Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
831 CXUS53 KUNR 011549 CLMUNR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 849 AM MST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE EAST RAPID CITY SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 79 12/05/1939 LOW -28 12/20/1916 HIGHEST 66 12/06 61 12/01 12/11 12/27 LOWEST 14 12/31 -18 12/21 12/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 46.3 37.6 8.7 33.2 AVG. MINIMUM 26.5 18.6 7.9 12.4 MEAN 36.4 28.1 8.3 22.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 15 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.21 2018 MINIMUM 0.01 1896 TOTALS 0.29 0.37 -0.08 0.41 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 -0.00 0.01 DAYS >= .01 2 7 DAYS >= .10 2 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.16 12/26 TO 12/26 0.27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 15.5 2015 TOTALS 3.4 6.6 -3.2 9.7 SINCE 7/1 4.9 16.6 -11.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.1 -0.1 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 12/26 6 12/13 12/14 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 882 1144 -262 1300 SINCE 7/1 2182 2695 -513 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 767 679 88 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/330 DATE 12/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/340 DATE 12/25 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$