Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
236 AM MDT SAT MAY 04 2024

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2024...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         49    550 PM  93    1952  62    -13       80
  MINIMUM         32   1229 AM  19    1954  37     -5       37
  AVERAGE         41                        49     -8       59

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.16          0.76 1969   0.09   0.07     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.27   0.11     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1      5.75                      3.26   2.49     2.27
  SINCE JAN 1      6.58                      4.07   2.51     3.52

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       24                        16      8        6
  MONTH TO DATE   60                        49     11       43
  SINCE MAR 1   1489                      1601   -112     1914
  SINCE JUL 1   6127                      6859   -732     7163

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96           800 AM
 LOWEST     51           400 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        91      1986
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        25      2013


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  4 2024...........SUNRISE   539 AM MDT   SUNSET   800 PM MDT
MAY  5 2024...........SUNRISE   537 AM MDT   SUNSET   801 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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