.7	5	0.18	97	0
1929	14.9	110	24.7	111	5.1	108	0.49	43	0
1928			40.7	34			0.22	92	3
1927	28.9	42	39.9	41	17.9	39	0.22	92	0
1926	34.8	10	45.5	13	24.1	11	0.16	103	0
1925	32.4	22	43.3	26	21.6	22	0.15	104	0
1924	29.9	31	40.2	38	19.7	30	0.96	10	0
1923	20.9	87	33.7	76	8.1	96	0.14	106	0
1922	14.8	111	26.4	109	3.1	111	0.44	53	0
1921	34.1	15	45.6	11	22.6	15	0.23	90	0
1920	26.8	54	36.7	65	16.9	50	0.64	30	0
1919	19.2	96	28.5	104	9.9	89	0.55	36	0
1918	24.7	69	37.2	60	12.2	76	0.45	51	0
1917	19.8	93	32.3	87	7.4	100	0.33	73	0
1916	25.8	63	38.3	52	13.4	74	0.44	53	0
1915	28.5	45	37.1	61	20	27	0.95	12	0
1914	17.6	104	29.4	102	5.8	105	0.95	12	0
1913	16.7	107	27.1	107	6.3	104	0.41	60	0
1912	25.9	61	34.8	73	17.1	48	0.71	26	0
1911	25.8	63	37.9	54	13.6	69	0.43	57	0
1910	19.4	94	30.9	92	8	97	0.14	106	0
1909	26.4	56	37.3	58	15.6	56	0.31	77	0
1908	25.5	66	36.9	63	14	67	0.12	111	0
1907	28.6	43	40.2	38	17	49	0.47	44	0
1906	26.4	56	38.8	47	14	67	0.32	75	0
1905	18.4	100	30.5	95	6.4	103	0.02	116	0
1904	18	101	30.9	92	5	110	1.00	6	0
1903	18.5	99	29.6	99	7.5	99	0.47	44	0
1902	24.7	69	34.3	74	15	61	0.14	106	0
1901	20.5	88	30.8	94	10.3	85	0.53	39	0
1900	20.1	91	30.4	96	9.8	90	0.17	99	0
1899	9.3	114	19.8	114	-1.2	114	0.41	60	0
1898	32.2	23	45.9	10	18.5	35	0.24	85	0
1897	24.8	68	35.3	69	14.4	64	0.46	47	0
1896	33.1	19	44.7	19	21.4	23	0.22	92	0
1895	19.1	97	29.6	99	8.6	95	0.27	79	0
1894	20	92	31.1	91	8.9	93	0.17	99	0
1893	17	105	27.5	106	6.6	102	0.45	51	0
1892	24.2	71	34.9	71	13.5	71	0.24	85	0
1891	12.4	112	23.3	113	1.6	113	0.87	18	0
1890	22.5	78	34.9	71	10.1	88	0.66	28	0
1889	21	86	31.2	90	10.8	84	1.39	4	0
1888	28.3	47	39.7	42	16.9	50	1.62	2	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	42.6
2026	39
2016	38.4
1999	38.3
1930	37.9
1931	36.3
1961	35.5
1998	35.4
1935	34.9
2024	34.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	1.4
1899	9.3
2019	9.9
1891	12.4
1922	14.8
1929	14.9
2021	15.7
2018	16.3
1913	16.7
1939	16.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	1.99
1888	1.62
2020	1.54
1889	1.39
2011	1.16
1966	1.00
1904	1.00
1955	0.99
1963	0.98
2024	0.96
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1905	0.02
1999	0.03
2026	0.05
1941	0.08
1996	0.12
1908	0.12
1931	0.13
1946	0.14
1923	0.14
1910	0.14
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 5 February 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 20 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.03 in; 25 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.05 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest February since 1999, 3rd driest of 116.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 69°F on Thursday 5 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 3°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 0.03 in on Wednesday 25 February 2026.