Climatological Report (Daily)
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CDUS43 KUNR 260848
CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
248 AM MDT MON OCT 26 2026

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 2026...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         43    958 AM  82    2007  56    -13       78
  MINIMUM         31    132 AM   9    1997  30      1       34
  AVERAGE         37                        43     -6       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.04          0.54 1954   0.03   0.01     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.16                      1.22  -1.06     0.95
  SINCE SEP 1      1.69                      2.44  -0.75     2.00
  SINCE JAN 1     11.31                     16.43  -5.12    17.49

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       28                        22      6        9
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       420   -184      267
  SINCE SEP 1    291                       595   -304      324
  SINCE JUL 1    296                       633   -337      335

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           800 PM
 LOWEST     41          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    71

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        81      1990
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        -7      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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