Rapid City Downtown, SD: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 34.6°F in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the warmest winter on record, in 114 years since 1889 (winter 1973 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; winter 1974 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; winter 1975 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; 21 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 34.6°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 114, provisional
Precipitation: 0.60 in; Driest since 2006; 12th driest of 114

The mean temperature of every winter in Rapid City Downtown, SD since 1889: 34.6°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	34.6	1	46.7	1	22.4	4	0.60	102	0
2025	25.4	67	35.6	75	15.2	60	1.15	61	0
2024	31.7	7	41.5	12	21.8	7	1.32	47	0
2023	27.7	40	37.7	53	17.7	29	1.87	18	0
2022	28.4	31	40.3	21	16.4	45	1.08	67	0
2021	28.1	35	37	58	19.2	20	0.91	88	0
2020	30.3	18	39.8	29	20.8	10	1.77	20	0
2019	23.2	88	31.9	102	14.5	70	2.23	7	0
2018	23.5	87	34.2	86	12.7	89	1.49	33	0
2017	25.1	74	34.1	88	16.1	48	1.61	28	0
2016	31.9	6	41	17	22.9	2	1.54	31	0
2015	30.5	16	41.1	16	19.9	16	0.93	81	0
2014	22.9	92	34.2	86	11.7	98	1.05	70	0
2013	28.8	29	38.5	41	19.1	21	0.90	89	0
2012	30.2	19	40.6	19	19.8	17	0.98	76	0
2011	23	89	33.1	95	12.8	86	2.09	10	0
2010	21.3	105	29.7	112	12.8	86	1.18	58	0
2009	25.2	71	36	72	14.3	72	1.45	37	0
2008	25.2	71	35.6	75	14.8	64	1.10	65	0
2007	27.2	50	37.6	54	16.8	41	0.77	94	0
2006	30.9	13	40	26	21.9	6	0.47	110	0
2005	29.4	21	40	26	18.7	23	0.62	101	1
2004	28.4	31	38	48	18.7	23	1.29	50	0
2003	29.2	24	39.4	32	19	22	1.24	55	0
2002	31.5	9	41.5	12	21.4	9	0.27	114	1
2001	23	89	32.4	99	13.5	79	1.40	38	0
2000	32.9	3	43.3	5	22.7	3	1.11	63	1
1999	31.1	12	42.3	9	20	15	0.43	111	1
1998	30.7	15	39.8	29	21.7	8	0.92	84	0
1997	22.5	96	32.4	99	13	84	1.91	16	3
1996									33
1972	24.7	77	37	58	12.4	92	0.86	90	0
1971	23.7	84	33.5	93	13.9	77	2.73	2	0
1970	27.9	38	38.5	41	17.2	34	2.20	8	1
1969	21.9	101	31.4	104	12.3	93	1.82	19	0
1968	27.1	51	38	48	16.3	46	1.94	15	0
1967	29.4	21	40.4	20	18.5	26	2.01	13	0
1966	24.9	76	35.6	75	14.1	74	1.46	34	0
1965	27	52	39.2	37	14.7	68	1.89	17	0
1964	28.9	28	39.2	37	18.6	25	1.39	40	0
1963	26.9	53	38.5	41	15.3	57	2.02	12	0
1962	24.5	78	35.5	79	13.4	80	1.68	26	0
1961	31.2	11	42.4	7	20.1	13	1.26	53	1
1960	27.9	38	37.5	55	18.2	27	1.32	47	0
1959	25.4	67	36.3	68	14.5	70	1.46	34	0
1958	31.5	9	42.4	7	20.5	11	0.92	84	0
1957	25.1	74	36.6	65	13.7	78	1.16	60	0
1956	25.5	66	35.6	75	15.4	56	1.72	23	1
1955	27.6	43	38.2	46	17	37	1.57	29	0
1954	32.4	5	44.5	3	20.3	12	0.97	77	0
1953	32.6	4	43.2	6	22	5	3.06	1	0
1952	25.4	67	36.6	65	14.2	73	1.38	41	0
1951	27.4	47	40	26	14.8	64	0.58	105	4
1950	22.1	100	35.2	83	9.2	106	0.93	81	1
1949	18.2	113	30.1	110	6.4	113	1.97	14	0
1948	26.9	53	38	48	15.9	49	1.04	73	0
1947	27.3	49	38.9	40	15.7	53	1.05	70	0
1946	29.2	24	40.9	18	17.5	33	0.41	112	0
1945	26.9	53	37.5	55	16.2	47	1.28	52	0
1944	28.2	33	39.4	32	17	37	2.32	6	0
1943	26	61	37.2	57	14.8	64	1.04	73	0
1942	27.6	43	38.4	45	16.9	39	0.96	80	0
1941	29.2	24	40.2	24	18.2	27	0.54	107	0
1940	26.8	56	36.9	63	16.6	43	0.73	97	0
1939	26.6	57	37.9	51	15.3	57	0.81	92	0
1938	27.4	47	38.1	47	16.6	43	1.34	45	0
1937	18.8	110	29.9	111	7.6	110	0.64	100	0
1936	16.3	114	27.1	114	5.5	114	1.35	43	0
1935	29.7	20	41.7	10	17.6	31	1.11	63	0
1934	31.7	7	44	4	19.5	19	0.83	91	0
1933	24.3	80	36	72	12.6	90	0.71	98	0
1932	27.6	43	38.5	41	16.8	41	1.37	42	0
1931	34.4	2	45.4	2	23.4	1	0.49	109	0
1930	24.1	81	35	84	13.1	82	1.06	69	0
1929	18.8	110	29.7	112	7.8	109	1.03	75	0
1928	23	89	33.9	90	12.1	94	0.97	77	3
1927	26	61	37	58	14.9	63	0.59	104	0
1926	30.4	17	41.2	14	19.6	18	1.72	23	0
1925	23.6	85	35.5	79	11.8	96	1.40	38	1
1924	26.2	59	37.8	52	14.6	69	1.56	30	0
1923	24.5	78	35.9	74	13.1	82	0.79	93	0
1922	19.6	107	30.8	106	8.5	107	2.11	9	0
1921	30.8	14	41.6	11	20.1	13	1.33	46	0
1920	25.2	71	36.3	68	14.1	74	1.17	59	0
1919	28.2	33	39.4	32	17.1	36	1.05	70	0
1918	19	109	30.6	107	7.3	111	2.41	5	0
1917	18.6	112	30.5	108	6.8	112	1.73	22	0
1916	21.5	104	33.7	91	9.3	105	1.35	43	0
1915	22.8	93	32.3	101	13.2	81	2.56	3	0
1914	27.7	40	39.8	29	15.8	51	1.25	54	1
1913	22.6	95	34.1	88	11.1	101	1.24	55	0
1912	22.8	93	32.7	97	12.9	85	1.63	27	0
1911	28	36	40.2	24	15.8	51	0.75	95	0
1910	20.1	106	30.9	105	9.4	104	2.03	11	0
1909	25.4	67	36.9	63	14	76	1.14	62	0
1908	28.7	30	40.3	21	17.2	34	0.54	107	0
1907	22.3	98	33.5	93	11	102	1.71	25	0
1906	29.4	21	41.2	14	17.6	31	0.40	113	0
1905	21.6	103	32.6	98	10.6	103	1.08	67	0
1904	23.9	82	35.4	81	12.5	91	1.77	20	0
1903	23.8	83	34.7	85	12.8	86	1.50	32	0
1902	25.6	65	36.3	68	15	62	0.70	99	0
1901	27.5	46	39.4	32	15.6	54	0.74	96	0
1900	25.8	63	36.2	71	15.3	57	1.29	50	0
1899	19.3	108	30.3	109	8.4	108	0.93	81	0
1898	27.7	40	39.4	32	15.9	49	0.92	84	0
1897	28	36	39.1	39	16.9	39	1.09	66	0
1896	29	27	40.3	21	17.7	29	0.60	102	0
1895	22.4	97	33.6	92	11.2	100	0.57	106	0
1894	22.3	98	32.8	96	11.7	98	0.97	77	0
1893	21.9	101	31.8	103	12	95	1.23	57	0
1892	26.1	60	37	58	15.2	60	0.92	84	0
1891	26.3	58	37	58	15.5	55	1.31	49	0
1890	23.6	85	35.3	82	11.8	96	1.46	34	0
1889	25.7	64	36.6	65	14.8	64	2.42	4	0
1888									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	34.6
1931	34.4
2000	32.9
1953	32.6
1954	32.4
2016	31.9
2024	31.7
1934	31.7
2002	31.5
1958	31.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	16.3
1949	18.2
1917	18.6
1937	18.8
1929	18.8
1918	19
1899	19.3
1922	19.6
1910	20.1
2010	21.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	3.06
1971	2.73
1915	2.56
1889	2.42
1918	2.41
1944	2.32
2019	2.23
1970	2.20
1922	2.11
2011	2.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.27
1906	0.40
1946	0.41
1999	0.43
2006	0.47
1931	0.49
1941	0.54
1908	0.54
1895	0.57
1951	0.58

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 5 February 2026
Coldest night: -12°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.10 in; 3 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.60 in of precipitation in Rapid City Downtown, SD, the driest winter since 2006, tied 12th driest of 114 (with 1896).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 69°F on Thursday 5 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rapid City Downtown, SD: a low of -12°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rapid City Downtown, SD: 0.10 in on Wednesday 3 December 2025.