Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
114 CXUS53 KUNR 011509 CLMRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 909 AM MDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2024 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 103 08/02 102 08/18 08/03 08/30 LOWEST 44 08/10 47 08/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.0 85.4 3.6 86.5 AVG. MINIMUM 58.4 56.2 2.2 56.1 MEAN 73.7 70.8 2.9 71.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 16 12 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 0.97 1.59 -0.62 0.87 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.05 -0.02 0.03 DAYS >= .01 6 6 DAYS >= .10 3 4 DAYS >= .50 0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.48 08/11 TO 08/11 0.28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6 25 -19 17 SINCE 7/1 10 35 -25 MM COOLING TOTAL 280 205 75 220 SINCE 1/1 730 542 188 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/310 DATE 08/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/310 DATE 08/11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP MM HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN MM LT FREEZING RAIN MM HAIL MM HEAVY SNOW MM SNOW MM LIGHT SNOW MM SLEET MM FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$