Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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CLIRAP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
640 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013


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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         80   1234 PM  89    1985  70     10       54
  MINIMUM         56    415 AM  23    2002  45     11       38
  AVERAGE         68                        57     11       46

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.38 2010   0.10  -0.10     0.36
  MONTH TO DATE    0.98                      2.45  -1.47     1.70
  SINCE MAR 1      4.83                      5.18  -0.35     4.83
  SINCE JAN 1      5.44                      5.92  -0.48     5.52

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       1.1   -1.1      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     56.3                      17.7   38.6      0.1
  SINCE JUL 1     76.7                      41.1   35.6     24.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         8     -8       19
  MONTH TO DATE  272                       275     -3      203
  SINCE MAR 1   2082                      1794    288     1174
  SINCE JUL 1   7071                      7004     67     6035

 COOLING
  TODAY            3                         0      3        0
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         0      8       18
  SINCE MAR 1      8                         2      6       27
  SINCE JAN 1      8                         2      6       27
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    22.8


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    77           500 AM
 LOWEST     42          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        86      1985
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        30      1992


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2013...........SUNRISE   517 AM MDT   SUNSET   821 PM MDT
MAY 25 2013...........SUNRISE   517 AM MDT   SUNSET   822 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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