Rapid City, SD
Weather Forecast Office
Arctic air across the area on New Years Day morning, combined with clear skies and light winds, produced air temperatures of 25 below to near 45 below zero across much of northwest South Dakota into portions of south central South Dakota. The coldest temperatures were across portions of Perkins and Ziebach counties, where lows dropped to around 40 below zero. The coldest recorded temperature was 44 below zero at an automated observation site along the North Fork of the Grand River just west of Shadehill Reservoir, southwest of Lemmon. Daily record lows occurred at numerous sites, with the Milesville and Maurine cooperative observation sites recording all time record lows!
Listed below are low temperatures from our Cooperative Observers on January 1:
Station | Temperature | Old Daily Record | Previous All Time Record | Additional Info |
Milesville |
-41 | -24/1952 | -39/Feb 2, 1917 | Period of record for station goes back to 1911. |
Hoover |
-39 | Tied for coldest on record since station opened in 2004. | ||
Dupree |
-38 | -30/1928 | 2nd coldest on record going back to 1922. | |
Maurine |
-37 | -18/1985 |
-36/Feb 9, 1994 & Dec 30, 1990 |
Period of record for station goes back to 1975. |
Red Owl |
-37 | Coldest on record since station opened in 1989. | ||
Cottonwood |
-34 | |||
Wood |
-32 | -28/1924 | ||
Wasta |
-29 | -24/1974 | ||
Lemmon |
-28 | |||
Bison |
-26 | -20/1979 | ||
Spearfish |
-24 | -24/1968 |
Listed below are low temperatures from automated observing sites on January 1:
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Rapid City, SD
300 East Signal Drive
Rapid City, SD 57701-3800
605-341-9271
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