Rapid City, SD: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 62.1°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2021, tied 4th warmest of 84 (with 1980).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 62.1°F; Warmest since 2021; 4th warmest of 84
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 85, provisional

A normal 1 to 9 October in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.8°F, between 45°F and 59°F in eight years of ten and 0.33 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 1.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Rapid City, SD since 1942: 62.1°F in 2026; the highest is 68.4°F, in 1963.

Normal range, 45 to 59°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 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	62.1	4	80.3	2	43.9	16	0.00	76	0
2025	60.4	10	75.9	13	45	13	0.60	23	0
2024	60.4	10	78.4	6	42.4	23	0.00	76	0
2023	55.1	29	69.4	29	40.8	31	0.68	18	0
2022	54.7	31	66.6	43	42.9	21	0.42	30	0
2021	63.2	2	79.9	4	46.6	3	0.19	45	0
2020	56.7	22	74.4	18	38.9	44	trace	67	0
2019	45.6	77	58.7	71	32.4	81	0.31	38	0
2018	42.9	81	54.7	80	31.2	82	0.73	15	0
2017	47.4	71	59.3	70	35.6	71	0.50	26	0
2016	52.1	48	67.8	37	36.4	62	0.16	49	0
2015	54.4	33	63.3	60	45.4	9	0.67	19	0
2014	49.7	63	63.7	56	35.7	69	0.19	45	0
2013	46.2	74	55.9	78	36.6	61	2.98	2	0
2012	45.2	79	57.8	72	32.6	79	trace	67	0
2011	61.4	6	75.6	14	47.3	2	1.23	7	0
2010	61.1	9	76.6	12	45.6	8	0.14	52	0
2009	38.4	84	47.3	84	29.4	84	1.16	9	0
2008	54.4	33	70	26	38.8	46	0.12	53	0
2007	55.4	27	71.2	22	39.7	40	0.19	45	0
2006	57.2	21	69.1	32	45.2	10	0.01	64	0
2005	50.8	57	62.7	63	38.9	44	0.76	14	0
2004	55.7	25	73	20	38.3	47	0.01	64	0
2003	59.8	13	78.3	7	41.2	29	0.00	76	0
2002	47.1	72	57.2	74	37	56	0.41	31	0
2001	51.8	54	66.4	44	37.1	55	0.57	25	0
2000	41.7	83	54.3	82	29.1	85	0.29	40	0
1999	49.6	64	63.6	58	35.6	71	0.06	58	0
1998	47.8	68	57.3	73	38.2	50	2.24	3	0
1997	58.9	15	76.7	11	41.2	29	0.34	37	0
1996	54.2	36	68.1	36	40.2	34	0.05	60	0
1995	47.8	68	60.6	67	35	74	1.18	8	0
1994	51.9	51	60.3	68	43.4	17	1.12	11	0
1993	51.3	55	66	47	36.7	60	0.36	35	0
1992	54.1	37	68.9	33	39.2	42	0.22	43	0
1991	51.9	51	67.1	42	36.8	59	0.43	28	0
1990	50	60	64.1	54	35.9	66	0.09	55	0
1989	50	60	61.7	66	38.3	47	0.22	43	0
1988	49.9	62	63.4	59	36.3	65	0.00	76	0
1987	52.3	46	68.7	34	35.9	66	0.08	57	0
1986	48.9	67	59.6	69	38.3	47	1.43	6	0
1985	41.8	82	53	83	30.7	83	0.12	53	0
1984	58.3	19	70.7	24	46	5	0.60	23	0
1983	52.2	47	64.1	54	40.2	34	0.93	12	0
1982	46.6	73	56.7	76	36.4	62	3.44	1	0
1981	53.8	40	68.7	34	39	43	0.65	20	0
1980	62.1	4	77.8	8	46.3	4	0.00	76	0
1979	55	30	70	26	40	36	trace	67	0
1978	52.6	45	67.4	40	37.7	52	trace	67	0
1977	45.8	76	54.6	81	37	56	0.92	13	0
1976	52.1	48	67.2	41	37	56	0.18	48	0
1975	60.2	12	78.7	5	41.8	27	0.00	76	0
1974					34.6	76	0.47	27	1
1973	54.5	32	69.2	31	39.8	38	1.14	10	0
1972	54.1	37	70.7	24	37.4	53	0.71	16	0
1971	52.1	48	63.7	56	40.6	32	0.62	21	0
1970	49.2	65	63.3	60	35	74	0.30	39	0
1969	50.3	58	63.3	60	37.3	54	0.37	34	0
1968	50.1	59	65.9	48	34.2	77	trace	67	0
1967	57.5	20	69.9	28	45.1	11	0.09	55	0
1966	52.9	43	67.8	37	38.1	51	0.43	28	0
1965	58.6	18	75	16	42.2	25	trace	67	0
1964	50.9	56	66.2	45	35.7	69	0.00	76	0
1963	68.4	1	83.8	1	53	1	trace	67	0
1962	55.3	28	66.2	45	44.3	15	1.61	4	0
1961	51.9	51	64.6	51	39.3	41	0.01	64	0
1960	61.2	8	77.3	9	45.1	11	0.00	76	0
1959	44.6	80	56.3	77	32.8	78	0.15	51	0
1958	55.6	26	69.4	29	41.7	28	0.03	62	0
1957	54.3	35	65.1	50	43.4	17	0.24	41	0
1956	58.9	15	74.8	17	43.1	20	trace	67	0
1955	56.7	22	71.1	23	42.3	24	0.16	49	0
1954	52.8	44	65.9	48	39.8	38	0.35	36	0
1953	58.7	17	75.1	15	42.2	25	0.02	63	0
1952	47.5	70	62.4	64	32.6	79	0.00	76	0
1951	53.6	42	64.6	51	42.6	22	0.62	21	0
1950	45.6	77	55.4	79	35.8	68	0.40	33	0
1949	53.9	39	64.4	53	43.3	19	0.70	17	0
1948	53.8	40	67.8	37	39.9	37	0.23	42	0
1947	61.4	6	76.9	10	46	5	0.06	58	0
1946	46	75	56.9	75	35.1	73	1.57	5	0
1945	56.2	24	71.8	21	40.6	32	trace	67	0
1944	49.2	65	62	65	36.4	62	0.41	31	0
1943	63.1	3	80.1	3	46	5	0.00	76	0
1942	59.3	14	74.1	19	44.6	14	0.04	61	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	68.4
2021	63.2
1943	63.1
2026	62.1
1980	62.1
2011	61.4
1947	61.4
1960	61.2
2010	61.1
2025	60.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	38.4
2000	41.7
1985	41.8
2018	42.9
1959	44.6
2012	45.2
2019	45.6
1950	45.6
1977	45.8
1946	46

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	3.44
2013	2.98
1998	2.24
1962	1.61
1946	1.57
1986	1.43
2011	1.23
1995	1.18
2009	1.16
1973	1.14

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2003	0.00
1988	0.00
1980	0.00
1975	0.00
1964	0.00
1960	0.00
1952	0.00
1943	0.00

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 9 October 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, tying the record for the driest 1 to 9 October, set in 2024, 2003, 1988 and 6 other years, in 85 years since 1942; provisional.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Rapid City, SD: 93°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Rapid City, SD: a low of 40°F on Sunday 4 October 2026.