Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
636 PM MDT SAT OCT 04 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         72        MM  94    1963  67      5       85
  MINIMUM         60        MM  27    2018  39     21       43
  AVERAGE         66                        53     13       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.01          1.74 2013   0.05  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.22  -0.21     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.06                      1.44  -0.38     1.18
  SINCE JAN 1     16.55                     15.43   1.12    11.93

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                        13    -13        1
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        48    -48       20
  SINCE SEP 1     57                       223   -166       55
  SINCE JUL 1     68                       261   -193       65

 COOLING
  TODAY            1                         0      1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   19                         0     19        2
  SINCE SEP 1    126                        62     64      194
  SINCE JAN 1    816                       604    212      924
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.6


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    65           400 PM
 LOWEST     37           300 AM
 AVERAGE    51

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        94      1947
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        19      1952


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   654 AM MDT   SUNSET   627 PM MDT
OCTOBER  5 2025.......SUNRISE   655 AM MDT   SUNSET   625 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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