Rapid City, SD: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 79.3°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest July since 2007, tied 2nd warmest of 84 (with 2006).

July 2026

Mean temperature: 79.3°F; Warmest since 2007; 2nd warmest of 84
Precipitation: 1.36 in; Driest since 2024; 29th driest of 84

A normal July in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.4°F, between 69.4°F and 78.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.96 in of precipitation, between 0.66 in and 4.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in Rapid City, SD since 1943: 79.3°F in 2026; the highest is 79.7°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 69.4 to 78.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	79.3	2	94.7	3	64	1	1.36	56
2025	73.5	31	86.4	42	60.6	16	4.11	9
2024	75.2	20	92.4	11	58	51	0.93	67
2023	70.5	70	84.9	56	56	74	1.47	52
2022	74.7	25	90.2	20	59.2	35	4.03	12
2021	75.9	17	90.8	18	60.9	15	2.49	25
2020	73.3	34	87.9	32	58.7	41	2.16	30
2019	70.6	67	82.6	73	58.6	44	6.37	1
2018	70.2	73	82.1	76	58.3	47	6.02	3
2017	77.1	8	94.2	6	60.1	22	1.07	62
2016	72.8	39	87.9	32	57.8	54	2.83	22
2015	71	57	84.4	63	57.5	59	4.01	13
2014	69.5	74	83.2	71	55.7	75	1.94	37
2013	73.2	36	87.3	37	59.1	36	1.87	40
2012	78.4	4	94.5	4	62.4	5	1.57	48
2011	74.9	22	88.6	28	61.1	12	0.66	79
2010	70.4	71	84.5	61	56.4	70	1.66	45
2009	68.1	78	82.3	74	54	79	1.77	43
2008	71.6	52	85.9	46	57.3	63	2.21	29
2007	79.7	1	95.3	1	64	1	1.20	60
2006	79.3	2	95.3	1	63.3	3	0.76	75
2005	76	15	92.1	14	59.8	25	0.92	68
2004	72.1	47	86.7	40	57.4	62	2.96	19
2003	77	9	93.8	7	60.3	18	0.48	83
2002	78.3	5	94.3	5	62.3	7	1.13	61
2001	74.8	24	89.2	25	60.4	17	2.46	26
2000	73.5	31	87.5	36	59.6	28	2.06	33
1999	71.3	54	84.8	57	57.7	56	3.68	15
1998	72.7	40	85.1	55	60.2	20	1.26	58
1997	70.9	59	83.6	70	58.2	48	3.67	16
1996	70.8	60	86.3	44	55.4	77	0.52	82
1995	70.6	67	83.7	69	57.5	59	2.87	21
1994	70.7	63	85.2	54	56.2	72	0.64	80
1993	65.1	83	76.9	83	53.2	81	4.31	8
1992	64.3	84	75.7	84	52.8	82	3.25	17
1991	72.9	38	88	31	57.8	54	1.97	36
1990	71.7	51	85.4	49	58	51	1.94	37
1989	77	9	92.6	10	61.3	10	0.82	71
1988	76	15	92.3	12	59.8	25	0.38	84
1987	75.4	18	91.8	15	59	40	0.83	70
1986	70.8	60	84.5	61	57.2	66	0.91	69
1985	74.6	27	89.1	27	60	23	1.03	66
1984	72.2	46	85.7	48	58.7	41	1.57	48
1983	73.6	30	87.7	34	59.5	30	1.94	37
1982	70.7	63	83.8	68	57.6	58	1.81	41
1981	71.9	50	84.8	57	59.1	36	4.47	7
1980	74.9	22	89.8	22	59.9	24	1.78	42
1979	70.4	71	81.2	78	59.5	30	4.11	9
1978	71.1	56	84	65	58.2	48	4.08	11
1977	73.4	33	87.3	37	59.4	33	2.98	18
1976	72.7	40	86.4	42	59.1	36	1.05	64
1975	74.7	25	89.2	25	60.2	20	1.57	48
1974	77.3	7	93.6	8	61	13	0.68	77
1973	70.7	63	85.3	51	56.1	73	1.46	53
1972	65.6	82	78.6	82	52.5	84	1.67	44
1971	68	79	83.2	71	52.7	83	1.46	53
1970	72.7	40	87.7	34	57.7	56	1.04	65
1969	71	57	84.6	60	57.3	63	6.13	2
1968	69.1	76	82	77	56.3	71	2.44	27
1967	70.6	67	84	65	57.2	66	1.07	62
1966	76.6	14	90.8	18	62.4	5	3.93	14
1965	72.1	47	84.8	57	59.4	33	0.60	81
1964	76.7	13	90.9	17	62.5	4	0.77	74
1963	74.4	28	88.4	29	60.3	18	2.03	34
1962	69.2	75	80.5	79	57.9	53	4.53	5
1961	73.1	37	86.5	41	59.6	28	2.11	32
1960	76.8	12	92.3	12	61.3	10	0.70	76
1959	73.8	29	89.4	24	58.1	50	0.67	78
1958	67	80	79.1	81	55	78	4.49	6
1957	75.3	19	89.5	23	61	13	2.01	35
1956	72	49	85.3	51	58.7	41	2.27	28
1955	76.9	11	91.7	16	62.1	8	2.14	31
1954	77.7	6	93.3	9	62.1	8	1.24	59
1953	72.4	45	85.4	49	59.5	30	1.32	57
1952	71.6	52	85.9	46	57.3	63	1.51	51
1951	70.8	60	84	65	57.5	59	1.63	46
1950	66.9	81	80.3	80	53.5	80	1.62	47
1949	75	21	90.2	20	59.7	27	0.82	71
1948	70.7	63	84.4	63	57.1	69	2.65	23
1947	72.7	40	86.8	39	58.6	44	0.82	71
1946	72.6	44	86.1	45	59.1	36	2.93	20
1945	71.2	55	85.3	51	57.2	66	1.44	55
1944	69	77	82.3	74	55.6	76	4.54	4
1943	73.3	34	88.2	30	58.5	46	2.51	24

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	79.7
2026	79.3
2006	79.3
2012	78.4
2002	78.3
1954	77.7
1974	77.3
2017	77.1
2003	77
1989	77

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	64.3
1993	65.1
1972	65.6
1950	66.9
1958	67
1971	68
2009	68.1
1944	69
1968	69.1
1962	69.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	6.37
1969	6.13
2018	6.02
1944	4.54
1962	4.53
1958	4.49
1981	4.47
1993	4.31
2025	4.11
1979	4.11

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1988	0.38
2003	0.48
1996	0.52
1965	0.60
1994	0.64
2011	0.66
1959	0.67
1974	0.68
1960	0.70
2006	0.76

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 112°F; 25 July 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 10 July 2026
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 3 July 2026

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July 2026 brought 1.36 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the driest July since 2024, 29th driest of 84.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 112°F on Saturday 25 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Rapid City, SD: a low of 55°F on Friday 10 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 0.57 in on Friday 3 July 2026.