Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
232 AM MDT FRI OCT 18 2024

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         78    918 AM  85    1950  60     18       80
                                      2003
  MINIMUM         46   1127 PM  17    1948  33     13       41
                                      1984
  AVERAGE         62                        46     16       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.04 1998   0.05  -0.05      T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.91  -0.91     2.68
  SINCE SEP 1      1.18                      2.13  -0.95     3.67
  SINCE JAN 1     11.93                     16.12  -4.19    19.12

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        3                        19    -16        4
  MONTH TO DATE  102                       255   -153      221
  SINCE SEP 1    137                       430   -293      309
  SINCE JUL 1    147                       468   -321      351

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         0     10        4
  SINCE SEP 1    202                        62    140       80
  SINCE JAN 1    932                       604    328      555
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    71          1000 PM
 LOWEST     23           900 AM
 AVERAGE    47

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        86      2000
                                             2015
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        16      1972


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 18 2024.......SUNRISE   711 AM MDT   SUNSET   602 PM MDT
OCTOBER 19 2024.......SUNRISE   713 AM MDT   SUNSET   601 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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