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

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CDUS43 KUNR 190036
CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
636 PM MDT THU APR 18 2024

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         50    212 PM  90    1987  57     -7       64
  MINIMUM         28    329 AM  16    1953  32     -4       31
                                      2022
  AVERAGE         39                        44     -5       48

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.67 1970   0.08  -0.08     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    3.68                      1.12   2.56     0.75
  SINCE MAR 1      4.46                      2.03   2.43     2.27
  SINCE JAN 1      5.29                      2.84   2.45     3.52

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           26                        21      5       17
  MONTH TO DATE  318                       406    -88      427
  SINCE MAR 1   1223                      1324   -101     1604
  SINCE JUL 1   5861                      6582   -721     6853

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    71           500 AM
 LOWEST     24           200 PM
 AVERAGE    48

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        85      1961
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         8      1966


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 18 2024.........SUNRISE   603 AM MDT   SUNSET   741 PM MDT
APRIL 19 2024.........SUNRISE   601 AM MDT   SUNSET   742 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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