Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
000 CXUS53 KUNR 011521 CLMRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 921 AM MDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/27/1969 LOW 19 05/03/1954 HIGHEST 82 05/09 93 05/27 05/22 05/23 LOWEST 25 05/01 24 05/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.2 66.5 6.7 66.6 AVG. MINIMUM 44.9 41.7 3.2 39.3 MEAN 59.1 54.1 5.0 52.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.18 1996 MINIMUM 0.33 1966 TOTALS 5.66 3.45 2.21 2.58 DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.11 0.07 0.08 DAYS >= .01 12 13 DAYS >= .10 9 7 DAYS >= .50 5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.38 05/11 TO 05/12 0.87 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 187 349 -162 373 SINCE 7/1 7307 7159 148 MM COOLING TOTAL 9 11 -2 6 SINCE 1/1 9 12 -3 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/310 DATE 05/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/320 DATE 05/29 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$