


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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822 CDUS43 KUNR 170036 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 636 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2025 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 59 358 PM 109 2005 87 -28 90 MINIMUM 55 1041 AM 47 1983 59 -4 58 AVERAGE 57 73 -16 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.53 1.80 1969 0.07 0.46 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.52 1.18 1.34 0.56 SINCE JUN 1 4.51 4.05 0.46 1.53 SINCE JAN 1 10.94 11.30 -0.36 9.41 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 8 0 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 7 4 4 SINCE JUN 1 73 100 -27 59 SINCE JUL 1 11 7 4 4 COOLING TODAY 0 8 -8 9 MONTH TO DATE 144 112 32 124 SINCE JUN 1 292 193 99 243 SINCE JAN 1 316 205 111 248 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 77 400 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 104 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 46 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 16 2025..........SUNRISE 524 AM MDT SUNSET 832 PM MDT JULY 17 2025..........SUNRISE 525 AM MDT SUNSET 831 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$