Independence Day Climate Information

The following tables show the climate information for Rapid City, Lead, Gillette, Winner and Lemmon on Independence Day, as well as the weather at the Rapid City Airport for the past 10 Independence Days. Average highs around the area on July 4th are in the 80s, with upper 70s in the Black Hills. Last July 4^th was a hot and dry one around the area.

Temperature (F)	Rapid City*	Lead	Gillette	Winner	Lemmon
Highest	106 in 1989	97 in 1936	100 in 1989, 1937, 1936	111 in 1936	102 in 1989
Lowest	42 in 1915	34 in 1915	36 in 1972	40 in 1915	42 in 1972
Average High	85	77	84	87	84
Average Low	56	54	54	62	57
Precipitation (in.)	Rapid City	Lead	Gillette	Winner	Lemmon
Max Precip.	2.08 in 1912	2.00 in 1958	0.67 in 1979, 1909	1.13 in 1912	1.22 in 1977
Days Measured Precip.	37 times or 28%	38 times or 35%	22 times or 19%	30 times or 28%	27 times or 25%
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 for the Last 10 Independence Days
Year	High Temperature (F)	Low Temperature (F)	Average Temperature (F)	Precipitation (in.)
2018	75	55	65	0.00
2017	97	54	75.5	0.00
2016	93	58	75.5	0.01
2015	89	61	75.0	0.00
2014	88	63	75.5	0.01
2013	88	55	71.5	0.32
2012	90	64	77.0	0.00
2011	88	65	76.5	0.00
2010	70	54	62.0	0.08
2009	76	54	65.0	Trace
2008	87	51	69.0	0.00