


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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792 CDUS43 KUNR 170839 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 239 AM MDT THU APR 17 2025 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 2025... 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 247 PM 86 1958 57 25 66 MINIMUM 34 525 AM 7 2022 31 3 45 AVERAGE 58 44 14 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.75 1976 0.07 -0.07 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.21 0.96 -0.75 3.67 SINCE MAR 1 0.82 1.87 -1.05 4.45 SINCE JAN 1 1.61 2.68 -1.07 5.28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 21 -14 9 MONTH TO DATE 300 364 -64 268 SINCE MAR 1 1011 1282 -271 1173 SINCE JUL 1 5918 6540 -622 5811 COOLING YESTERDAY 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 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 52 400 AM LOWEST 9 200 PM AVERAGE 31 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 88 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 16 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2025.........SUNRISE 605 AM MDT SUNSET 739 PM MDT APRIL 18 2025.........SUNRISE 603 AM MDT SUNSET 740 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$