Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
594 CXUS53 KUNR 011549 CLMRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 849 AM MST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 75 12/04/1965 LOW -30 12/30/1990 HIGHEST 65 12/07 61 12/01 12/11 LOWEST 13 12/16 -18 12/21 12/31 12/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.1 37.2 9.9 31.7 AVG. MINIMUM 20.2 13.9 6.3 8.1 MEAN 33.7 25.6 8.1 19.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 15 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 9 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.65 1975 MINIMUM T 2001 TOTALS 0.32 0.35 -0.03 0.70 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 -0.00 0.02 DAYS >= .01 2 5 DAYS >= .10 1 3 DAYS >= .50 0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.32 12/25 TO 12/26 0.27 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 962 1223 -261 1388 SINCE 7/1 2444 2910 -466 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 555 607 -52 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 49/330 DATE 12/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 72/340 DATE 12/26 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$