Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 130041
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
641 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 78 1047 AM 105 1965 86 -8 88
MINIMUM 59 450 AM 45 1964 58 1 56
1992
AVERAGE 69 72 -3 72
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.11 1.16 1945 0.06 0.05 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.71 -0.57 1.91
SINCE JUN 1 2.03 5.86 -3.83 8.01
SINCE JAN 1 7.59 13.11 -5.52 14.44
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 0
SINCE JUN 1 79 106 -27 73
SINCE JUL 1 5 13 -8 11
COOLING
TODAY 4 7 -3 7
MONTH TO DATE 111 96 15 88
SINCE JUN 1 642 421 221 515
SINCE JAN 1 682 433 249 539
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 1200 AM
LOWEST 64 800 AM
AVERAGE 81
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 2007
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 43 2004
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 12 2026........SUNRISE 553 AM MDT SUNSET 801 PM MDT
AUGUST 13 2026........SUNRISE 554 AM MDT SUNSET 800 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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