Rapid City Downtown, SD

South Dakota · Records since 1888–2026

🌤️ 58°F Feels like 47°
Currently in Rapid City Downtown
As of 2:30 PM MST

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

77°F

November 4, 2016

+25° from 52° normal

❄ Record Low

0°F

November 4, 1935

-31° from 31° normal
🌞 Normal high: 52°F 🌑 Normal low: 31°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Rapid City Downtown

🔥
110°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 25, 2026
❄
-34°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 11, 1899
🌧
5.57"
Wettest Day Ever
May 27, 1926
☃
20.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Apr 18, 1970

First & Last Dates — Rapid City Downtown

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
196 days
Longest growing season
1940
111 days
Shortest growing season
1949
154 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 77°F November 4, 2016
2 77°F November 4, 2001
3 77°F November 4, 1952
4 76°F November 4, 1999
5 75°F November 4, 1945
6 74°F November 4, 2025
7 74°F November 4, 2020
8 74°F November 4, 1890
9 73°F November 4, 1965
10 72°F November 4, 2011

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 0°F November 4, 1935
2 10°F November 4, 2003
3 10°F November 4, 1951
4 13°F November 4, 1919
5 14°F November 4, 1967
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1888–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Rapid City Downtown

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
101°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
13
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1888–2026
51
2026 so far
25
Avg/year 1970–2025
29
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
55
Most in a year (1936)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Rapid City Downtown

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 2, 1936 – Jul 11, 1936 10 106°F (Jul 5) 102°F 71°F
2 Jul 21, 1931 – Jul 27, 1931 7 105°F (Jul 25) 100°F 70°F
3 Jul 10, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026 7 105°F (Jul 12) 101°F 68°F
4 Jul 18, 2012 – Jul 24, 2012 7 103°F (Jul 19) 98°F 68°F
5 Sep 4, 1931 – Sep 10, 1931 7 101°F (Sep 7) 98°F 64°F
6 Jul 24, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026 6 110°F (Jul 25) 102°F 70°F
7 Jul 8, 1954 – Jul 13, 1954 6 107°F (Jul 9) 101°F 70°F
8 Jul 21, 1936 – Jul 26, 1936 6 106°F (Jul 23) 99°F 68°F
9 Jul 17, 1934 – Jul 22, 1934 6 104°F (Jul 18) 100°F 70°F
10 Jul 14, 1936 – Jul 19, 1936 6 104°F (Jul 19) 100°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

59
2026 total
above-normal nights
44.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
63
Most in a summer
1936

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1888–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1888, annual totals have trended +0.18" per decade, about +2.5" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Rapid City Downtown is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

215 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

13.58"
2026 YTD
Normal: 19.24"
-5.66"
0.32"
November so far
November normal: 0.48"
-0.16"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Rapid City Downtown is 5.66" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
46.8°F
Average temperature
37th-warmest of 113
+3.3°
vs. average
Normal: 43.5°F (1991–2020)
0.32"
Precipitation
27th-wettest of 114
+0.05"
vs. average
Normal: 0.27" · 119% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1888–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.08° per decade (warming since 1888)

Precipitation by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1888–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1888)

Warmest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2016 57.3°F
2 1965 54.9°F
3 2008 54.4°F
4 1915 54.4°F
5 1904 53.3°F
6 1953 53.3°F
7 1968 53.1°F
8 1944 52.9°F
9 1924 52.9°F
10 1914 52.3°F

Coolest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2002 25.8°F
2 1935 26.8°F
3 1911 27.2°F
4 1925 27.4°F
5 2019 27.8°F
6 1928 28.7°F
7 1971 29.2°F
8 1919 29.8°F
9 1970 31.6°F
10 2003 32.1°F

Wettest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2000 1.77"
2 1996 1.67"
3 1961 1.30"
4 1956 1.21"
5 1998 1.21"
6 1920 1.03"
7 1929 1.03"
8 1948 1.02"
9 1943 0.87"
10 2003 0.70"

Driest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2022 0.00"
2 2021 0.00"
3 2020 0.00"
4 2015 0.00"
5 2014 0.00"
6 2012 0.00"
7 2010 0.00"
8 2008 0.00"
9 2007 0.00"
10 2006 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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