Climatological Report (Seasonal) Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CLSRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
652 AM MST MON DEC 3 2018
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2018 TO 11/30/2018...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2018
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 104 09/06/1978
09/04/1960
09/02/1960
LOW -19 11/14/1959
HIGHEST 93 09/12 97 09/03
LOWEST 5 11/18 10 10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM 58.4 61.3 -2.9 63.3
AVG. MINIMUM 32.8 34.0 -1.2 34.2
MEAN 45.6 47.7 -2.1 48.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 1 5
DAYS MAX <= 32 8 2
DAYS MIN <= 32 50 44
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.23 1998
MINIMUM 0.37 1952
TOTALS 3.31 3.24 0.07 1.86
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.02
DAYS >= .01 27 19
DAYS >= .10 10 5
DAYS >= .50 1 0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.09 09/01 TO 09/01 0.35
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 35.6 1985
TOTALS 6.9 7.8 -0.9 T
SINCE 7/1 6.9 7.8 -0.9 T
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 3 2.4 0.6 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 2 11/25 -1 11/03
24 HR TOTAL 1.8 10/08 TO 10/08 T
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1791 1638 153 1544
COOLING TOTAL 48 64 -16 85
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 55/330 DATE 10/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 70/340 DATE 10/03
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 32 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 17 SLEET 0
FOG 35 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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