Climate averages 1991–2020
Rapid City weather
in November.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Rapid City: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (358 km away). In November its highs average 3.6°C, 4.4°C cooler than Rapid City, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rapid City ranks joint 454th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 45th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Rapid City is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 2.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Rapid City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 13 | 3.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 20 | 5.1 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 40 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 80 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 112 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 97 | 14.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 78 | 13.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 60 | 10.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 42 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 50 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| November, selected | 7.9°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 20 | 4.4 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.8°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Bismarck in NovemberUnited States · 358 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Fort Collins in NovemberUnited States · 417 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Greeley in NovemberUnited States · 424 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Loveland in NovemberUnited States · 437 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Billings in NovemberUnited States · 456 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Longmont in NovemberUnited States · 462 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Boulder in NovemberUnited States · 482 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Thornton in NovemberUnited States · 490 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -4.9°C · 30 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rapid City) is explained once on the Rapid City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.