Rapid City Downtown, SD: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 80.7°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest July since 1936 (1972 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1973 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1974 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 21 more years excluded for missing days), 2nd warmest of 115.

July 2026

Mean temperature: 80.7°F; Warmest since 1936; 2nd warmest of 115
Precipitation: 1.43 in; Driest since 2024; 34th driest of 115

The mean temperature of every July in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 80.7°F in 2026; the highest is 82.4°F, in 1936.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	80.7	2	94.5	2	66.9	2	1.43	82	0
2025	72.5	61	83.5	74	61.5	42	5.13	7	0
2024	76.7	18	89.3	22	64.1	14	1.04	96	0
2023	72.9	55	83.8	71	61.9	32	1.60	72	0
2022	76.9	17	90.1	16	63.7	16	4.59	12	0
2021	77.5	9	90.5	10	64.5	10	2.01	51	0
2020	74	37	86.1	45	61.9	32	3.35	24	0
2019	70.9	84	80.9	98	60.8	54	6.50	3	0
2018	70.9	84	80.8	100	61.1	49	4.90	9	0
2017	78.4	4	92.1	4	64.6	9	1.24	90	0
2016	74	37	86.2	41	61.8	36	2.86	30	0
2015	71.9	70	82.5	85	61.2	48	3.62	19	0
2014	71.1	82	81.4	93	60.7	56	1.42	83	0
2013	73.5	45	85.5	50	61.6	40	2.32	43	0
2012	79.2	3	92.5	3	65.8	3	1.82	59	0
2011	75.3	25	86.5	37	64.2	12	1.18	92	0
2010	71.2	79	82.5	85	59.8	70	1.88	57	0
2009	68.7	106	79.5	108	57.9	95	1.46	79	0
2008	73.1	53	84.9	55	61.4	44	2.63	37	0
2007	78.1	6	90.7	9	65.5	4	1.64	71	0
2006	78.3	5	91.3	6	65.3	5	1.75	65	1
2005	75.6	24	89	23	62.3	27	2.03	50	0
2004	72.7	57	84.7	58	60.8	54	3.34	25	0
2003	77.5	9	90.2	15	64.7	8	0.44	112	0
2002	77	14	89.8	18	64.2	12	2.21	45	0
2001	73.7	40	85.4	53	62	30	2.96	29	0
2000	73.5	45	84.6	61	62.5	25	1.89	55	0
1999	71.4	78	82.7	82	60.4	60	4.92	8	3
1998	73.3	51	83.1	79	63.4	19	2.56	39	0
1997	70.6	89	81.1	97	60	65	2.83	31	0
1996	70.8	88	82.1	91	59.6	75	1.01	97	0
1971	70.6	89	83.5	74	57.6	98	1.22	91	0
1970	75	26	88	28	62	30	1.13	93	0
1969	72.1	67	84.6	61	59.5	76	4.00	17	0
1968	71.6	75	83.5	74	59.7	73	1.55	74	0
1967	71.8	72	84.6	61	59	85	1.53	76	0
1966	77.8	8	90.5	10	65.1	7	6.11	4	0
1965	72.4	65	83.5	74	61.3	46	1.25	89	0
1964	77	14	88.6	25	65.3	5	1.34	86	0
1963	74.3	35	86.5	37	62.2	28	1.94	52	0
1962	69.2	100	79.7	107	58.7	89	5.66	6	0
1961	73.5	45	85.6	49	61.4	44	1.77	64	0
1960	77.2	11	91.2	7	63.2	21	0.54	111	0
1959	73.6	43	87.7	32	59.5	76	0.97	100	0
1958	67.5	110	78.3	112	56.6	107	4.20	15	0
1957	74.9	28	87.6	33	62.1	29	1.55	74	0
1956	72.5	61	84.7	58	60.3	62	1.89	55	0
1955	76.2	22	90.5	10	61.9	32	2.97	28	0
1954	77.9	7	91.8	5	63.7	16	0.98	98	1
1953	72.5	61	84.4	65	60.6	57	1.75	65	0
1952	73	54	87	35	59.1	83	1.91	54	0
1951	72	68	84.7	58	59.3	81	1.94	52	0
1950	67.4	112	79.4	109	55.5	113	1.80	60	0
1949	74.4	34	89	23	59.8	70	2.71	35	0
1948	71.9	70	83.9	69	59.8	70	2.10	47	0
1947	73.7	40	86.1	45	61.3	46	0.57	110	0
1946	73.5	45	85.5	50	61.6	40	3.83	18	0
1945	72.4	65	84.6	61	60.2	63	1.68	69	0
1944	69.6	96	81.2	96	58.1	93	3.18	26	0
1943	74	37	86.9	36	61	52	2.41	40	0
1942	72	68	84.2	66	59.7	73	1.79	62	0
1941	73.7	40	84.9	55	62.5	25	1.11	94	0
1940	77	14	89.6	19	64.3	11	0.69	105	0
1939	77.2	11	90.9	8	63.6	18	1.78	63	0
1938	73.6	43	86.1	45	61.1	49	1.56	73	0
1937	74.5	31	86.5	37	62.6	24	3.45	22	0
1936	82.4	1	96.8	1	68.1	1	0.27	114	0
1935	77.2	11	90.3	14	64.1	14	0.90	103	0
1934	76.7	18	90.5	10	62.8	23	0.59	109	0
1933	76.5	20	89.6	19	63.4	19	2.05	49	0
1932	73.4	49	86.2	41	60.5	59	2.73	34	0
1931	75	26	88.3	26	61.7	37	1.42	83	0
1930	75.9	23	89.9	17	61.9	32	0.92	102	0
1929	72.7	57	85.4	53	60	65	3.53	21	0
1928	69.9	93	80.6	105	59.2	82	2.80	32	0
1927	68.3	109	79.2	110	57.3	100	2.75	33	0
1926	71.2	79	82.5	85	60	65	3.09	27	0
1925	70.9	84	82.7	82	59.1	83	2.58	38	0
1924	69.5	98	82.5	85	56.6	107	2.33	41	0
1923	72.7	57	83.7	72	61.7	37	2.25	44	0
1922	67.5	110	79.1	111	55.9	112	4.33	14	0
1921	72.9	55	85.8	48	60	65	1.65	70	0
1920	70.6	89	81.8	92	59.4	79	1.46	79	0
1919	74.5	31	87.4	34	61.5	42	2.33	41	0
1918	68.9	103	79.9	106	57.9	95	4.12	16	0
1917	74.6	30	88.2	27	61	52	0.98	98	0
1916	74.8	29	87.9	30	61.7	37	1.42	83	0
1915	63.7	115	73.5	115	54	115	4.62	11	0
1914	74.2	36	88	28	60.4	60	2.17	46	0
1913	68.8	104	81.3	95	56.2	110	0.62	108	0
1912	69	102	80.8	100	57.3	100	6.64	2	0
1911	69.9	93	83.1	79	56.7	106	0.68	106	0
1910	73.3	51	86.5	37	60.2	63	5.76	5	0
1909	70.9	84	83.3	78	58.5	91	1.80	60	0
1908	70.4	92	82.3	90	58.5	91	1.26	88	0
1907	67.4	112	77.7	113	57.1	103	2.64	36	0
1906	69.6	96	82.4	89	56.8	105	1.08	95	0
1905	66.7	114	76.3	114	57	104	9.66	1	0
1904	68.5	107	81.4	93	55.5	113	1.84	58	0
1903	69.1	101	80.8	100	57.5	99	3.37	23	0
1902	68.8	104	80.9	98	56.6	107	3.59	20	0
1901	76.3	21	89.6	19	63	22	4.83	10	0
1900	71.5	76	84	68	59	85	1.45	81	0
1899	71.8	72	84.9	55	58.7	89	0.96	101	0
1898	72.5	61	85.5	50	59.5	76	1.50	78	0
1897	71	83	83.9	69	58.1	93	0.71	104	0
1896	71.7	74	83.6	73	59.9	69	1.73	67	0
1895	69.9	93	82.7	82	57.2	102	0.39	113	0
1894	73.4	49	86.2	41	60.6	57	1.31	87	0
1893	72.6	60	86.2	41	59	85	1.51	77	0
1892	71.5	76	84.2	66	58.8	88	0.67	107	0
1891	68.4	108	80.7	104	56	111	2.09	48	0
1890	74.5	31	87.9	30	61.1	49	0.13	115	0
1889	69.3	99	80.8	100	57.8	97	4.52	13	0
1888	71.2	79	83.1	79	59.4	79	1.69	68	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	82.4
2026	80.7
2012	79.2
2017	78.4
2006	78.3
2007	78.1
1954	77.9
1966	77.8
2021	77.5
2003	77.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	63.7
1905	66.7
1950	67.4
1907	67.4
1958	67.5
1922	67.5
1927	68.3
1891	68.4
1904	68.5
2009	68.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1905	9.66
1912	6.64
2019	6.50
1966	6.11
1910	5.76
1962	5.66
2025	5.13
1999	4.92
2018	4.90
1901	4.83

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	0.13
1936	0.27
1895	0.39
2003	0.44
1960	0.54
1947	0.57
1934	0.59
1913	0.62
1892	0.67
1911	0.68

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 110°F; 25 July 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 2 July 2026
Wettest day: 0.54 in; 29 July 2026

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July 2026 brought 1.43 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest July since 2024, 34th driest of 115.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 110°F on Saturday 25 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 59°F on Thursday 2 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 0.54 in on Wednesday 29 July 2026.