Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 220043
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
643 PM MDT THU AUG 21 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 91 211 PM 101 1947 85 6 93
MINIMUM 63 511 AM 43 2021 55 8 61
AVERAGE 77 70 7 77
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 0.92 1964 0.04 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.46 1.16 1.30 0.67
SINCE JUN 1 8.56 6.31 2.25 2.57
SINCE JAN 1 14.99 13.56 1.43 10.45
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 6
SINCE JUN 1 73 112 -39 65
SINCE JUL 1 11 19 -8 10
COOLING
TODAY 12 6 6 12
MONTH TO DATE 209 154 55 195
SINCE JUN 1 636 479 157 640
SINCE JAN 1 660 491 169 645
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 61 600 AM
LOWEST 32 300 PM
AVERAGE 47
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 104 1949
1960
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 1966
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 21 2025........SUNRISE 603 AM MDT SUNSET 746 PM MDT
AUGUST 22 2025........SUNRISE 604 AM MDT SUNSET 745 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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