Valentine's Day Climate Information

The following tables show the climate information for Rapid City, Lead, Gillette, Winner, and Lemmon on Valentine’s Day, as well as the weather at the Rapid City Airport for the past 10 Valentine’s Days. Average highs around the area on February 14^th are in the 30s, with average lows in the teens. A wide range of temperatures has occurred on Valentine’s Day, with record highs reaching the 70s in Rapid City and Winner, and record lows dipping into the 20s to 40s below zero across the area.

Temperature (F)	Rapid City*	Lead	Gillette	Winner	Lemmon
Highest	70 in 1921	60 in 1981	58 in 1981	74 in 1954	60 in 1981
Lowest	-31 in 1936	-27 in 1936	-30 in 1936	-30 in 1936	-41 in 1936
Average High	39	36	38	38	33
Average Low	15	17	16	15	13
Precipitation (in.)	Rapid City	Lead	Gillette	Winner	Lemmon
Max Precip.	0.86 in 1889	0.56 in 1918	0.25 in 1972	0.31 in 1935	0.60 in 1910
Days Measured Precip.	51 times or 39%	50 times or 45%	24 times or 20%	16 times or 15%	20 times or 18%
Max Snowfall	10.0 in 1889	7.7 in 1991	3.7 in 1972	6.0 in 1932	6.0 in 1910
Days Measured Snow	48 times or 36%	48 times or 43%	23 times or 19%	13 times or 12%	13 times or 12%
Max Snow Depth	8 in 1949	28 in 2010 and 1994	10 in 2001	30 in 1936	18 in 1978 and 1910
Year Records Began	1888	1909	1902	1910	1909

* Precipitation, records, and frequencies for Rapid City were compiled from the office’s three locations: The original downtown Weather Bureau Office (WBO) data from 1888-1942; the airport data began in 1942, and the East Rapid City Weather Forecast Office (WFO) started in 1996.

Weather at the Rapid City Airport on the Last 10 Valentine’s Days
Year	High Temperature (F)	Low Temperature (F)	Average Temperature (F)	Precipitation (in.)	Snowfall (in.)	Snow Depth (in.)
2019	16	2	39	T	0.1	T
2018	54	14	34	0.00	0.0	1
2017	51	23	37	0.00	0.0	0
2016	44	26	35.0	0.01	0.0	0
2015	36	16	26.0	Trace	Trace	0
2014	45	31	38.0	0.00	0.0	0
2013	47	13	30.0	0.00	0.0	1
2012	49	21	35.0	0.02	0.2	0
2011	57	27	42.0	0.00	0.0	0
2010	20	5	12.5	0.00	0.0	0