Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 190047
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
647 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 92 159 PM 104 1959 85 7 95
MINIMUM 66 426 AM 43 2002 56 10 64
AVERAGE 79 71 8 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 0.62 1996 0.04 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.46 1.02 1.44 0.67
SINCE JUN 1 8.56 6.17 2.39 2.57
SINCE JAN 1 14.99 13.42 1.57 10.45
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 6
SINCE JUN 1 73 109 -36 65
SINCE JUL 1 11 16 -5 10
COOLING
TODAY 14 6 8 15
MONTH TO DATE 165 136 29 159
SINCE JUN 1 592 461 131 604
SINCE JAN 1 616 473 143 609
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 84 1200 AM
LOWEST 30 200 PM
AVERAGE 57
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 104 1986
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 41 1978
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2025........SUNRISE 600 AM MDT SUNSET 751 PM MDT
AUGUST 19 2025........SUNRISE 601 AM MDT SUNSET 750 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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