Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
539 PM MST SAT NOV 08 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 8 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         44    638 AM  83    1999  50     -6       54
  MINIMUM         32    459 PM   9    1945  25      7       25
                                      2000
  AVERAGE         38                        38      0       40

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            T             0.58 1966   0.02  -0.02      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.16  -0.15      T
  SINCE SEP 1      2.08                      2.79  -0.71     1.54
  SINCE JAN 1     17.57                     16.78   0.79    12.29

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           27                        28     -1       25
  MONTH TO DATE  147                       210    -63      194
  SINCE SEP 1    601                       945   -344      541
  SINCE JUL 1    612                       983   -371      551

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE SEP 1    125                        65     60      202
  SINCE JAN 1    815                       607    208      932
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    43   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    57   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    24.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    88           400 PM
 LOWEST     47           500 AM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        75      2001
                                             2016
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24         2      1966


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER  8 2025......SUNRISE   639 AM MST   SUNSET   433 PM MST
NOVEMBER  9 2025......SUNRISE   640 AM MST   SUNSET   432 PM MST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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