Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 090052
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
652 PM MDT FRI AUG 08 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 80 1106 AM 103 1944 87 -7 73
1992
MINIMUM 64 600 AM 48 2023 58 6 55
AVERAGE 72 73 -1 64
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.00 1945 0.06 -0.06 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.87 0.49 1.38 0.15
SINCE JUN 1 7.97 5.64 2.33 2.05
SINCE JAN 1 14.40 12.89 1.51 9.93
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 1
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1
SINCE JUN 1 73 106 -33 60
SINCE JUL 1 11 13 -2 5
COOLING
TODAY 7 8 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 75 66 9 88
SINCE JUN 1 502 391 111 533
SINCE JAN 1 526 403 123 538
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.0
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 73 100 AM
LOWEST 43 400 PM
AVERAGE 58
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 106 1947
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 47 1967
1995
2024
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 8 2025........SUNRISE 548 AM MDT SUNSET 806 PM MDT
AUGUST 9 2025........SUNRISE 550 AM MDT SUNSET 805 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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