Rapid City, SD: November

30 November 2025: November 2025 averaged 40.7°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest November since 2016, 6th warmest of 84.

November 2025

Mean temperature: 40.7°F; Warmest since 2016; 6th warmest of 84
Precipitation: 0.46 in; Wettest since 2024; 34th wettest of 84

A normal November in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.1°F, between 28.4°F and 40°F in eight years of ten and 0.43 in of precipitation, between 0.07 in and 0.83 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every November in Rapid City, SD since 1942: 40.7°F in 2025; the highest is 46°F, in 1949.

Normal range, 28.4 to 40°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every November in Rapid City, SD from 1942 to 2025, 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
2025	40.7	6	54.4	10	27	10	0.46	34	0
2024	36	36	48.3	34	23.8	34	0.59	26	0
2023	39.1	18	53.9	11	24.2	28	0.17	66	0
2022	28.8	76	42.6	70	15.1	81	0.16	68	0
2021	40.5	8	55.3	7	25.7	14	0.19	64	0
2020	39.7	14	55.8	4	23.6	36	0.14	74	0
2019	32.4	65	44.7	59	20	65	1.09	7	0
2018	32.6	64	45.2	57	20	65	0.46	34	0
2017	38	22	51.7	20	24.3	26	0.14	74	0
2016	42.3	4	57.2	3	27.3	9	0.23	61	0
2015	34.7	44	48.5	33	20.9	61	0.47	31	0
2014	26.9	81	39.6	78	14.1	82	0.81	13	0
2013	33.9	51	47	45	20.8	62	0.38	47	0
2012	37.2	26	51	23	23.4	40	0.45	37	0
2011	33.8	52	47.7	38	19.8	68	0.71	20	0
2010	31.7	70	44.1	65	19.3	71	0.42	41	0
2009	40.4	9	55.7	5	25.1	18	0.17	66	0
2008	36.3	33	47.9	36	24.7	22	1.02	9	0
2007	37.8	23	52	19	23.5	37	0.03	82	0
2006	36.5	30	50.3	27	22.6	51	0.47	31	0
2005	39.5	16	52.6	17	26.3	13	0.25	60	0
2004	37.4	24	51.4	22	23.4	40	0.01	84	0
2003	28.6	77	39.9	77	17.3	77	0.50	30	0
2002	37.4	24	50.8	24	24	30	0.04	81	0
2001	39.9	13	55.5	6	24.3	26	0.07	79	0
2000	27	80	38.2	81	15.8	80	0.47	31	0
1999	44.4	2	59.5	2	29.3	4	0.43	39	0
1998	36.9	28	47.3	42	26.4	12	1.13	6	0
1997	33.2	58	46	50	20.3	63	0.19	64	0
1996	24.3	83	31.8	83	16.7	78	0.07	79	0
1995	33.7	54	47.4	41	20	65	0.42	41	0
1994	35.5	39	47.7	38	23.3	42	0.66	22	0
1993	32.4	65	44.6	60	20.1	64	0.70	21	0
1992	32.4	65	41.5	73	23.2	44	0.39	44	0
1991	30	74	40.6	74	19.3	71	0.73	18	0
1990	40.4	9	55.3	7	25.6	15	0.44	38	0
1989	36.4	31	48.9	32	23.9	32	0.43	39	0
1988	36.3	33	47.9	36	24.8	20	0.81	13	0
1987	40.3	12	52.9	14	27.7	8	0.30	54	0
1986	30.6	73	42.1	72	19.1	73	1.40	4	0
1985	16	84	24.7	84	7.3	84	2.22	1	0
1984	38.1	21	51.6	21	24.1	29	0.51	29	1
1983	34.9	42	44.8	58	24.9	19	1.07	8	0
1982	32.7	63	44.3	63	21	60	0.27	59	0
1981	40.4	9	53	12	27.8	7	0.23	61	0
1980	39.2	17	50.6	26	27.9	6	0.57	27	0
1979	33	61	44.3	63	21.6	55	0.15	70	0
1978	29.2	75	40.2	75	18.2	74	0.63	24	0
1977	33.3	57	43.7	67	22.8	50	0.82	12	0
1976	31.7	70	45.3	55	18.1	75	0.61	25	0
1975	33.8	52	45.3	55	22.3	53	0.57	27	0
1974	36.4	31	49.3	30	23.5	37	0.12	76	0
1973	32.3	68	43	69	21.6	55	0.73	18	0
1972	31	72	40.2	75	21.8	54	0.38	47	0
1971	34.5	47	45.8	53	23.2	44	0.79	16	0
1970	34.2	49	44.4	61	23.9	32	0.80	15	0
1969	38.7	19	52.2	18	25.2	17	0.35	52	0
1968	35.5	39	46.5	47	24.4	25	0.46	34	0
1967	34.6	45	47.7	38	21.4	57	0.28	58	0
1966	34.6	45	46.2	48	23	48	0.95	10	0
1965	38.2	20	50.8	24	25.5	16	0.15	70	0
1964	33.7	54	46.2	48	21.2	59	0.30	54	0
1963	39.6	15	52.7	16	26.5	11	0.12	76	0
1962	40.6	7	53	12	28.2	5	0.08	78	0
1961	34.9	42	47.3	42	22.4	52	0.36	50	0
1960	36.9	28	50.1	28	23.7	35	0.39	44	0
1959	27.9	79	39.6	78	16.1	79	1.18	5	0
1958	37.2	26	49.8	29	24.6	24	0.42	41	0
1957	35.4	41	46	50	24.8	20	0.39	44	0
1956	33.1	59	43.1	68	23.2	44	1.48	3	0
1955	24.7	82	37.4	82	11.9	83	0.36	50	0
1954	42.6	3	55.2	9	29.9	3	0.64	23	0
1953	41.7	5	52.9	14	30.5	2	0.84	11	0
1952	34.3	48	45.6	54	23	48	0.15	70	0
1951	33.1	59	46.6	46	19.7	69	0.21	63	0
1950	32	69	44.4	61	19.7	69	0.35	52	0
1949	46	1	59.6	1	32.4	1	0.15	70	0
1948	34.1	50	44.1	65	24	30	0.29	56	0
1947	28.3	78	38.7	80	17.9	76	0.76	17	0
1946	33.7	54	46	50	21.4	57	0.29	56	0
1945	35.6	38	48	35	23.1	47	0.03	82	0
1944	33	61	42.5	71	23.5	37	2.09	2	0
1943	35.9	37	47.1	44	24.7	22	0.16	68	0
1942	36.2	35	49	31	23.3	42	0.38	47	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	46
1999	44.4
1954	42.6
2016	42.3
1953	41.7
2025	40.7
1962	40.6
2021	40.5
2009	40.4
1990	40.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	16
1996	24.3
1955	24.7
2014	26.9
2000	27
1959	27.9
1947	28.3
2003	28.6
2022	28.8
1978	29.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	2.22
1944	2.09
1956	1.48
1986	1.40
1959	1.18
1998	1.13
2019	1.09
1983	1.07
2008	1.02
1966	0.95

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.01
2007	0.03
1945	0.03
2002	0.04
2001	0.07
1996	0.07
1962	0.08
1974	0.12
1963	0.12
2020	0.14
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 4 November 2025
Coldest night: -10°F; 30 November 2025
Wettest day: 0.35 in; 17 November 2025

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November 2025 brought 0.46 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the wettest November since 2024, tied 34th wettest of 84 (with 2018 and 1968).
The hottest day of November 2025 in Rapid City, SD: 80°F on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
The coldest night of November 2025 in Rapid City, SD: a low of -10°F on Sunday 30 November 2025.
The wettest day of November 2025 in Rapid City, SD: 0.35 in on Monday 17 November 2025.