Rapid City, SD: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 44.9°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest April since 2025, 41st warmest of 84.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 44.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 41st warmest of 84
Precipitation: 1.13 in; Driest since 2023; 22nd driest of 84

A normal April in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44°F, between 39.8°F and 47.9°F in eight years of ten and 1.98 in of precipitation, between 0.71 in and 3.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Rapid City, SD since 1943: 44.9°F in 2026; the highest is 52.3°F, in 1946.

Normal range, 39.8 to 47.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Rapid City, SD from 1943 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
2026	44.9	41	59.6	28	30.1	59	1.13	62
2025	46.7	27	61.2	19	32.1	37	2.95	16
2024	47.3	20	61.3	18	33.2	31	4.59	5
2023	41.6	67	55.6	57	27.7	74	0.75	69
2022	39.7	76	53.7	68	25.7	82	1.58	45
2021	43.2	58	56.9	46	29.5	61	0.96	67
2020	40.6	70	56.1	50	25.2	83	1.09	65
2019	43.8	48	56	52	31.5	47	1.92	34
2018	38.9	79	52.1	72	25.8	81	1.70	39
2017	45.6	37	59	32	32.1	37	1.77	38
2016	47.1	21	59.2	30	34.9	17	1.85	36
2015	45.4	38	59.4	29	31.4	49	0.66	73
2014	43.3	53	57.1	44	29.4	64	2.27	26
2013	36.7	84	48.4	83	25	84	3.03	12
2012	50.4	5	64.6	5	36.2	7	3.08	10
2011	43.3	53	55.1	63	31.5	47	1.54	49
2010	45.8	35	58.4	35	33.3	29	3.03	12
2009	39.9	75	50.5	78	29.4	64	3.65	8
2008	41.8	65	55.9	55	27.7	74	1.38	56
2007	43.8	48	57	45	30.7	54	1.32	58
2006	50	8	63.1	14	36.8	4	2.09	30
2005	48	16	61.2	19	34.7	18	1.46	54
2004	47.9	17	62.7	15	33.2	31	0.50	76
2003	47.9	17	60.5	24	35.3	11	2.04	33
2002	44.2	44	58.1	39	30.4	57	2.24	27
2001	46	31	58.3	37	33.6	26	2.16	29
2000	43	59	56.7	47	29.4	64	3.95	6
1999	42.6	61	53.5	69	31.7	43	2.45	24
1998	46.2	30	60.7	22	31.7	43	0.28	82
1997	38.7	80	50.2	79	27.1	77	4.80	2
1996	43.3	53	57.2	43	29.3	67	1.63	41
1995	40.3	74	50.7	77	29.9	60	2.57	22
1994	46	31	59.8	26	32.1	37	1.20	61
1993	43.5	52	55.4	59	31.6	46	3.05	11
1992	47.1	21	60.6	23	33.6	26	0.71	70
1991	46.3	28	57.6	42	35	16	2.99	15
1990	45	40	59	32	30.9	52	0.77	68
1989	45.8	35	58.2	38	33.3	29	1.46	54
1988	47.1	21	64	10	30.2	58	0.60	74
1987	51.6	3	67.3	1	35.9	8	0.02	84
1986	44.2	44	56.1	50	32.2	35	4.74	3
1985	52	2	66.7	2	37.2	2	0.32	78
1984	43.8	48	55.8	56	31.8	41	3.10	9
1983	40.7	69	52	73	29.3	67	1.00	66
1982	42.1	64	55.3	62	28.8	70	0.69	71
1981	51.5	4	66.3	4	36.7	6	0.32	78
1980	48.9	14	62.5	16	35.2	13	1.13	62
1979	44.4	43	58	40	30.8	53	0.31	81
1978	45.2	39	56	52	34.3	22	2.19	28
1977	49.5	12	61.7	17	37.2	2	1.57	46
1976	46.9	26	58.4	35	35.4	10	2.70	20
1975	40.5	73	51.5	74	29.5	61	1.37	57
1974	47.1	21	60.4	25	33.9	25	1.55	47
1973	42.8	60	54.4	66	31.3	50	2.69	21
1972	43.6	51	55.4	59	31.7	43	2.78	18
1971	46	31	58.7	34	33.2	31	2.86	17
1970	39.2	77	49.9	81	28.5	71	4.63	4
1969	49.6	11	64.1	9	35.1	14	1.60	44
1968	42.6	61	55.6	57	29.5	61	1.82	37
1967	44	46	56.3	48	31.8	41	5.16	1
1966	38.6	81	50.2	79	27.1	77	2.50	23
1965	47	25	59.2	30	34.7	18	1.50	52
1964	46.3	28	57.9	41	34.6	20	1.24	59
1963	44.5	42	56.3	48	32.7	34	3.80	7
1962	49.1	13	63.7	11	34.4	21	0.69	71
1961	41.8	65	54.5	65	29	69	1.53	51
1960	47.5	19	60.8	21	34.1	24	1.21	60
1959	43.3	53	56	52	30.6	55	1.89	35
1958	44	46	54.6	64	33.4	28	3.03	12
1957	41	68	51.3	75	30.6	55	2.06	31
1956	39.1	78	50.8	76	27.4	76	1.69	40
1955	49.8	9	64.5	6	35.1	14	1.55	47
1954	45.9	34	59.8	26	31.9	40	0.27	83
1953	38.3	82	48.4	83	28.3	72	2.77	19
1952	50.2	7	64.5	6	35.9	8	0.32	78
1951	40.6	70	54.1	67	27.1	77	0.51	75
1950	38	83	49	82	27	80	1.63	41
1949	49.7	10	64.2	8	35.3	11	2.06	31
1948	48.9	14	63.5	13	34.2	23	1.62	43
1947	43.3	53	55.4	59	31.2	51	1.47	53
1946	52.3	1	66.7	2	37.9	1	2.31	25
1945	40.6	70	53.3	70	27.9	73	0.50	76
1944	42.5	63	52.8	71	32.2	35	1.54	49
1943	50.3	6	63.7	11	36.8	4	1.10	64

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1946	52.3
1985	52
1987	51.6
1981	51.5
2012	50.4
1943	50.3
1952	50.2
2006	50
1955	49.8
1949	49.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2013	36.7
1950	38
1953	38.3
1966	38.6
1997	38.7
2018	38.9
1956	39.1
1970	39.2
2022	39.7
2009	39.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	5.16
1997	4.80
1986	4.74
1970	4.63
2024	4.59
2000	3.95
1963	3.80
2009	3.65
1984	3.10
2012	3.08

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	0.02
1954	0.27
1998	0.28
1979	0.31
1985	0.32
1981	0.32
1952	0.32
2004	0.50
1945	0.50
1951	0.51

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 18 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.22 in; 24 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 1.13 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the driest April since 2023, tied 22nd driest of 84 (with 1980).
The hottest day of April 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 92°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Rapid City, SD: a low of 19°F on Saturday 18 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 0.22 in on Friday 24 April 2026.