Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 170036
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
636 PM MDT THU MAY 16 2024
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2024
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 77 121 PM 91 1979 67 10 76
2012
MINIMUM 45 511 AM 24 2009 42 3 40
AVERAGE 61 54 7 58
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 0.89 1955 0.11 -0.11 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.90 1.63 -0.73 3.42
SINCE MAR 1 6.27 4.62 1.65 5.69
SINCE JAN 1 7.10 5.43 1.67 6.94
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 4 11 -7 7
MONTH TO DATE 175 224 -49 140
SINCE MAR 1 1604 1776 -172 2011
SINCE JUL 1 6242 7034 -792 7260
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 79 500 AM
LOWEST 29 1000 AM
AVERAGE 54
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 93 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 31 1969
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 16 2024...........SUNRISE 524 AM MDT SUNSET 814 PM MDT
MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE 523 AM MDT SUNSET 815 PM MDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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