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

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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
637 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2024

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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         66    343 PM  86    1958  57      9       57
  MINIMUM         45    828 AM   7    2022  31     14       25
  AVERAGE         56                        44     12       41

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.06          0.75 1976   0.07  -0.01     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.67                      0.96   2.71     0.74
  SINCE MAR 1      4.45                      1.87   2.58     2.26
  SINCE JAN 1      5.28                      2.68   2.60     3.51

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            9                        21    -12       24
  MONTH TO DATE  268                       364    -96      392
  SINCE MAR 1   1173                      1282   -109     1569
  SINCE JUL 1   5811                      6540   -729     6818

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    46   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    61   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    28.3


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM
 LOWEST     33           400 PM
 AVERAGE    63

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        88      1948
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        16      2001


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 16 2024.........SUNRISE   606 AM MDT   SUNSET   738 PM MDT
APRIL 17 2024.........SUNRISE   605 AM MDT   SUNSET   739 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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