Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 130039
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
639 PM MDT SUN OCT 12 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 63 1222 PM 90 1956 62 1 78
MINIMUM 50 459 PM 16 2009 35 15 43
AVERAGE 57 49 8 61
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.97 2023 0.05 -0.05 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.65 -0.05 0.00
SINCE SEP 1 1.65 1.87 -0.22 1.18
SINCE JAN 1 17.14 15.86 1.28 11.93
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 8 16 -8 4
MONTH TO DATE 71 166 -95 54
SINCE SEP 1 128 341 -213 89
SINCE JUL 1 139 379 -240 99
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 18 0 18 8
SINCE SEP 1 125 62 63 200
SINCE JAN 1 815 604 211 930
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 50 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 86 100 AM
LOWEST 33 200 PM
AVERAGE 60
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1958
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 18 1969
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 12 2025.......SUNRISE 704 AM MDT SUNSET 613 PM MDT
OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE 705 AM MDT SUNSET 611 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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