Rapid City Downtown, SD: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 50.8°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest spring since 2012, 3rd warmest of 115.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 50.8°F; Warmest since 2012; 3rd warmest of 115
Precipitation: 4.48 in; Driest since 2022; 26th driest of 115

The mean temperature of every spring in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1888: 50.8°F in 2026; the highest is 52.6°F, in 2012.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	50.8	3	63.1	3	38.6	2	4.48	90	0
2025	48.9	6	59.8	8	38	7	5.71	65	0
2024	46.9	22	57.3	32	36.4	16	7.67	37	0
2023	43.9	73	54.5	74	33.2	68	8.04	34	0
2022	44.3	62	55.3	65	33.3	67	3.40	108	0
2021	46.6	26	57.2	34	36	20	4.73	84	0
2020	45.1	51	56.1	49	34.1	54	5.05	75	0
2019	41	106	50	109	32.1	88	12.17	3	0
2018	44.7	55	55.2	67	34.3	48	8.75	27	0
2017	47.7	14	58.5	19	36.9	11	3.84	99	0
2016	48.8	7	59.4	11	38.2	5	3.75	101	0
2015	48	13	58.8	18	37.2	8	8.81	24	0
2014	43.9	73	54.6	73	33.2	68	4.67	85	0
2013	43.2	83	53.9	85	32.5	82	8.04	34	0
2012	52.6	1	64.9	1	40.4	1	4.49	89	0
2011	41.8	100	51.4	106	32.3	86	11.22	6	0
2010	45.7	41	56.1	49	35.4	28	8.81	24	0
2009	43.6	78	54.4	77	32.7	77	7.70	36	0
2008	43	87	53.4	88	32.5	82	11.70	4	0
2007	48.7	8	59.3	13	38.1	6	6.59	52	0
2006	46.7	25	56.9	35	36.5	15	6.98	47	0
2005	46.2	33	56.7	40	35.8	24	7.08	44	0
2004	48.3	9	59.5	10	37	10	4.64	86	0
2003	45.4	46	56.3	43	34.7	39	6.41	55	1
2002	39.3	112	49.9	110	28.7	112	6.03	61	0
2001	46.4	30	56.2	45	36.6	13	5.57	68	0
2000	47.4	18	58.5	19	36.2	18	8.89	23	2
1999	44.6	58	54.9	68	34.5	44	7.49	40	6
1998	44.2	67	54.2	82	34.3	48	5.02	77	0
1997	43.2	83	53.9	85	32.6	80	8.44	30	0
1996	39.8	108	49.1	113	30.5	102	10.69	9	1
1972									50
1971	45.2	48	56.3	43	34.3	48	9.62	16	1
1970	42.9	88	52.9	95	33	73	9.79	13	0
1969	46.8	23	59	17	34.5	44	4.74	83	0
1968	46.5	27	58.1	26	35	33	4.09	97	0
1967	44.7	55	55.6	60	33.7	59	8.57	29	1
1966	45.9	39	58.2	23	33.6	62	5.31	72	0
1965	41.9	98	52.8	97	31	99	9.30	20	0
1964	46.1	35	56.8	38	35.4	28	4.81	80	0
1963	48.2	12	59.3	13	37.1	9	9.48	19	0
1962	46.1	35	57.4	30	34.8	38	11.04	7	0
1961	47.1	20	58.3	22	35.9	22	3.71	103	0
1960	44.6	58	56.1	49	33.1	71	4.01	98	0
1959	45.7	41	56.8	38	34.7	39	6.04	60	1
1958	45.6	43	55.7	57	35.4	28	6.41	55	1
1957	43.6	78	52.9	95	34.3	48	11.35	5	0
1956	45.1	51	56.2	45	33.6	62	5.89	64	2
1955	47	21	59.4	11	34.6	42	4.17	96	0
1954	43.3	82	54.5	74	32.1	88	4.58	87	0
1953	43.6	78	54	83	33.2	68	5.95	62	1
1952	45.4	46	56.5	42	34.3	48	5.50	69	0
1951	42	97	53.9	85	30	107	4.28	92	0
1950	39.1	113	49.6	111	28.5	113	6.75	50	1
1949	46.5	27	58.2	23	34.9	35	4.26	94	0
1948	44.4	60	56.2	45	32.7	77	4.27	93	0
1947	42.6	91	53.1	91	32.1	88	3.67	105	0
1946	49.7	4	60.9	5	38.5	3	9.95	12	0
1945	43.7	77	54.4	77	33	73	6.85	49	0
1944	42.1	95	51.8	102	32.4	85	5.90	63	0
1943	43.2	83	54.8	70	31.7	93	5.15	74	0
1942	45.6	43	55.6	60	35.5	27	9.54	18	0
1941	46	37	56.2	45	35.8	24	8.26	31	0
1940	44.4	60	54.3	79	34.5	44	4.51	88	0
1939	48.3	9	59.6	9	36.9	11	2.62	110	0
1938	46.5	27	56.9	35	36.2	18	7.14	42	0
1937	44.3	62	54.7	71	33.9	55	4.93	79	0
1936	46.2	33	57.7	29	34.7	39	2.12	115	0
1935	41.8	100	51.8	102	31.7	93	10.74	8	0
1934	49.6	5	62.6	4	36.6	13	2.25	114	0
1933	44.1	70	54.3	79	33.9	55	10.65	10	0
1932	44.2	67	54.5	74	33.8	58	9.64	15	0
1931	44.3	62	56.1	49	32.5	82	2.57	112	1
1930	45.9	39	56.9	35	34.9	35	3.56	107	0
1929	44.3	62	55.3	65	33.4	66	10.38	11	0
1928	46	37	57.4	30	34.6	42	3.75	101	0
1927	42.7	89	52.4	100	32.9	75	12.25	2	0
1926	46.4	30	58	27	34.9	35	8.61	28	0
1925	47.6	16	59.2	16	36	20	6.63	51	0
1924	39.8	108	50.3	108	29.3	110	2.60	111	0
1923	42.1	95	54	83	30.2	104	6.21	57	0
1922	44.9	53	55.5	64	34.3	48	7.05	45	0
1921	45.5	45	57.3	32	33.6	62	3.02	109	0
1920	39.7	111	49.6	111	29.8	108	12.99	1	0
1919	44.3	62	55.7	57	32.9	75	5.64	67	0
1918	46.4	30	57.8	28	35	33	7.67	37	0
1917	38.7	115	48.9	114	28.5	113	9.56	17	0
1916	44.2	67	55.6	60	32.7	77	7.01	46	0
1915	42.7	89	51.7	105	33.7	59	7.09	43	0
1914	44.8	54	55.7	57	33.9	55	3.81	100	0
1913	42.2	94	53.3	89	31.1	98	5.00	78	0
1912	41.3	102	52.1	101	30.5	102	5.05	75	0
1911	47.7	14	60.2	6	35.1	32	2.28	113	0
1910	51	2	63.6	2	38.4	4	5.23	73	0
1909	41.3	102	52.5	98	30.1	105	5.67	66	0
1908	44	72	55.8	56	32.2	87	7.38	41	0
1907	41.3	102	52.5	98	30.1	105	9.02	22	0
1906	41.9	98	53	94	30.7	101	6.47	53	0
1905	43.9	73	54.3	79	33.5	65	9.20	21	0
1904	43.9	73	55.9	55	32	91	4.33	91	0
1903	43.4	81	54.9	68	31.9	92	7.55	39	0
1902	45.2	48	56	54	34.4	47	8.80	26	0
1901	47.6	16	59.3	13	35.8	24	4.79	81	0
1900	48.3	9	60.1	7	36.4	16	4.79	81	0
1899	39.1	113	51	107	27.3	115	8.13	33	0
1898	42.3	92	53.1	91	31.5	96	5.43	70	0
1897	44.1	70	55.6	60	32.6	80	4.20	95	0
1896	43.2	83	54.7	71	31.6	95	3.62	106	0
1895	45.2	48	56.7	40	33.7	59	6.14	58	0
1894	46.8	23	58.2	23	35.3	31	6.14	58	0
1893	40.6	107	51.8	102	29.4	109	3.70	104	0
1892	39.8	108	48.8	115	30.8	100	9.71	14	0
1891	42.3	92	53.1	91	31.5	96	6.42	54	0
1890	44.7	55	56.1	49	33.1	71	5.41	71	1
1889	47.2	19	58.4	21	35.9	22	6.97	48	0
1888	41.2	105	53.2	90	29.2	111	8.18	32	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	52.6
1910	51
2026	50.8
1946	49.7
1934	49.6
2025	48.9
2016	48.8
2007	48.7
2004	48.3
1939	48.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	38.7
1950	39.1
1899	39.1
2002	39.3
1920	39.7
1996	39.8
1924	39.8
1892	39.8
1893	40.6
2019	41

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1920	12.99
1927	12.25
2019	12.17
2008	11.70
1957	11.35
2011	11.22
1962	11.04
1935	10.74
1996	10.69
1933	10.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	2.12
1934	2.25
1911	2.28
1931	2.57
1924	2.60
1939	2.62
1921	3.02
2022	3.40
1930	3.56
1896	3.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 26 May 2026, 13 May 2026, 11 May 2026, 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 15 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.83 in; 30 May 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 4.48 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest spring since 2022, 26th driest of 115.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 91°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026, Wednesday 13 May 2026, Monday 11 May 2026 and 1 other day.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of 9°F on Sunday 15 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 1.83 in on Saturday 30 May 2026.