


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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777 CDUS43 KUNR 170842 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 242 AM MDT FRI OCT 17 2025 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 2025... 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64 301 PM 91 1991 60 4 88 MINIMUM 39 1122 PM 14 1992 34 5 45 AVERAGE 52 47 5 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.44 1998 0.05 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.86 0.05 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 1.96 2.08 -0.12 1.18 SINCE JAN 1 17.45 16.07 1.38 11.93 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 18 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 136 236 -100 99 SINCE SEP 1 193 411 -218 134 SINCE JUL 1 204 449 -245 144 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 18 0 18 10 SINCE SEP 1 125 62 63 202 SINCE JAN 1 815 604 211 932 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1950 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 17 1948 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2025.......SUNRISE 710 AM MDT SUNSET 604 PM MDT OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE 711 AM MDT SUNSET 603 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$