Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 070035
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
635 PM MDT TUE MAY 06 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 65 321 PM 88 2017 63 2 71
MINIMUM 45 535 AM 26 1989 38 7 48
AVERAGE 55 50 5 60
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.61 2015 0.09 -0.09 0.06
MONTH TO DATE 0.07 0.54 -0.47 0.44
SINCE MAR 1 3.63 3.53 0.10 5.81
SINCE JAN 1 4.42 4.34 0.08 6.64
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 10 15 -5 5
MONTH TO DATE 49 95 -46 95
SINCE MAR 1 1306 1647 -341 1524
SINCE JUL 1 6213 6905 -692 6162
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.6
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 80 500 AM
LOWEST 48 300 PM
AVERAGE 64
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 1992
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 25 2010
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 6 2025...........SUNRISE 536 AM MDT SUNSET 802 PM MDT
MAY 7 2025...........SUNRISE 535 AM MDT SUNSET 803 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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