Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 280834
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
234 AM MDT THU AUG 28 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 2025...
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)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 86 157 PM 103 1991 83 3 80
MINIMUM 54 457 AM 42 1992 53 1 52
AVERAGE 70 68 2 66
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 2006 0.04 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.55 1.42 1.13 0.97
SINCE JUN 1 8.65 6.57 2.08 2.87
SINCE JAN 1 15.08 13.82 1.26 10.75
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 6
SINCE JUN 1 73 120 -47 65
SINCE JUL 1 11 27 -16 10
COOLING
YESTERDAY 5 5 0 1
MONTH TO DATE 227 186 41 253
SINCE JUN 1 654 511 143 698
SINCE JAN 1 678 523 155 703
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 500 AM
LOWEST 30 200 PM
AVERAGE 60
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 2012
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 41 2004
2019
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 28 2025........SUNRISE 611 AM MDT SUNSET 735 PM MDT
AUGUST 29 2025........SUNRISE 612 AM MDT SUNSET 733 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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