Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
637 PM MDT SUN OCT 05 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         59    122 PM  94    1947  66     -7       71
  MINIMUM         47    737 AM  19    1952  39      8       42
  AVERAGE         53                        52      1       57

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.02          0.71 1972   0.06  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.59                      0.28   0.31     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.64                      1.50   0.14     1.18
  SINCE JAN 1     17.13                     15.49   1.64    11.93

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           12                        13     -1        8
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        61    -47       28
  SINCE SEP 1     71                       236   -165       63
  SINCE JUL 1     82                       274   -192       73

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   18                         0     18        2
  SINCE SEP 1    125                        62     63      194
  SINCE JAN 1    815                       604    211      924
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    43   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.3


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM
 LOWEST     47           300 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        94      1993
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        15      2000


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  5 2025.......SUNRISE   655 AM MDT   SUNSET   625 PM MDT
OCTOBER  6 2025.......SUNRISE   656 AM MDT   SUNSET   623 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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