Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 190832
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
232 AM MDT WED AUG 19 2026
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 85 141 PM 104 1959 85 0 92
MINIMUM 56 442 AM 43 2002 56 0 64
AVERAGE 71 71 0 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.32 0.62 1996 0.04 0.28 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.08 1.02 1.06 2.46
SINCE JUN 1 3.97 6.17 -2.20 8.56
SINCE JAN 1 9.53 13.42 -3.89 14.99
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 5 3 2 0
SINCE JUN 1 79 109 -30 73
SINCE JUL 1 5 16 -11 11
COOLING
YESTERDAY 6 6 0 13
MONTH TO DATE 149 136 13 164
SINCE JUN 1 680 461 219 591
SINCE JAN 1 720 473 247 615
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 43 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 53 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 400 AM
LOWEST 33 200 PM
AVERAGE 62
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 104 1986
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 41 1978
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 19 2026........SUNRISE 601 AM MDT SUNSET 750 PM MDT
AUGUST 20 2026........SUNRISE 602 AM MDT SUNSET 748 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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