Rapid City Downtown, SD: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 46°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest March since 2012, 3rd warmest of 116.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 46°F; Warmest since 2012; 3rd warmest of 116
Precipitation: 0.54 in; Driest since 2022; 24th driest of 116

The mean temperature of every March in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 46°F in 2026; the highest is 49.5°F, in 2012.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	3	58.9	3	33.1	3	0.54	92	0
2025	41.7	11	53.1	11	30.3	10	0.73	77	0
2024	35.8	43	46.3	48	25.4	38	0.98	49	0
2023	27.2	99	36.4	104	18.1	94	1.67	17	0
2022	36.6	36	47.7	37	25.5	37	0.30	105	0
2021	41.3	12	52.1	16	30.5	9	1.09	42	0
2020	38.4	25	49.8	29	27	26	0.96	51	0
2019	29.8	86	38.3	96	21.4	70	1.05	44	0
2018	34.1	55	44	67	24.3	46	1.53	22	0
2017	40	17	51.3	20	28.6	18	0.80	72	0
2016	42.7	8	53.8	10	31.6	5	1.05	44	0
2015	44.7	4	57.9	4	31.5	6	0.10	113	0
2014	31.8	74	43.6	69	20.1	82	1.13	38	0
2013	34.3	54	45.7	52	22.9	58	0.69	81	0
2012	49.5	1	63.3	1	35.8	1	0.09	115	0
2011	31.6	76	42	76	21.2	73	0.85	66	0
2010	39.3	20	49.9	28	28.7	17	0.21	109	0
2009	33.8	59	45.6	53	22	67	1.46	23	0
2008	35.1	47	45.8	50	24.5	43	0.88	62	0
2007	44.1	5	55.5	6	32.6	4	0.79	73	0
2006	32.4	70	41.4	80	23.4	55	1.65	19	0
2005	37.8	31	47.7	37	27.8	22	0.77	75	0
2004	41.2	14	52.3	13	30.1	11	0.53	94	0
2003	34.9	49	46.5	44	23.3	57	1.39	25	0
2002	23	113	32.1	115	13.8	111	1.39	25	0
2001	35.2	46	44.5	61	26	31	0.58	87	0
2000	41.3	12	52.4	12	29.7	13	0.95	53	1
1999	36.9	34	48.8	31	25.7	35	1.65	19	2
1998	28.1	95	36.5	103	19.8	83	2.22	6	0
1997	37.6	32	50.3	24	24.9	41	0.18	110	0
1996	25.8	105	34.8	108	16.8	98	0.95	53	0
1972	39.5	19	52.3	13	26.8	27	0.52	95	0
1971	34.1	55	45	60	24	49	1.25	31	1
1970	29.9	85	38.6	93	21.1	76	1.67	17	0
1969	29.8	86	40.2	87	19.4	87	0.93	56	0
1968	42	10	54.7	9	29.3	15	0.28	106	0
1967	36.8	35	47.3	40	26.3	29	0.93	56	0
1966	38	27	50	26	26	31	2.04	7	0
1965	22.2	114	32.6	113	11.8	114	0.35	104	0
1964	31.4	77	42.7	71	20.2	81	0.71	78	0
1963	41.1	16	52.2	15	30	12	1.99	8	0
1962	30	84	40.6	84	19.4	87	1.11	40	0
1961	41.2	14	51.5	18	30.9	8	0.75	76	0
1960	29.4	90	39	90	19.7	84	0.68	82	0
1959	38.9	24	49.1	30	28.6	18	0.66	83	0
1958	30.4	83	38.6	93	22.1	64	0.91	60	0
1957	34.9	49	45.6	53	24.2	47	0.54	92	0
1956	36.2	39	48	36	23.8	52	0.86	65	2
1955	30.9	80	42.3	74	19.6	85	0.88	62	0
1954	28.4	93	39	90	17.8	95	1.99	8	0
1953	39.2	22	50.7	22	27.7	23	1.12	39	0
1952	27.9	96	36.6	101	19.2	89	0.71	78	0
1951	26.6	101	39.1	89	14.1	109	0.81	70	0
1950	26.7	100	36.7	99	16.7	102	2.65	3	0
1949	32	72	41.9	77	22.1	64	0.79	73	0
1948	29.8	86	40.5	86	19.1	90	0.26	107	0
1947	28.2	94	38.1	97	18.3	93	0.44	100	0
1946	43.2	7	55.1	8	31.4	7	1.80	12	0
1945	37.9	28	48.6	34	27.2	25	2.54	4	0
1944	24.6	110	33.5	109	15.7	104	0.81	70	0
1943	25.9	104	38	98	13.9	110	0.92	58	0
1942	35.8	43	45.1	59	26.5	28	0.55	91	0
1941	31.9	73	41.4	80	22.3	62	0.45	98	0
1940	34	57	42.3	74	25.7	35	1.03	46	0
1939	36	42	47	42	25	40	0.84	67	0
1938	39.3	20	50	26	28.6	18	0.83	68	0
1937	30.9	80	41.4	80	20.4	80	1.63	21	0
1936	34.9	49	45.9	49	23.9	51	0.82	69	0
1935	36.2	39	48.5	35	24	49	1.27	30	0
1934	33.9	58	46.5	44	21.3	72	0.64	85	0
1933	36.2	39	47.4	39	25.1	39	1.36	28	0
1932	26	103	36.4	104	15.7	104	0.52	95	0
1931	31.3	78	41.7	78	21	77	1.15	35	0
1930	32.7	69	43.3	70	22.1	64	0.97	50	0
1929	36.5	38	46.8	43	26.3	29	2.69	2	0
1928	37.4	33	48.7	33	26	31	0.89	61	0
1927	34.6	52	45.5	56	23.7	54	2.23	5	0
1926	33.6	62	45.3	58	21.8	68	0.22	108	0
1925	36.6	36	48.8	31	24.4	45	0.56	89	0
1924	24.7	109	32.6	113	16.8	98	1.73	14	0
1923	29	91	41.2	83	16.8	98	1.07	43	0
1922	35.3	45	47.3	40	23.4	55	0.10	113	0
1921	37.9	28	51.5	18	24.2	47	0.16	111	0
1920	32.2	71	43.7	68	20.7	79	0.57	88	0
1919	33.3	67	45.8	50	20.9	78	0.66	83	0
1918	43.4	6	57.1	5	29.7	13	0.70	80	0
1917	27.8	97	38.8	92	16.9	97	0.96	51	0
1916	37.9	28	51.1	21	24.6	42	1.02	47	0
1915	25.4	107	33.3	110	17.4	96	0.87	64	0
1914	35.1	47	46.4	46	23.8	52	0.62	86	0
1913	25.6	106	36.6	101	14.7	108	1.37	27	0
1912	22.2	114	32.9	112	11.6	115	1.19	32	0
1911	42.1	9	55.3	7	28.8	16	0.44	100	0
1910	48.9	2	62.6	2	35.3	2	1.73	14	0
1909	33.5	63	44.5	61	22.4	61	0.09	115	0
1908	32.9	68	44.3	65	21.4	70	1.14	37	0
1907	38.2	26	50.5	23	25.8	34	0.14	112	0
1906	23.2	112	33	111	13.4	112	1.15	35	0
1905	39.2	22	50.2	25	28.3	21	1.00	48	0
1904	33.8	59	46.4	46	21.2	73	0.40	102	0
1903	30.8	82	42.6	72	18.9	91	1.10	41	0
1902	34.5	53	44.4	63	24.5	43	3.34	1	0
1901	33.8	59	45.4	57	22.2	63	0.40	102	0
1900	33.4	65	45.6	53	21.2	73	0.45	98	0
1899	20.7	116	32.1	115	9.3	116	0.94	55	0
1898	28.5	92	40.2	87	16.8	98	0.51	97	0
1897	27.4	98	38.6	93	16.1	103	1.69	16	0
1896	26.1	102	36.7	99	15.5	106	1.35	29	0
1895	31	79	42.5	73	19.5	86	1.95	11	0
1894	33.5	63	44.4	63	22.6	60	1.18	33	0
1893	29.7	89	40.6	84	18.9	91	0.92	58	0
1892	31.8	74	41.7	78	21.8	68	1.18	33	0
1891	25.1	108	34.9	107	15.3	107	1.96	10	0
1890	33.4	65	44.1	66	22.7	59	1.40	24	1
1889	39.7	18	51.8	17	27.7	23	0.56	89	0
1888	24.5	111	36.1	106	12.9	113	1.76	13	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	49.5
1910	48.9
2026	46
2015	44.7
2007	44.1
1918	43.4
1946	43.2
2016	42.7
1911	42.1
1968	42

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	20.7
1965	22.2
1912	22.2
2002	23
1906	23.2
1888	24.5
1944	24.6
1924	24.7
1891	25.1
1915	25.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1902	3.34
1929	2.69
1950	2.65
1945	2.54
1927	2.23
1998	2.22
1966	2.04
1963	1.99
1954	1.99
1891	1.96

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	0.09
1909	0.09
2015	0.10
1922	0.10
1907	0.14
1921	0.16
1997	0.18
2010	0.21
1926	0.22
1948	0.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 15 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.25 in; 10 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.54 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest March since 2022, tied 24th driest of 116 (with 1957).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 85°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 9°F on Sunday 15 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 0.25 in on Tuesday 10 March 2026.