Rapid City

The tables below display average monthly climate and weather indicators in Rapid City South Dakota. Temperature by: Fahrenheit / Centigrade Rapid City Temperature Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Avg. Temperature -5.4 -2.9 1.2 7.3 12.9 18.2 22.3 21.4 15.6 9.3 1.6 -4.3 8.1 Avg. Max Temperature 1.0 3.4 7.7 14.4 20.1 25.4 30.1 29.5 23.6 16.9 8.2 2.0 15.2 Avg. Min Temperature -11.8 -9.3 -5.4 0.1 5.7 10.9 14.6 13.4 7.5 1.6 -5.1 -10.7 0.9 Days with Max Temp of 32 C or Higher 0.0 0.0 0.0 < 0.5 0.0 3.0 11.0 12.0 4.0 < 0.5 0.0 0.0 30.0 Days with Min Temp Below Freezing 30.0 27.0 27.0 15.0 3.0 < 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 10.0 25.0 30.0 169     Rapid City Heating and Cooling Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Heating Degree Days 1324 1072 958 597 311 103 18.0 31.0 211 505 906 1265 7301 Cooling Degree Days 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 97.0 241 205 61.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 611     Rapid City Precipitation Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Precipitation (inches) 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.0 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.5 16.6 Days with Precipitation 0.01 inch or More 7.0 7.0 9.0 10.0 12.0 12.0 9.0 8.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 97.0 Monthly Snowfall (inches) 5.3 6.5 8.8 6.3 0.8 0.1 < 0.05 < 0.05 0.1 1.7 5.3 4.9 39.8     Other Rapid City Weather Indicators Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Average Wind Speed 10.7 11.1 12.6 13.1 12.2 10.9 10.1 10.2 11.0 11.2 10.8 10.5 11.2 Clear Days 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 9.0 13.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 8.0 8.0 111 Partly Cloudy Days 8.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 13.0 12.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 115 Cloudy Days 15.0 14.0 15.0 15.0 13.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 8.0 11.0 14.0 14.0 139 Percent of Possible Sunshine 57.0 60.0 63.0 62.0 60.0 65.0 73.0 74.0 70.0 66.0 55.0 55.0 63.0 Avg. Relative Humidity 58.0 68.0 67.5 63.0 60.5 63.0 61.5 56.5 52.5 53.0 58.0 64.5 68.5

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