Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 180837
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
237 AM MDT MON AUG 18 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 91 312 PM 105 2021 86 5 91
MINIMUM 64 231 AM 39 2002 56 8 57
AVERAGE 78 71 7 74
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 2015 0.06 -0.06 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.46 0.98 1.48 0.67
SINCE JUN 1 8.56 6.13 2.43 2.57
SINCE JAN 1 14.99 13.38 1.61 10.45
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 6
SINCE JUN 1 73 108 -35 65
SINCE JUL 1 11 15 -4 10
COOLING
YESTERDAY 13 6 7 9
MONTH TO DATE 151 130 21 144
SINCE JUN 1 578 455 123 589
SINCE JAN 1 602 467 135 594
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 600 AM
LOWEST 37 1200 PM
AVERAGE 64
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 104 1959
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 43 2002
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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