Box Elder climate

Box Elder Weather in February

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Rapid City Rgnl AP, 7.8 km from Box Elder

Average highs run from 36°F on February 1 to 42°F on February 28, and lows from 13°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.50 in over about 7 wet days.

February day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Box Elder, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-2502550751001510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

February at a glance

Average high
38°F
Average low
14°F
Precipitation
0.50 in
Snowfall
7.7 in
Record high
75°FFeb 24, 1995
Record low
-31°FFeb 2, 1996
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 53 min to 11 h 08 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
65%
Dew point
17°F
Wind
10.3 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Feb 136°F13°F69°F 2020-25°F 199621%23%
Feb 236°F13°F64°F 1991-31°F 199622%23%
Feb 336°F13°F70°F 1962-25°F 199622%23%
Feb 436°F13°F73°F 2005-21°F 198922%23%
Feb 536°F13°F73°F 2026-21°F 198222%23%
Feb 636°F13°F72°F 2015-19°F 201422%23%
Feb 737°F13°F73°F 1987-22°F 197122%23%
Feb 837°F13°F74°F 1954-23°F 199422%23%
Feb 937°F13°F70°F 1996-25°F 199422%23%
Feb 1037°F13°F74°F 1951-16°F 201822%23%
Feb 1137°F13°F68°F 1990-14°F 198822%23%
Feb 1237°F13°F72°F 1983-12°F 202122%23%
Feb 1337°F13°F68°F 1954-24°F 202122%23%
Feb 1438°F14°F67°F 1954-23°F 202122%23%
Feb 1538°F14°F70°F 2017-21°F 200722%23%
Feb 1638°F14°F72°F 2017-17°F 197922%22%
Feb 1738°F14°F66°F 1970-22°F 200622%22%
Feb 1838°F14°F71°F 2016-23°F 200622%22%
Feb 1939°F14°F70°F 2017-26°F 202522%22%
Feb 2039°F15°F65°F 1972-19°F 202522%21%
Feb 2139°F15°F74°F 1995-18°F 201822%21%
Feb 2240°F15°F70°F 1958-16°F 202222%21%
Feb 2340°F15°F67°F 1958-17°F 202222%21%
Feb 2440°F16°F75°F 1995-17°F 200322%20%
Feb 2541°F16°F72°F 1999-16°F 201122%20%
Feb 2641°F16°F69°F 2024-10°F 201522%20%
Feb 2741°F17°F75°F 1988-9°F 196221%19%
Feb 2842°F17°F73°F 2006-18°F 196221%19%
Feb 2942°F17°F74°F 1992-9°F 199621%18%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Box Elder, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015202511020
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

February 1
sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 5:03 PM
February 28
sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 5:39 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00024090 (Rapid City Rgnl AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024090, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.