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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