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

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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
638 PM MDT FRI OCT 30 2026

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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         56    257 PM  85    1950  54      2       58
  MINIMUM         33    644 AM  -2    2019  28      5       30
  AVERAGE         45                        41      4       44

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          0.71 1974   0.02  -0.02      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      1.38  -1.08     1.02
  SINCE SEP 1      1.83                      2.60  -0.77     2.07
  SINCE JAN 1     11.45                     16.59  -5.14    17.56

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           20                        24     -4       21
  MONTH TO DATE  343                       536   -193      365
  SINCE SEP 1    398                       711   -313      422
  SINCE JUL 1    403                       749   -346      433

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  FOG
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM
 LOWEST     74          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    87

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        81      1999
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28        -2      1991


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 30 2026.......SUNRISE   726 AM MDT   SUNSET   545 PM MDT
OCTOBER 31 2026.......SUNRISE   728 AM MDT   SUNSET   543 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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