Rapid City Downtown, SD: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 64.8°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2021, 3rd warmest of 114.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 64.8°F; Warmest since 2021; 3rd warmest of 114
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 115, provisional

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 64.8°F in 2026; the highest is 68.9°F, in 1963.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 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	64.8	3	78.3	4	51.2	5	0.00	102	0
2025	61.3	15	73.1	24	49.6	8	0.63	24	0
2024	63.8	5	77.7	6	50	7	0.00	102	0
2023	55.7	43	66.4	52	44.9	34	0.84	16	0
2022	55.8	42	65.2	67	46.4	20	0.48	33	0
2021	65.2	2	77.7	6	52.7	2	0.32	45	0
2020	59.3	23	72.3	28	46.3	21	trace	93	0
2019	47.5	99	58.3	98	36.7	99	0.39	38	0
2018	43.3	110	53.4	112	33.2	110	0.75	18	0
2017	49.4	90	58.2	99	40.7	69	0.67	23	0
2016	53.7	62	65.9	57	41.6	62	0.27	50	0
2015	54.8	50	62.3	85	47.2	15	0.59	27	0
2014	51.1	84	61.6	89	40.7	69	0.16	57	0
2013	48.6	96	57	101	40.2	76	3.14	1	0
2012	45.1	106	54.8	108	35.4	103	trace	93	0
2011	63.2	6	74.2	18	52.1	4	0.70	22	0
2010	60.9	16	74.4	17	47.3	14	0.36	41	0
2009	37.9	114	45.2	115	30.6	113	1.62	5	0
2008	57.1	34	68.4	40	45.8	25	0.07	68	0
2007	55.6	44	67.7	47	43.4	46	0.18	55	0
2006	55.9	41	65.9	57	46	23	0.01	89	0
2005	49.7	89	59.6	96	39.9	81	0.97	12	0
2004	56.7	37	71.6	29	41.8	56	trace	93	0
2003	62.9	7	75.7	11	50.2	6	0.00	102	0
2002	46.1	104	54.8	108	37.4	97	0.56	28	0
2001	53.8	59	65	69	42.7	51	0.62	26	0
2000	41.8	112	52.1	113	31.6	112	0.32	45	0
1999	49.9	88	60.8	91	39.1	88	0.05	77	0
1998	47.9	98	55.3	106	40.6	73	2.96	2	0
1997	62	11	75.4	12	48.6	10	0.35	42	0
1996	53.2	68	65.3	64	41.1	65	0.06	71	0
1971	53.7	62	63.6	81	43.8	40	0.53	29	0
1970	53.4	67	66.3	54	40.4	74	0.32	45	0
1969	52.4	77	63.7	80	41.1	65	0.77	17	0
1968	53.5	65	66.6	50	40.4	74	trace	93	0
1967	58.9	24	69.7	35	48.2	11	0.09	66	0
1966	54.7	51	68.4	40	40.9	68	0.44	36	0
1965	58.9	24	74.6	16	43.3	48	trace	93	0
1964	51.5	82	64.7	72	38.3	91	0.00	102	0
1963	68.9	1	83.2	1	54.6	1	0.00	102	0
1962			65.9	57			1.56	6	1
1961	53.8	59	65.9	57	41.7	57	0.13	61	0
1960	62.2	10	77.2	8	47.2	15	0.00	102	0
1959	45.1	106	55.3	106	34.9	105	0.06	71	0
1958	56.9	36	70.3	33	43.6	43	0.04	79	0
1957	54.1	57	64.4	73	43.7	41	0.15	58	0
1956	59.8	20	74.7	15	45	31	0.00	102	0
1955	57.2	32	70.3	33	44.1	37	0.10	64	0
1954	53.1	69	65	69	41.2	64	0.19	54	0
1953	58.7	26	73.7	20	43.7	41	0.01	89	0
1952	49.1	92	63.6	81	34.6	107	0.00	102	0
1951	56.1	39	66	56	46.1	22	1.13	10	0
1950	47	103	58.8	97	35.2	104	0.30	49	0
1949	54.6	53	65.2	67	43.9	39	0.92	14	0
1948	53.1	69	66.6	50	39.7	82	0.22	53	0
1947	61.8	13	76	10	47.6	13	0.01	89	0
1946	47.3	101	57	101	37.6	96	1.96	4	0
1945	57.1	34	70.7	31	43.6	43	0.00	102	0
1944	48.9	95	61.7	88	36.1	101	0.51	31	0
1943	62	11	78.1	5	45.9	24	0.00	102	0
1942	60.1	18	73.6	21	46.6	18	0.11	62	0
1941	47.4	100	57.8	100	37.1	98	0.73	19	0
1940	55.6	44	66.2	55	45	31	0.71	21	0
1939	51.7	81	61.6	89	41.9	54	1.14	9	0
1938	62.9	7	73.6	21	52.2	3	0.08	67	0
1937	55	47	69.3	37	40.7	69	0.06	71	0
1936	54.7	51	67.8	46	41.7	57	0.04	79	0
1935	52.3	78	65.7	61	39	89	0.04	79	0
1934	59.7	21	74	19	45.4	29	0.02	85	0
1933	58.3	27	73.4	23	43.1	49	trace	93	0
1932	47.2	102	56.8	103	37.7	95	0.94	13	0
1931	57.2	32	69.7	35	44.7	35	0.15	58	0
1930	56	40	64.1	77	47.9	12	2.77	3	0
1929	54.2	56	66.4	52	41.9	54	0.23	52	0
1928	58.3	27	73.1	24	43.6	43	0.00	102	0
1927	45.7	105	56.4	104	34.9	105	0.72	20	0
1926	54.6	53	67.4	48	41.7	57	0.33	44	0
1925	39	113	48.2	114	29.8	114	0.37	39	0
1924	51	85	61.8	87	40.2	76	1.01	11	0
1923	55	47	64.3	75	45.7	27	0.47	34	0
1922	59.9	19	75.2	13	44.7	35	0.05	77	0
1921	54.3	55	68.3	42	40.2	76	0.00	102	0
1920	62.6	9	79.6	2	45.7	27	0.00	102	0
1919	49.1	92	60.3	94	37.9	94	1.25	8	0
1918	58.2	30	71.4	30	45	31	0.01	89	0
1917	55	47	69	38	41	67	0.07	68	0
1916	43.7	109	53.6	111	33.9	109	0.27	50	0
1915	48.2	97	60.6	92	35.8	102	0.46	35	0
1914	53.1	69	63.9	79	42.2	53	0.37	39	0
1913	50.1	87	60.4	93	39.7	82	1.28	7	0
1912	51.2	83	64	78	38.3	91	0.07	68	0
1911	53.9	58	64.8	71	43	50	0.43	37	0
1910	60.8	17	75	14	46.6	18	trace	93	0
1909	58	31	70.6	32	45.4	29	0.88	15	0
1908	52.8	74	65.4	63	40.1	79	0.49	32	0
1907	53.8	59	68.3	42	39.2	85	0.02	85	0
1906	53.7	62	67.9	45	39.4	84	0.14	60	0
1905	58.3	27	72.6	26	44.1	37	0.03	84	0
1904	56.2	38	68.9	39	43.4	46	0.06	71	0
1903	52.9	73	64.3	75	41.6	62	0.04	79	0
1902	52.8	74	66.7	49	39	89	trace	93	0
1901	52.1	80	63.4	83	40.7	69	0.63	24	0
1900	52.3	78	65.3	64	39.2	85	0.06	71	0
1899	55.3	46	68	44	42.6	52	0.04	79	0
1898	44.7	108	55.4	105	34	108	0.06	71	0
1897	59.6	22	72.6	26	46.7	17	0.11	62	0
1896	52.8	74	65.6	62	40	80	trace	93	0
1895	53.1	69	64.4	73	41.7	57	0.02	85	0
1894	49	94	60	95	38	93	0.10	64	0
1893	49.2	91	62.2	86	36.2	100	0.52	30	0
1892	64	4	78.6	3	49.4	9	0.02	85	0
1891	43.3	110	53.9	110	32.8	111	0.31	48	0
1890	51	85	62.8	84	39.2	85	0.18	55	0
1889	61.4	14	77.1	9	45.8	25	0.00	102	0
1888	53.5	65	65.3	64	41.7	57	0.34	43	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	68.9
2021	65.2
2026	64.8
1892	64
2024	63.8
2011	63.2
2003	62.9
1938	62.9
1920	62.6
1960	62.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	37.9
1925	39
2000	41.8
2018	43.3
1891	43.3
1916	43.7
1898	44.7
2012	45.1
1959	45.1
1927	45.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	3.14
1998	2.96
1930	2.77
1946	1.96
2009	1.62
1962	1.56
1913	1.28
1919	1.25
1939	1.14
1951	1.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2003	0.00
1964	0.00
1963	0.00
1960	0.00
1956	0.00
1952	0.00
1945	0.00
1943	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 9 October 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, tying the record for the driest 1 to 9 October, set in 2024, 2003, 1964 and 10 other years, in 115 years since 1888 (1972 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1973 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1974 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 21 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 91°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 46°F on Friday 2 October 2026.