Rapid City SD Highest Temperature Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Rapid City, South Dakota. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Rapid City rose above 105 °F? What was the highest temperature in the City five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Rapid City and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Rapid City Regional Airport and go back to 1949. The highest temperature measured during that time was 111 degrees Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) on July 15, 2006.

Highest Rapid City temperatures in recent years
Max °F	Date	Max °C
103	September 02, 2023	39
105	July 18, 2022	41
107	July 27, 2021	42
104	September 05, 2020	40
92	September 02, 2019 +	33
105	June 14, 2018	41
106	July 09, 2017	41
103	June 11, 2016	39
100	August 15, 2015 +	38
96	July 21, 2014	36
101	August 27, 2013	38
109	June 26, 2012	43
103	July 31, 2011	39
102	August 27, 2010 +	39

Highest temperature recorded at Rapid City each year
Max °F	Date	Max °C
97	August 13, 2009	36
99	August 31, 2008 +	37
109	July 07, 2007	43
111	July 15, 2006	44
109	July 16, 2005	43
103	July 19, 2004	39
109	July 24, 2003	43
109	June 29, 2002	43
104	August 07, 2001	40
102	August 11, 2000	39
103	July 28, 1999	39
104	July 18, 1998	40
98	July 15, 1997 +	37
101	August 12, 1996	38
102	August 17, 1995 +	39
103	August 26, 1994	39
95	July 30, 1993	35
103	August 08, 1992	39
103	August 27, 1991 +	39
106	July 02, 1990	41
110	July 08, 1989	43
106	August 15, 1988 +	41
106	July 16, 1987	41
104	August 19, 1986	40
104	July 07, 1985	40
98	August 13, 1984 +	37
103	July 20, 1983	39
96	July 22, 1982 +	36
106	July 07, 1981	41
106	July 29, 1980	41
103	June 13, 1979	39
104	September 06, 1978	40
105	July 18, 1977	41
101	July 12, 1976	38
105	August 07, 1975	41
105	June 26, 1974	41
110	July 06, 1973	43
98	August 13, 1972 +	37
101	September 02, 1971 +	38
102	August 26, 1970 +	39
101	August 11, 1969	38
96	August 07, 1968 +	36
100	August 24, 1967	38
103	July 16, 1966 +	39
105	August 12, 1965	41
104	July 21, 1964	40
101	July 25, 1963	38
99	August 21, 1962	37
106	June 29, 1961	41
105	July 20, 1960	41
104	August 18, 1959	40
102	August 09, 1958	39
100	August 11, 1957 +	38
101	June 11, 1956	38
102	August 03, 1955 +	39
109	July 12, 1954	43
100	August 31, 1953 +	38
108	July 24, 1952	42
104	July 19, 1951	40
97	June 06, 1950	36
104	August 23, 1949 +	40

Rapid City - Highest Temperature for Each Year

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