Christmas Climate Information

The following tables show the climate information for Rapid City, Gillette, Lead, Winner, Lemmon, Sundance, Spearfish, Newcastle, Hot Springs, and Custer on Christmas, as well as the weather in Rapid City and Gillette for the past 10 Christmas Days. Record highs around the area have reached the 50s and 60s, with record lows in the teens and 20s below zero. Last year, Custer, Lead, Lemmon, and Spearfish saw a white Christmas, and Rapid City saw some snow falling on Christmas day. Of the five sites listed, white Christmases have been most frequent in Lead, occurring around 80% of the time.