Rapid City, SD: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 44.5°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest March since 2012, 2nd warmest of 84.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 44.5°F; Warmest since 2012; 2nd warmest of 84
Precipitation: 0.36 in; Driest since 2022; 12th driest of 84

A normal March in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.5°F, between 27.9°F and 40.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.82 in of precipitation, between 0.20 in and 1.35 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Rapid City, SD since 1943: 44.5°F in 2026; the highest is 47.6°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 27.9 to 40.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	44.5	2	61.1	2	28	6	0.36	73
2025	41.8	6	55.8	5	27.8	7	0.61	59
2024	35.5	36	48.8	29	22.3	40	0.78	46
2023	26.8	75	37.7	74	15.9	77	1.52	13
2022	34.6	44	48.4	35	20.8	55	0.25	76
2021	39.1	17	53.1	14	25.1	21	0.89	35
2020	37.6	23	50.6	25	24.7	26	0.58	62
2019	27.6	72	38	72	17.1	70	0.71	50
2018	32.4	57	44.7	54	20.2	58	1.35	16
2017	39.4	15	52.9	15	25.8	18	0.53	63
2016	40.5	9	55.8	5	25.2	20	1.09	26
2015	42.1	5	59.4	3	24.9	23	0.10	83
2014	32	58	45.4	51	18.5	63	1.09	26
2013	33.5	50	47.8	38	19.1	61	0.82	40
2012	47.6	1	64.6	1	30.5	2	0.05	84
2011	31.3	60	42.4	61	20.3	57	0.92	34
2010	38.8	18	50.7	24	26.9	12	0.17	80
2009	32.6	54	46.3	46	19	62	2.07	7
2008	34.9	43	47.8	38	22	45	0.60	60
2007	44.3	3	58.5	4	30.1	3	0.49	65
2006	32.8	53	43.6	56	22.1	43	1.20	22
2005	38	21	50.8	23	25.1	21	1.09	26
2004	40.4	11	53.6	12	27.1	11	0.98	32
2003	35	41	48.8	29	21.1	53	1.05	31
2002	22.4	82	32.5	82	12.3	82	0.69	51
2001	34.3	46	45.7	48	23	38	0.42	69
2000	38.6	19	52.8	16	24.5	28	1.37	15
1999	36.3	34	48.8	29	23.7	35	1.32	18
1998	27.9	69	38	72	17.9	65	1.32	18
1997	36.6	27	51.7	19	21.6	48	0.20	79
1996	26.2	77	37.3	77	15.1	78	1.06	30
1995	33.1	51	45.1	52	21.2	51	0.79	44
1994	40.5	9	54.7	7	26.2	15	0.37	72
1993	37.6	23	48.5	33	26.6	14	0.82	40
1992	40.8	8	53.4	13	28.3	5	1.92	8
1991	38.4	20	52.1	17	24.8	25	0.63	56
1990	36.4	31	48.7	32	24	32	1.17	23
1989	31.1	61	42.9	60	19.2	60	0.96	33
1988	35.5	36	49.2	28	21.9	46	0.52	64
1987	32.6	54	43	59	22.1	43	1.14	24
1986	43	4	54.7	7	31.3	1	0.88	36
1985	35.9	35	48	37	23.8	34	1.55	11
1984	34.2	47	45.5	50	23	38	0.69	51
1983	36.4	31	45.9	47	26.8	13	0.84	38
1982	33	52	44.5	55	21.4	50	1.35	16
1981	40	13	54.7	7	25.3	19	0.12	82
1980	31.5	59	43.1	58	19.8	59	0.86	37
1979	35.4	38	46.6	44	24.2	30	0.47	66
1978	35.4	38	46.6	44	24.1	31	0.40	70
1977	36.4	31	48.5	33	24.3	29	2.63	4
1976	34.4	45	47.8	38	21	54	0.33	75
1975	27.6	72	37.1	78	18	64	2.45	5
1974	37.6	23	51.6	20	23.6	36	0.34	74
1973	37.4	26	47.5	41	27.4	9	2.71	2
1972	36.5	30	51.3	21	21.6	48	0.47	66
1971	32.6	54	43.3	57	21.9	46	1.25	21
1970	27.4	74	37.6	75	17.3	69	1.48	14
1969	27.8	70	38.6	69	17	71	0.66	53
1968	40.4	11	54.7	7	26.1	16	0.21	78
1967	35.2	40	45.6	49	24.7	26	0.82	40
1966	35	41	46.9	42	23.1	37	1.78	9
1965	21.2	84	32.3	83	10.1	84	0.46	68
1964	29.9	64	42.1	62	17.6	68	0.63	56
1963	39.6	14	51.9	18	27.4	9	1.60	10
1962	28.6	66	39.5	66	17.7	66	1.28	20
1961	39.4	15	51.1	22	27.7	8	0.75	48
1960	28	68	39.1	67	16.9	73	0.78	46
1959	37.9	22	49.9	26	25.9	17	0.60	60
1958	30.6	63	39.1	67	22.2	42	1.08	29
1957	33.6	49	45	53	22.3	40	0.66	53
1956	34	48	46.9	42	21.2	51	0.75	48
1955	28.6	66	40.9	63	16.3	76	0.63	56
1954	27.7	71	38.5	70	16.8	74	2.28	6
1953	36.6	27	49.3	27	24	32	0.66	53
1952	25.8	78	34.6	81	17	71	0.81	43
1951	24.6	81	37.5	76	11.7	83	0.79	44
1950	25	80	36.2	80	13.9	79	2.66	3
1949	30.7	62	40.9	63	20.5	56	0.25	76
1948	29.3	65	40.9	63	17.7	66	0.14	81
1947	26.3	76	36.3	79	16.4	75	0.39	71
1946	41.5	7	54.6	11	28.5	4	1.54	12
1945	36.6	27	48.4	35	24.9	23	3.02	1
1944	22.2	83	31.5	84	12.8	80	1.13	25
1943	25.3	79	38.3	71	12.4	81	0.84	38

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	47.6
2026	44.5
2007	44.3
1986	43
2015	42.1
2025	41.8
1946	41.5
1992	40.8
2016	40.5
1994	40.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	21.2
1944	22.2
2002	22.4
1951	24.6
1950	25
1943	25.3
1952	25.8
1996	26.2
1947	26.3
2023	26.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	3.02
1973	2.71
1950	2.66
1977	2.63
1975	2.45
1954	2.28
2009	2.07
1992	1.92
1966	1.78
1963	1.60

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	0.05
2015	0.10
1981	0.12
1948	0.14
2010	0.17
1997	0.20
1968	0.21
2022	0.25
1949	0.25
1976	0.33

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: -2°F; 16 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.18 in; 10 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.36 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the driest March since 2022, 12th driest of 84.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 87°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Rapid City, SD: a low of -2°F on Monday 16 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 0.18 in on Tuesday 10 March 2026.