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

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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
637 PM MDT MON OCT 06 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         58        MM  94    1993  65     -7       71
  MINIMUM         42   1200 AM  15    2000  38      4       38
  AVERAGE         50                        52     -2       55

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.01          1.42 1962   0.05  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.60                      0.33   0.27     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.65                      1.55   0.10     1.18
  SINCE JAN 1     17.14                     15.54   1.60    11.93

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           15                        14      1       10
  MONTH TO DATE   32                        75    -43       38
  SINCE SEP 1     89                       250   -161       73
  SINCE JUL 1    100                       288   -188       83

 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    82           800 AM
 LOWEST     51           100 PM
 AVERAGE    67

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        89      1975
                                             2003
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        13      2000


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  6 2025.......SUNRISE   656 AM MDT   SUNSET   623 PM MDT
OCTOBER  7 2025.......SUNRISE   658 AM MDT   SUNSET   622 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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