Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
000 CXUS53 KUNR 240447 CLARAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 947 PM MST SAT JAN 23 2021 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 111 07/15/2006 LOW -31 02/02/1996 HIGHEST 104 09/05 92 09/02 07/24 LOWEST -7 10/26 -19 02/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.8 60.4 1.4 54.7 AVG. MINIMUM 33.6 33.9 -0.3 31.2 MEAN 47.7 47.1 0.6 43.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 39 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 38 62 DAYS MIN <= 32 189 195 DAYS MIN <= 0 7 28 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 27.89 2019 MINIMUM 9.12 1974 TOTALS 12.86 16.29 -3.43 27.89 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 105 135 DAYS >= .10 40 65 DAYS >= .50 4 14 DAYS >= 1.00 1 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 06/04 TO 06/04 2.34 05/21 TO 05/21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6906 7152 -246 8242 COOLING TOTAL 686 636 50 399 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/02 LATEST 05/10 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 58/330 DATE 12/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 79/320 DATE 12/23 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 41 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 25 LIGHT RAIN 99 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 5 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 12 LIGHT SNOW 62 SLEET 0 FOG 82 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 14 HAZE 28 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$