With no snow expected in Rapid City through the end of this month, March and April of 2015 will go down as one of the least snowiest on record. A scant 1.4 inches of snow has fallen on Rapid City since March 1st. The average snowfall in Rapid City for this time period is around 20 inches. Since 1888, only 3 other years has the combined snowfall for March and April been less than 1.4 inches. March and April 1904 had 0.3 inches. Both 1981 and 2012 saw only a trace of snow for the March through April time-frame.
Rapid City is not alone with the lack of snowfall during March and April. With only 3.1 inches of snowfall through April 26th, Gillette is currently sitting in 6th place for the least snow. With only 5.5 inches of snowfall in Lead, they are solidly in second place all-time. Lead's least snowiest March and April was 4.8 inches set in 1981.