Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
539 PM MST SAT DEC 06 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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   1031 AM  65    1981  39      0       63
  MINIMUM         25    459 PM -20    1972  15     10       26
  AVERAGE         32                        27      5       45

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            T             0.19 1982   0.01  -0.01     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.06   0.03     0.00
  SINCE DEC 1      0.09                      0.06   0.03     0.00
  SINCE JAN 1     18.11                     17.15   0.96    12.88

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           33                        38     -5       20
  MONTH TO DATE  220                       222     -2      195
  SINCE DEC 1    220                       222     -2      195
  SINCE JUL 1   1407                      1907   -500     1414

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1    815                       607    208      932
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    88           400 PM
 LOWEST     70          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    79

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        69      1984
                                             2024
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -14      2013


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
DECEMBER  6 2025......SUNRISE   713 AM MST   SUNSET   414 PM MST
DECEMBER  7 2025......SUNRISE   714 AM MST   SUNSET   414 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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