Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
000 CXUS53 KUNR 041856 CLARAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1156 AM MST TUE JAN 04 2022 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2022 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 107 07/27 104 09/05 LOWEST -24 02/13 -7 10/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.1 59.6 2.5 61.8 AVG. MINIMUM 34.3 33.7 0.6 33.6 MEAN 48.2 46.7 1.5 47.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 45 39 DAYS MAX <= 32 36 38 DAYS MIN <= 32 177 189 DAYS MIN <= 0 18 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 27.89 2019 MINIMUM 9.12 1974 TOTALS 16.37 17.44 -1.07 12.86 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.05 -0.01 0.03 DAYS >= .01 89 105 DAYS >= .10 32 40 DAYS >= .50 9 4 DAYS >= 1.00 5 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.15 10/12 TO 10/13 1.51 06/04 TO 06/04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6800 7252 -452 6906 COOLING TOTAL 841 607 234 686 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/12 LATEST 05/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 61/320 DATE 01/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 80/330 DATE 01/14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 35 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 12 RAIN 23 LIGHT RAIN 88 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 55 SLEET 0 FOG 83 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 14 HAZE 62 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$