Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
386 CXUS53 KUNR 041729 CLMRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1029 AM MST MON DEC 04 2023 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 96 10/02/2011 LOW -7 10/26/2020 HIGHEST 85 10/01 81 10/20 LOWEST 5 10/27 21 10/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.4 60.4 -1.0 64.6 AVG. MINIMUM 32.8 33.7 -0.9 34.9 MEAN 46.1 47.1 -1.0 49.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 12 13 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.60 1998 MINIMUM T 1960 TOTALS 2.70 1.41 1.29 0.50 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.05 0.04 0.02 DAYS >= .01 6 6 DAYS >= .10 2 2 DAYS >= .50 2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.99 0.26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 581 560 21 464 SINCE 7/1 711 773 -62 MM COOLING TOTAL 4 3 1 0 SINCE 1/1 555 607 -52 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 49/330 DATE 10/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/320 DATE 10/17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$