Rapid City, SD: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 48.9°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest spring since 2012, tied 4th warmest of 84 (with 1994).

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 48.9°F; Warmest since 2012; 4th warmest of 84
Precipitation: 5.34 in; Wettest since 2025; 41st wettest of 84

A normal spring in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.5°F, between 41.5°F and 48.5°F in eight years of ten and 6.35 in of precipitation, between 3.92 in and 9.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Rapid City, SD since 1943: 48.9°F in 2026; the highest is 51.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 41.5 to 48.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	48.9	4	64.6	2	33.2	23	5.34	41
2025	48.6	8	62.4	6	34.9	10	5.64	39
2024	46.1	23	59.5	18	32.8	32	7.05	24
2023	42.5	66	55.5	59	29.5	71	7.93	16
2022	42.4	69	56.2	52	28.6	78	4.41	57
2021	45	38	58.6	27	31.5	50	4.33	61
2020	43.8	53	57.5	37	30.1	66	3.93	68
2019	39.5	82	50.7	83	28.4	81	10.43	3
2018	43.5	54	56.1	54	30.9	59	7.09	23
2017	46.8	18	60.4	15	33.2	23	3.46	76
2016	47.2	15	61.1	12	33.2	23	3.78	72
2015	46.5	20	60.3	16	32.7	34	7.62	21
2014	43.2	58	56.3	49	30.1	66	4.90	49
2013	41.8	72	55.1	65	28.6	78	7.01	26
2012	51.3	1	66.5	1	36.1	1	5.25	42
2011	41.7	74	52.8	74	30.6	62	8.34	13
2010	45.4	34	57.3	39	33.4	22	8.39	12
2009	42.2	71	55.3	63	29.2	74	6.66	30
2008	42.6	65	55.3	63	29.9	69	9.22	6
2007	49.2	3	62.9	4	35.5	4	4.74	51
2006	46.8	18	59.4	21	34.1	15	5.11	45
2005	46.5	20	59.2	24	33.8	19	7.85	17
2004	48	10	61.8	10	34.1	15	4.03	64
2003	45.9	24	59	25	32.9	30	4.41	57
2002	39.4	83	51.7	80	27.1	83	4.54	54
2001	45.5	31	57.8	33	33.2	23	4.31	62
2000	45.9	24	59.5	18	32.3	39	7.72	20
1999	44	48	55.8	57	32.1	44	8.26	14
1998	43.4	55	56	55	30.8	60	3.94	66
1997	42.8	62	55.7	58	29.8	70	10.35	4
1996	40	81	51.5	81	28.5	80	10.87	2
1995	41.8	72	52.7	75	30.8	60	7.39	22
1994	48.9	4	62.9	4	34.9	10	3.04	82
1993	45.8	28	57.5	37	34	18	6.03	35
1992	48.5	9	62.1	9	34.8	12	5.10	47
1991	47.1	16	59	25	35.3	5	8.02	15
1990	44.8	41	57.8	33	31.9	45	6.81	27
1989	44	48	56.8	45	31.3	54	3.82	71
1988	47.5	13	62.4	6	32.7	34	4.37	60
1987	47.8	12	60.5	14	35.1	7	4.55	53
1986	47.4	14	59.5	18	35.2	6	7.05	24
1985	49.8	2	63.6	3	36.1	1	3.11	81
1984	43.9	52	56.2	52	31.5	50	5.36	40
1983	43	59	54.1	69	31.9	45	4.02	65
1982	42.8	62	54.4	68	31.2	56	8.54	10
1981	48.8	6	62.4	6	35.1	7	3.25	78
1980	45.9	24	58.6	27	33.1	28	3.57	74
1979	44.4	45	57	41	31.9	45	1.95	84
1978	45.2	36	56.3	49	34.1	15	5.71	38
1977	48.7	7	61.3	11	36.1	1	6.69	29
1976	45.5	31	58.2	30	32.8	32	5.77	36
1975	40.7	79	51.8	79	29.5	71	5.05	48
1974	46.2	22	60	17	32.3	39	3.21	79
1973	44.7	43	56.6	47	32.7	34	7.77	19
1972	45.1	37	57.9	32	32.2	42	6.53	32
1971	44	48	55.9	56	32.2	42	7.81	18
1970	40.8	76	52.3	78	29.2	74	8.52	11
1969	44.9	40	58.3	29	31.4	53	4.46	56
1968	44.6	44	57.7	35	31.5	50	3.71	73
1967	43	59	54.1	69	31.9	45	9.18	7
1966	43.3	56	56.3	49	30.2	64	4.61	52
1965	40.9	75	52.6	76	29.2	74	8.93	8
1964	44.8	41	56.8	45	32.9	30	4.39	59
1963	47.1	16	59.4	21	34.8	12	6.58	31
1962	45.3	35	57.3	39	33.2	23	8.87	9
1961	45.7	30	57.6	36	33.7	20	3.57	74
1960	44.1	47	57	41	31.2	56	4.22	63
1959	45	38	57	41	33	29	5.74	37
1958	45.5	31	56.5	48	34.4	14	5.15	44
1957	42.9	61	53.2	73	32.5	37	9.77	5
1956	43.3	56	55.4	62	31.3	54	4.53	55
1955	45.8	28	59.3	23	32.3	39	3.88	69
1954	42.5	66	55	67	30.1	66	5.23	43
1953	42.5	66	54	71	31.1	58	5.11	45
1952	44	48	55.5	59	32.4	38	4.88	50
1951	40.5	80	53.3	72	27.7	82	3.17	80
1950	37.8	84	49.1	84	26.5	84	6.72	28
1949	45.9	24	58.2	30	33.6	21	3.94	66
1948	44.3	46	56.9	44	31.7	49	3.43	77
1947	40.8	76	52.4	77	29.1	77	3.00	83
1946	47.9	11	60.7	13	35.1	7	11.20	1
1945	42.8	62	55.1	65	30.6	62	6.04	34
1944	40.8	76	51.4	82	30.2	64	6.20	33
1943	42.4	69	55.5	59	29.3	73	3.83	70

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	51.3
1985	49.8
2007	49.2
2026	48.9
1994	48.9
1981	48.8
1977	48.7
2025	48.6
1992	48.5
2004	48

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	37.8
2002	39.4
2019	39.5
1996	40
1951	40.5
1975	40.7
1970	40.8
1947	40.8
1944	40.8
1965	40.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1946	11.20
1996	10.87
2019	10.43
1997	10.35
1957	9.77
2008	9.22
1967	9.18
1965	8.93
1962	8.87
1982	8.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	1.95
1947	3.00
1994	3.04
1985	3.11
1951	3.17
1974	3.21
1981	3.25
1948	3.43
2017	3.46
1980	3.57
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 13 May 2026
Coldest night: -2°F; 16 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.84 in; 21 May 2026

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Every answer in words

Spring 2026 brought 5.34 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the wettest spring since 2025, 41st wettest of 84.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 93°F on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Rapid City, SD: a low of -2°F on Monday 16 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Rapid City, SD: 1.84 in on Thursday 21 May 2026.