South Dakota, United States of America · population 73,569 · 218 weather stations within 200 km · records 1820 to 2025
Rapid City has an average annual daytime high of 15.6°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is July, when highs typically reach 30.0°C, and its coldest is January, with overnight lows near -11.8°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Rapid City's average temperature has risen by +1.8°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1820, warming totals +2.4°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Rapid City's average annual daytime high is 15.6°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is July, with highs averaging 30.0°C, and the coldest is January, with lows averaging -11.8°C.
July is the warmest month in Rapid City, with typical daytime highs of 30.0°C.
2011 is the hottest year on record for Rapid City, running +2.5°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Rapid City has warmed by roughly +1.8°C.
May to October typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.