Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
000 CXUS53 KUNR 011526 CLMRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 926 AM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 107 08/29/2012 08/13/2007 LOW 37 08/31/2020 HIGHEST 102 08/18 103 08/05 08/30 08/11 LOWEST 47 08/15 48 08/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.5 85.4 1.1 90.3 AVG. MINIMUM 56.1 56.2 -0.1 58.1 MEAN 71.3 70.8 0.5 74.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 19 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.83 1982 MINIMUM 0.10 1943 TOTALS 0.87 1.59 -0.72 2.76 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.05 -0.02 0.09 DAYS >= .01 6 7 DAYS >= .10 4 4 DAYS >= .50 0 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.28 08/07 TO 08/07 2.07 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 17 25 -8 0 SINCE 7/1 42 35 7 MM COOLING TOTAL 220 205 15 293 SINCE 1/1 475 542 -67 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/330 DATE 08/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/320 DATE 08/13 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$