Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
635 PM MDT FRI OCT 03 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         96R   210 PM  90    1963  67     29       66
  MINIMUM         51    539 AM  24    2009  39     12       44
  AVERAGE         74                        53     21       55

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          0.92 2013   0.06  -0.06     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.17  -0.17     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.05                      1.39  -0.34     1.18
  SINCE JAN 1     16.54                     15.38   1.16    11.93

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                        12    -12       10
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        35    -35       19
  SINCE SEP 1     57                       210   -153       54
  SINCE JUL 1     68                       248   -180       64

 COOLING
  TODAY            9                         0      9        0
  MONTH TO DATE   18                         0     18        2
  SINCE SEP 1    125                        62     63      194
  SINCE JAN 1    815                       604    211      924
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    66           500 AM
 LOWEST     12           400 PM
 AVERAGE    39

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        94      1963
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        27      2018


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   653 AM MDT   SUNSET   629 PM MDT
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   654 AM MDT   SUNSET   627 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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