Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
640 PM MDT FRI OCT 02 2026

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2026


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         76    406 PM  96    2011  68      8       92
  MINIMUM         44    223 AM  27    1950  40      4       49
                                      2009
  AVERAGE         60                        54      6       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.07 1986   0.06  -0.06     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.11  -0.11     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.53                      1.33   0.20     1.05
  SINCE JAN 1     11.15                     15.32  -4.17    16.54

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            5                        12     -7        0
  MONTH TO DATE   17                        23     -6        0
  SINCE SEP 1     72                       198   -126       57
  SINCE JUL 1     77                       236   -159       68

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        6
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        9
  SINCE SEP 1     95                        62     33      116
  SINCE JAN 1    929                       604    325      806
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    68           400 AM
 LOWEST     37           300 PM
 AVERAGE    53

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        96      2025
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      2009


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  2 2026.......SUNRISE   651 AM MDT   SUNSET   631 PM MDT
OCTOBER  3 2026.......SUNRISE   652 AM MDT   SUNSET   629 PM MDT


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




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