Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
556 CXUS53 KUNR 011645 CLMUNR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1045 AM MDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE EAST RAPID CITY SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 90 04/28/1910 LOW -8 04/02/1936 HIGHEST 85 04/13 87 04/11 LOWEST 24 04/20 12 04/06 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.5 55.0 4.5 54.2 AVG. MINIMUM 37.8 34.0 3.8 32.0 MEAN 48.7 44.5 4.2 43.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 15 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.47 1941 MINIMUM 0.30 1954 TOTALS 4.36 2.26 2.10 0.96 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.08 0.07 0.03 DAYS >= .01 10 4 DAYS >= .10 6 2 DAYS >= .50 3 0 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.60 04/06 TO 04/06 0.49 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 39.5 2013 TOTALS 2.7 10.0 -7.3 12.8 SINCE 7/1 26.1 51.4 -25.3 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.4 -1.4 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 04/01 9 04/05 04/02 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 491 616 -125 650 SINCE 7/1 5702 6434 -732 MM COOLING TOTAL 8 1 7 2 SINCE 1/1 8 1 7 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/350 DATE 04/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/350 DATE 04/15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$