Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
983 CXUS53 KUNR 011448 CLMRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 848 AM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 84 03/15/2015 LOW -21 03/08/1996 HIGHEST 68 03/19 66 03/15 LOWEST 3 03/26 6 03/12 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.8 48.2 0.6 37.7 AVG. MINIMUM 22.3 22.6 -0.3 15.9 MEAN 35.5 35.4 0.1 26.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.02 1945 MINIMUM 0.05 2012 TOTALS 0.78 0.91 -0.13 1.52 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.05 DAYS >= .01 6 14 DAYS >= .10 3 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.44 03/31 TO 03/31 0.48 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 905 918 -13 1177 SINCE 7/1 5543 6175 -632 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/360 DATE 03/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/360 DATE 03/14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 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 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$