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

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
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.




$$