Rapid City, SD: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 36.9°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest February since 1983, 3rd warmest of 84.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 36.9°F; Warmest since 1983; 3rd warmest of 84
Precipitation: 0.06 in; Driest since 1999; 2nd driest of 84

A normal February in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.7°F, between 16.7°F and 35.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.42 in of precipitation, between 0.16 in and 0.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Rapid City, SD since 1943: 36.9°F in 2026; the highest is 41.2°F, in 1954.

Normal range, 16.7 to 35.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	36.9	3	53.5	2	20.3	15	0.06	81
2025	17.5	76	30.3	71	4.7	80	0.44	42
2024	34	12	46.4	11	21.7	11	0.78	20
2023	27.5	37	41.7	31	13.3	46	0.52	34
2022	24.3	52	38.9	43	9.6	65	0.35	48
2021	13.5	82	24.7	82	2.3	82	0.58	30
2020	26.6	45	38.9	43	14.3	42	0.97	9
2019	8.7	84	18	84	-0.5	84	0.99	7
2018	12.9	83	25.3	79	0.5	83	0.79	18
2017	31.7	21	44.8	19	18.5	21	0.46	40
2016	36.2	6	49.1	6	23.3	6	0.64	26
2015	28.1	33	42.2	27	14	43	0.25	61
2014	18.8	73	31.1	67	6.5	75	0.27	60
2013	29.2	27	42.4	26	15.9	35	0.18	70
2012	27.1	41	40.6	35	13.7	44	0.38	44
2011	19.3	69	32.1	64	6.4	76	1.16	4
2010	20.3	67	30.6	69	9.9	62	0.23	63
2009	28.2	32	39.6	38	16.9	26	0.77	21
2008	26.1	47	39.1	41	13.1	51	0.51	37
2007	21.1	65	32.5	63	9.7	64	0.79	18
2006	26.2	46	39.2	40	13.3	46	0.20	67
2005	32.7	15	47	9	18.5	21	0.16	74
2004	28.5	31	40.5	36	16.5	30	0.93	10
2003	21.5	61	33.2	58	9.8	63	0.22	64
2002	30.6	23	46	13	15.3	39	0.20	67
2001	16.9	77	26.1	78	7.7	72	0.17	73
2000	33.2	13	45.9	15	20.4	14	0.15	76
1999	36.6	4	51.2	3	22	10	0.02	84
1998	34.9	9	45.3	17	24.4	3	1.24	3
1997	28.8	29	38.3	46	19.3	18	0.28	59
1996	27.3	40	41.4	33	13.2	49	0.10	78
1995	31.8	20	43.6	21	20.1	16	0.55	31
1994	19.8	68	31	68	8.6	69	0.66	24
1993	15.1	80	24.9	81	5.4	78	0.61	28
1992	36.3	5	49.7	4	22.9	8	0.16	74
1991	35.9	8	48.9	7	23	7	0.77	21
1990	28.9	28	41.3	34	16.5	30	0.37	45
1989	14.4	81	25.1	80	3.6	81	0.34	51
1988	26.9	43	42.1	29	11.6	57	0.34	51
1987	32.4	18	43.2	22	21.6	12	1.71	2
1986	21.5	61	30.3	71	12.7	52	0.92	11
1985	23.8	57	37	49	10.6	59	0.06	81
1984	36.1	7	48.3	8	23.9	4	0.18	70
1983	37.3	2	49.5	5	25	2	0.18	70
1982	23.9	56	36.5	51	11.3	58	0.37	45
1981	29.3	26	41.8	30	16.9	26	0.09	80
1980	27	42	37.9	48	16.2	33	0.51	37
1979	16.7	78	27.7	77	5.8	77	0.33	55
1978	15.3	79	23.1	83	7.5	73	0.84	15
1977	34.5	11	45.2	18	23.9	4	0.25	61
1976	34.6	10	46.8	10	22.3	9	0.47	39
1975	17.6	74	28.2	76	7	74	0.35	48
1974	32.4	18	45.9	15	19	19	0.30	57
1973	28.8	29	41.6	32	16.1	34	0.31	56
1972	24	55	36	53	11.9	55	0.44	42
1971	22.6	58	31.9	65	13.3	46	1.00	5
1970	30.8	22	43.1	23	18.4	23	0.54	32
1969	25.4	50	35.2	55	15.6	36	0.73	23
1968	27.4	39	38.3	46	16.5	30	0.35	48
1967	27.5	37	39.7	37	15.3	39	0.59	29
1966	19.3	69	29.4	74	9.2	66	1.00	5
1965	25.6	49	38.8	45	12.4	54	0.22	64
1964	28	34	39	42	17.1	25	0.83	17
1963	30.2	24	43.1	23	17.3	24	0.92	11
1962	24.1	53	34.6	56	13.7	44	0.98	8
1961	33.2	13	46.2	12	20.1	16	0.22	64
1960	19.1	72	29	75	9.2	66	0.85	14
1959	21.7	60	33	60	10.5	60	0.63	27
1958	21.9	59	31.4	66	12.5	53	0.84	15
1957	27.6	36	39.6	38	15.5	38	0.29	58
1956	24.1	53	36.2	52	11.9	55	0.52	34
1955	19.3	69	30.6	69	7.9	71	0.88	13
1954	41.2	1	55.3	1	27	1	0.34	51
1953	25.7	48	35.9	54	15.6	36	2.46	1
1952	26.8	44	37	49	16.6	29	0.65	25
1951	27.7	35	42.2	27	13.2	49	0.10	78
1950	29.8	25	42.9	25	16.8	28	0.06	81
1949	17.6	74	29.9	73	5.3	79	0.12	77
1948	21.2	64	33.1	59	9.2	66	0.53	33
1947	20.4	66	32.6	61	8.3	70	0.36	47
1946	32.5	17	46	13	19	19	0.20	67
1945	24.6	51	34.2	57	14.9	41	0.45	41
1944	21.3	63	32.6	61	10	61	0.52	34
1943	32.7	15	44.4	20	20.9	13	0.34	51

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	41.2
1983	37.3
2026	36.9
1999	36.6
1992	36.3
2016	36.2
1984	36.1
1991	35.9
1998	34.9
1976	34.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	8.7
2018	12.9
2021	13.5
1989	14.4
1993	15.1
1978	15.3
1979	16.7
2001	16.9
2025	17.5
1975	17.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	2.46
1987	1.71
1998	1.24
2011	1.16
1971	1.00
1966	1.00
2019	0.99
1962	0.98
2020	0.97
2004	0.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	0.02
2026	0.06
1985	0.06
1950	0.06
1981	0.09
1996	0.10
1951	0.10
1949	0.12
2000	0.15
2005	0.16
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 5 February 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 20 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.04 in; 25 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.06 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the driest February since 1999, tied 2nd driest of 84 (with 1985 and 1950).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 73°F on Thursday 5 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Rapid City, SD: a low of -3°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 0.04 in on Wednesday 25 February 2026.