Climatological Report (Daily)
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CDUS43 KUNR 180037
CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
537 PM MST MON NOV 17 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 17 2025...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         39   1214 AM  72    1953  47     -8       56
  MINIMUM         35    743 AM  -9    1959  21     14       22
  AVERAGE         37                        34      3       39

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.26R         0.23 1994   0.01   0.25     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.29                      0.31  -0.02     0.59
  SINCE SEP 1      2.36                      2.94  -0.58     2.13
  SINCE JAN 1     17.85                     16.93   0.92    12.88

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           28                        31     -3       26
  MONTH TO DATE  318                       475   -157      383
  SINCE SEP 1    772                      1210   -438      730
  SINCE JUL 1    783                      1248   -465      740

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE SEP 1    125                        65     60      202
  SINCE JAN 1    815                       607    208      932
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM
 LOWEST     85           600 AM
 AVERAGE    89

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        79      2008
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -9      2022


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 17 2025......SUNRISE   650 AM MST   SUNSET   424 PM MST
NOVEMBER 18 2025......SUNRISE   652 AM MST   SUNSET   423 PM MST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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