Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
641 PM MDT MON OCT 26 2026

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         35    328 PM  81    1990  56    -21       75
  MINIMUM         33    459 PM  -7    2020  30      3       48
  AVERAGE         34                        42     -8       62

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.13          0.40 1954   0.04   0.09     0.04
  MONTH TO DATE    0.29                      1.26  -0.97     0.99
  SINCE SEP 1      1.82                      2.48  -0.66     2.04
  SINCE JAN 1     11.44                     16.47  -5.03    17.53

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           31                        22      9        3
  MONTH TO DATE  267                       442   -175      270
  SINCE SEP 1    322                       617   -295      327
  SINCE JUL 1    327                       655   -328      338

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   20                         0     20       18
  SINCE SEP 1    115                        62     53      125
  SINCE JAN 1    949                       604    345      815
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.0


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM
 LOWEST     92           900 AM
 AVERAGE    96

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        84      2016
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         2      2020


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 26 2026.......SUNRISE   721 AM MDT   SUNSET   551 PM MDT
OCTOBER 27 2026.......SUNRISE   722 AM MDT   SUNSET   549 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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