Average temperature in February is -2 °C
Average daytime temperature is 4.9 °C
Average night temperature is -7.2 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 15.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -27.3 °C
Number of sunny days: 18
Number of rainy days: 5
Number of snow days: 5
Precipitation sum: 23 mm
* Weather data for Rapid City United States is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| February (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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| Maximum temperature | 4.9 | -2.1 | 15.3 | 11.8 | 9.3 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 15.8 | 8.5 | -3.5 | 2.6 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 4 | 4.3 | 11.1 | -12.5 | -21.2 | -19 | 3.3 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | -0.2 | -7.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 2.7 | -1 | 7.5 | 2.6 | -2.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 3.6 | -10.2 | -4.1 | 6.5 | 4 | 0 | -1.2 | 6.1 | -20.5 | -27.8 | -23.2 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| Mean temperature | -2.4 | -4.5 | -0.4 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.1 | -0.7 | 2 | 3 | 5.9 | 0.9 | -7.5 | -4.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | -0.2 | -16.5 | -23.5 | -24.1 | -4.9 | 0.3 | 3.3 | -1 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -12.3 | -13 | -16.8 | -3.3 | -7.4 | -5.2 | -6.4 | -6.4 | -11.3 | -11.2 | -8 | -6.9 | -4.8 | -10.7 | -18.7 | -13.8 | -10.1 | -10.8 | -6.2 | -6.5 | -11.5 | -26.5 | -32.6 | -32.9 | -27.8 | -12.7 | -6.6 | -11.1 |
| Minimum temperature | -6.9 | -7.8 | -10.5 | 1.4 | -3.3 | -1.7 | -2.2 | -1.6 | -2.8 | -6.3 | -4.2 | -2.2 | 0.3 | -2 | -10.7 | -8.8 | -5.7 | -5.6 | -2.7 | -1.7 | -5.3 | -19.7 | -27.1 | -27.3 | -22.5 | -7.1 | -2.1 | -6.2 |
| Apparent min temperature | -7.7 | -9.7 | -5.5 | 0.1 | -3.5 | -2.8 | -1.5 | -3 | -7.3 | -5.8 | -2.6 | -1.7 | 1.3 | -5.5 | -15.6 | -10.1 | -5.1 | -4.6 | -3.7 | -4.4 | -6.1 | -23.8 | -29.5 | -29.5 | -10.7 | -4.5 | -2.4 | -5.4 |
| February | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10 | 10 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11 | 11 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.8 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 0 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 19.8 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 27.3 | 27.1 | 41.3 | 28.8 | 32.6 | 44.8 | 15 | 19.3 | 14.1 | 15 | 42.6 | 43.7 | 22.5 | 32.2 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 33.8 | 35.4 | 32.6 | 26.8 | 15.8 | 33.9 | 23.8 | 35.6 | 20.9 |
In February 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Rapid City was 15.8°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -27.3°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during February in Rapid City are -7.2°C and 4.9°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in February is about 23 mm.