Rapid City, SD: Fall

10 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 65.4°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest 1 September to 10 October since 2024, 3rd warmest of 85.

Fall 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 65.4°F; Warmest since 2024; 3rd warmest of 85
Precipitation: 1.53 in; Wettest since 2025; 39th wettest of 85

A normal 1 September to 10 October in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.3°F, between 56°F and 61.7°F in eight years of ten and 1.62 in of precipitation, between 0.89 in and 3.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 10 October in Rapid City, SD since 1942: 65.4°F in 2026; the highest is 67.8°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 56 to 61.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 10 October in Rapid City, SD from 1942 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	65.4	3	79.5	6	51.4	2	1.53	39	0
2025	64.9	4	80.7	2	49.2	4	1.65	35	0
2024	67.8	1	85.7	1	49.9	3	1.18	49	0
2023	62.1	16	77.3	13	46.9	19	1.67	34	0
2022	62.8	9	78.2	9	47.4	12	0.81	63	0
2021	64.4	5	80.6	4	48.2	10	0.90	60	0
2020	59.3	39	76	31	42.5	68	1.11	51	0
2019	57.2	65	70.4	68	44.1	50	3.23	11	0
2018	55.5	76	67.2	82	43.8	54	2.73	16	0
2017	57.6	58	71.6	62	43.6	56	1.64	37	0
2016	59.3	39	74	45	44.5	41	1.00	54	0
2015	62.5	11	76.7	20	48.3	8	0.92	58	0
2014	57.4	61	71.9	55	42.9	65	3.36	7	0
2013	60.9	31	74.6	42	47.1	15	4.35	4	0
2012	59.3	39	76.2	29	42.4	71	0.14	82	0
2011	61	30	76.5	27	45.6	31	1.98	27	0
2010	60.2	36	76	31	44.4	44	1.65	35	0
2009	56.1	72	69.6	71	42.6	67	3.06	13	0
2008	57.4	61	72.7	51	42.1	76	1.28	47	0
2007	61.4	22	76.6	24	46.3	24	1.02	52	0
2006	57.4	61	70.3	69	44.5	41	2.01	26	0
2005	61.4	22	76.6	24	46.3	24	1.35	44	0
2004	60.8	32	75	35	46.7	21	2.05	24	0
2003	59.5	38	75.6	34	43.5	58	1.76	31	0
2002	58.4	49	71.7	60	45.2	36	2.86	15	0
2001	59.7	37	74.6	42	44.7	40	1.48	40	0
2000	58.2	51	74	45	42.5	68	0.74	67	0
1999	54.2	82	69	74	39.4	85	0.91	59	0
1998	62.4	13	76.2	29	48.7	5	3.74	6	0
1997	61.6	20	77	17	46.3	24	1.12	50	0
1996	58.4	49	71.3	63	45.4	34	1.60	38	0
1995	57.1	66	71.8	59	42.4	71	2.04	25	0
1994	62.2	15	75.9	33	48.6	7	1.39	43	0
1993	55.1	79	69.1	73	41.1	81	1.82	29	0
1992	60.3	35	76.7	20	44	52	0.64	71	0
1991	59.2	43	74.8	41	43.5	58	1.02	52	0
1990	62	18	76.9	18	47.1	15	2.53	18	0
1989	58.6	46	72.8	49	44.4	44	3.31	8	0
1988	57.9	55	72.5	53	43.2	61	0.56	72	0
1987	58.6	46	74.9	38	42.3	73	0.76	66	0
1986	53.3	83	63.2	85	43.4	60	4.64	3	0
1985	52.4	84	64.7	83	39.8	83	1.69	33	1
1984	57.5	60	70.9	65	44	52	1.34	46	0
1983	58.6	46	72.7	51	44.5	41	1.42	42	0
1982	55.5	76	67.3	81	43.8	54	6.27	1	0
1981	61.1	27	76.3	28	46	29	0.81	63	0
1980	61.4	22	76.8	19	46	29	0.48	75	0
1979	63.5	6	79.9	5	47	18	0.07	83	0
1978	63	8	79	7	46.9	19	0.18	81	0
1977	56.9	68	69.5	72	44.3	48	3.83	5	0
1976	60.7	33	76.7	20	44.8	38	0.46	76	0
1975	58.8	45	75	35	42.5	68	0.03	85	0
1974	56.4	69	71.7	60	40.7	82	1.35	44	1
1973	55.9	74	68.6	75	43.2	61	2.58	17	0
1972	58.2	51	74.9	38	41.4	79	0.95	56	0
1971	56.3	70	69.8	70	42.9	65	2.94	14	0
1970	56.2	71	70.8	67	41.7	78	1.87	28	0
1969	61.1	27	76.7	20	45.5	32	0.72	68	0
1968	57.4	61	72.8	49	41.9	77	0.89	61	0
1967	61.6	20	74.9	38	48.2	10	2.19	21	0
1966	59.1	44	72.9	48	45.4	34	3.27	9	0
1965	51.8	85	63.9	84	39.7	84	1.46	41	0
1964	57.1	66	71.9	55	42.3	73	0.69	69	0
1963	66.9	2	80.7	2	53	1	1.21	48	0
1962	59.3	39	73.1	47	45.5	32	2.28	20	0
1961	54.7	81	67.9	77	41.4	79	0.99	55	0
1960	62.7	10	77.2	16	48.3	8	0.68	70	0
1959	55	80	67.8	79	42.3	73	2.52	19	0
1958	61.4	22	76.6	24	46.3	24	0.06	84	0
1957	57.9	55	71.1	64	44.8	38	0.93	57	0
1956	62	18	77.3	13	46.7	21	0.30	79	0
1955	61.1	27	75	35	47.2	13	3.24	10	0
1954	60.6	34	74.2	44	47.1	15	0.55	74	0
1953	62.3	14	78.3	8	46.2	28	0.39	77	0
1952	62.5	11	77.9	10	47.2	13	0.21	80	0
1951	55.5	76	67.9	77	43.1	63	2.08	23	0
1950	56	73	67.5	80	44.4	44	3.19	12	0
1949	58.1	53	71.9	55	44.4	44	1.75	32	0
1948	63.2	7	77.6	11	48.7	5	0.82	62	0
1947	62.1	16	77.4	12	46.7	21	0.56	72	0
1946	55.8	75	68.6	75	43	64	5.51	2	0
1945	57.6	58	70.9	65	44.3	48	2.12	22	0
1944	57.9	55	72.1	54	43.6	56	0.81	63	0
1943	61.2	26	77.3	13	45.2	36	0.32	78	0
1942	58	54	71.9	55	44.1	50	1.78	30	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	67.8
1963	66.9
2026	65.4
2025	64.9
2021	64.4
1979	63.5
1948	63.2
1978	63
2022	62.8
1960	62.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	51.8
1985	52.4
1986	53.3
1999	54.2
1961	54.7
1959	55
1993	55.1
2018	55.5
1982	55.5
1951	55.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	6.27
1946	5.51
1986	4.64
2013	4.35
1977	3.83
1998	3.74
2014	3.36
1989	3.31
1966	3.27
1955	3.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1975	0.03
1958	0.06
1979	0.07
2012	0.14
1978	0.18
1952	0.21
1956	0.30
1943	0.32
1953	0.39
1976	0.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 4 September 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 4 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 20 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 1.53 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the wettest 1 September to 10 October since 2025, 39th wettest of 85.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Rapid City, SD: 97°F on Friday 4 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Rapid City, SD: a low of 40°F on Sunday 4 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Rapid City, SD: 0.64 in on Sunday 20 September 2026.