Climatological Report (Daily)
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CDUS43 KUNR 150835
CLIRAP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
235 AM MDT WED OCT 15 2025

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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 2025...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         66    219 PM  85    1964  61      5       77
  MINIMUM         46    427 AM  15    1969  35     11       34
  AVERAGE         56                        48      8       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.53 2013   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.60                      0.76  -0.16     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.65                      1.98  -0.33     1.18
  SINCE JAN 1     17.14                     15.97   1.17    11.93

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        9                        17     -8        9
  MONTH TO DATE  108                       200    -92       80
  SINCE SEP 1    165                       375   -210      115
  SINCE JUL 1    176                       413   -237      125

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   18                         0     18        8
  SINCE SEP 1    125                        62     63      200
  SINCE JAN 1    815                       604    211      930
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.0


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93          1100 PM
 LOWEST     44           100 PM
 AVERAGE    69

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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1958
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        13      2018


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 15 2025.......SUNRISE   707 AM MDT   SUNSET   608 PM MDT
OCTOBER 16 2025.......SUNRISE   709 AM MDT   SUNSET   606 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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