Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
000 CXUS53 KUNR 041856 CLAUNR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1156 AM MST TUE JAN 04 2022 ................................... ...THE EAST RAPID CITY SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 107 07/12/1954 07/09/1954 LOW -34 02/11/1899 HIGHEST 106 07/27 102 08/23 09/05 LOWEST -16 02/14 -3 01/15 02/15 01/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.6 58.7 2.9 60.9 AVG. MINIMUM 39.5 37.3 2.2 38.6 MEAN 50.6 48.0 2.6 49.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 48 32 DAYS MAX <= 32 34 38 DAYS MIN <= 32 136 157 DAYS MIN <= 0 16 5 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 31.73 2019 MINIMUM 7.51 1936 TOTALS 14.17 20.02 -5.85 16.18 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.05 -0.01 0.04 DAYS >= .01 95 111 DAYS >= .10 38 45 DAYS >= .50 5 6 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.61 10/12 TO 10/13 1.08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 93.8 2009 24 HR TOTAL 9.1 04/01/2020 TO 04/02/2020 TOTALS 44.5 53.7 -9.2 69.0 SINCE 7/1 15.1 16.6 -1.5 MM DAYS >= 1.0 14 15.7 -1.7 25 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 9.1 03/14 TO 03/15 9.1 04/01 TO 04/02 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6222 6845 -623 6318 COOLING TOTAL 1128 680 448 861 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/12 LATEST 05/12 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 53/320 DATE 01/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 77/320 DATE 01/14 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 39 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 90 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 4 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 9 LIGHT SNOW 61 SLEET 1 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$