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An official National Weather Service cooperative observer 8 miles west-northwest of Usta in southeastern Perkins County recorded a temperature of 120° F that day, which tied the all-time record high temperature for the state of South Dakota set July 5 1936 in Gann Valley.</p> <p>Average temperatures for the month were also some of the warmest ever recorded. The Rapid City Regional Airport had the hottest July since observations began in 1942.  It was the second hottest July ever at the East Rapid City National Weather Service Office, with only the infamously hot summer of 1936 warmer than this year, and the ninth driest July since records began in 1888.</p> <p>Locations which set all-time record highs include:</p> <pre><u>Location</u>            <u>New Record</u>     <u>Previous Record</u><br/>Cottonwood 2E       117            116 on 7/20/1910<br/>Philip              116            113 on 8/26/1970<br/>Milesville 5NE      116            115 on 7/24/1952<br/>Interior 3NE        114            111 on 7/06/1973<br/>  (Badlands National Park)<br/>Rapid City Airport  111            110 on 7/08/1989<br/>Pine Ridge          111            108 on 7/25/2003<br/>Spearfish           109 (twice)    106 on 7/09/1954<br/>Fort Meade/Sturgis  108 (twice)    107 on 7/16/2005<br/>Pactola Reservoir   101            100 on 7/09/1989<br/>Mount Rushmore      100 (tied)     100 on 7/11/1985</pre> <p><a href="/web/20120308120109/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/unr/?n=weather_gallery">Return to Weather Gallery</a></p> </div>  </div></div> <div id="required"> <hr class="required"/> <div id="firstgov"><a href="/web/20120308120109/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/nwsexit.php?url=http://www.usa.gov/"><img src="/web/20120308120109im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/css/default/images/usagov.gif" alt="USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services." class="img" width="110" height="30"/></a></div> <ul id="contact"> <li>National Weather Service</li> <li>Rapid City, SD Weather Forecast Office</li> <li>300 East Signal Drive</li><li>Rapid City, SD 57701-3800</li> <li>605-341-9271</li> <li>Page Author: UNR Webmaster</li> <li>Web Master's E-mail: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/mailto:w-unr.webmaster@noaa.gov">w-unr.webmaster@noaa.gov</a></li> <li>Page last modified: May 19th 2010 1:41 PM</li> </ul> <ul id="disclaimer"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/http://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php">Disclaimer</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/http://www.weather.gov/credits.php">Credits</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/http://www.weather.gov/glossary/">Glossary</a></li> </ul> <ul id="policy"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/http://www.weather.gov/privacy.php">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/http://www.weather.gov/admin.php">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308120109/http://www.weather.gov/careers.php">Career Opportunities</a></li> </ul> </div></div> </body></html>