Rapid City, SD: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 33.4°F in Rapid City, SD, the warmest winter since 1992, 2nd warmest of 84.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 33.4°F; Warmest since 1992; 2nd warmest of 84
Precipitation: 0.39 in; Driest since 2002; 4th driest of 84

A normal winter in Rapid City, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26°F, between 21.1°F and 29.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.12 in of precipitation, between 0.52 in and 1.89 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Rapid City, SD since 1943: 33.4°F in 2026; the highest is 34.1°F, in 1992.

Normal range, 21.1 to 29.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	33.4	2	48.5	1	18.2	8	0.39	81
2025	23.8	53	36.5	45	11	60	1.17	44
2024	30	9	42.7	9	17.4	13	1.15	45
2023	24.6	45	37	40	12.1	52	1.95	12
2022	25.9	33	39.5	25	12.2	50	1.09	49
2021	25.5	40	37.5	37	13.5	38	0.91	60
2020	27.5	23	38.9	27	16.2	18	1.43	30
2019	21.1	74	31.4	76	10.8	64	2.42	4
2018	20.7	75	33.6	67	7.7	79	1.23	41
2017	22.1	66	33.4	70	10.9	62	1.58	22
2016	29.1	14	40.4	18	17.8	10	1.48	27
2015	28.1	21	41.1	16	15	27	0.85	65
2014	21.3	70	33.9	63	8.6	78	1.03	55
2013	26.2	32	38.9	27	13.4	39	0.86	64
2012	28.3	19	41.7	13	14.9	28	0.98	58
2011	21.2	72	32.8	73	9.6	75	2.31	6
2010	19.3	80	28.7	80	9.8	71	1.15	45
2009	23.5	57	35.6	54	11.3	57	1.51	24
2008	23.2	58	35.8	51	10.5	68	1.36	36
2007	25.7	36	38.8	29	12.5	47	0.92	59
2006	29.5	12	41.6	14	17.3	14	0.59	75
2005	28.7	18	41.4	15	15.9	20	0.76	71
2004	27.2	25	38.2	33	16.2	18	1.21	42
2003	26.6	28	39.5	25	13.7	37	0.58	77
2002	29	17	43.1	7	14.9	28	0.25	84
2001	21.2	72	32.6	74	9.8	71	0.52	78
2000	30.8	5	43.4	5	18.3	7	0.59	75
1999	29.4	13	43.1	7	15.8	21	0.29	82
1998	29.7	11	40.9	17	18.4	6	1.47	28
1997	21.3	70	31.3	77	11.4	55	2.18	8
1996	22.4	63	34.7	60	10.1	69	1.08	50
1995	30.4	7	42	11	18.7	5	0.99	57
1994	24.7	44	35.5	56	13.9	36	1.64	19
1993	16.8	81	27.2	82	6.3	82	1.86	13
1992	34.1	1	47.2	2	21.1	2	0.49	80
1991	23.6	55	36.1	48	11.1	59	1.42	31
1990	26.8	27	38.4	31	15.3	23	1.41	33
1989	24.1	51	36.6	44	11.7	54	0.82	66
1988	25.8	35	39.6	24	11.9	53	0.82	66
1987	31.3	4	43.7	4	18.9	4	1.76	16
1986	24.2	50	33.9	63	14.4	33	2.18	8
1985	22.2	65	34.8	59	9.7	74	0.90	61
1984	23.8	53	34.4	61	13.3	40	0.75	73
1983	32.5	3	43.8	3	21.2	1	0.88	63
1982	20.4	77	32	75	8.8	77	1.11	48
1981	30.8	5	42.1	10	19.4	3	0.89	62
1980	27	26	39.7	23	14.4	33	0.78	69
1979	13.6	84	24	84	3.2	84	1.07	51
1978	16.1	83	25.1	83	7.1	80	1.39	34
1977	24.4	48	35.9	49	12.8	45	1.49	26
1976	29.1	14	40.4	18	17.9	9	2.40	5
1975	23.6	55	35	57	12.2	50	1.52	23
1974	26.4	30	38.1	36	14.6	31	1.00	56
1973	24.6	45	36.7	42	12.5	47	0.76	71
1972	21.4	69	33.8	66	9.1	76	0.81	68
1971	20.6	76	31.1	78	10.1	69	2.79	2
1970	25.4	41	36.8	41	14	35	1.84	15
1969	19.8	79	29.7	79	9.8	71	1.42	31
1968	24.4	48	35.6	54	13.1	41	1.67	17
1967	27.4	24	38.3	32	16.4	17	1.85	14
1966	22.3	64	33.9	63	10.8	64	1.36	36
1965	23.2	58	35.7	53	10.8	64	1.61	20
1964	26.3	31	37.5	37	15.1	26	1.50	25
1963	24	52	36.7	42	11.2	58	2.14	10
1962	22.1	66	33.2	71	10.9	62	2.00	11
1961	28.3	19	40	22	16.7	16	1.12	47
1960	25.9	33	36.5	45	15.3	23	1.27	40
1959	23.2	58	35	57	11.4	55	1.39	34
1958	29.8	10	41.9	12	17.8	10	1.31	39
1957	22.6	62	34.1	62	11	60	1.05	53
1956	22.9	61	33.5	69	12.4	49	1.67	17
1955	25.4	41	36.2	47	14.5	32	1.59	21
1954	30.2	8	43.4	5	17	15	0.70	74
1953	29.1	14	40.4	18	17.8	10	3.29	1
1952	22.1	66	33.6	67	10.6	67	1.19	43
1951	25.6	38	38.5	30	12.6	46	0.26	83
1950	20	78	32.9	72	7	81	0.78	69
1949	16.5	82	27.7	81	5.2	83	2.28	7
1948	25.3	43	37.5	37	13.1	41	1.05	53
1947	25.7	36	38.2	33	13.1	41	1.06	52
1946	27.7	22	40.2	21	15.2	25	0.50	79
1945	25.6	38	35.8	51	15.4	22	1.35	38
1944	26.5	29	38.2	33	14.8	30	2.47	3
1943	24.5	47	35.9	49	13.1	41	1.45	29

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	34.1
2026	33.4
1983	32.5
1987	31.3
2000	30.8
1981	30.8
1995	30.4
1954	30.2
2024	30
1958	29.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	13.6
1978	16.1
1949	16.5
1993	16.8
2010	19.3
1969	19.8
1950	20
1982	20.4
1971	20.6
2018	20.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	3.29
1971	2.79
1944	2.47
2019	2.42
1976	2.40
2011	2.31
1949	2.28
1997	2.18
1986	2.18
1963	2.14

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.25
1951	0.26
1999	0.29
2026	0.39
1992	0.49
1946	0.50
2001	0.52
2003	0.58
2006	0.59
2000	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 5 February 2026
Coldest night: -17°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 29 January 2026, 12 December 2025, 3 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.39 in of precipitation in Rapid City, SD, the driest winter since 2002, 4th driest of 84.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rapid City, SD: 73°F on Thursday 5 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rapid City, SD: a low of -17°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rapid City, SD: 0.06 in on Thursday 29 January 2026, Friday 12 December 2025 and Wednesday 3 December 2025.