Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 170839
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
239 AM MDT SAT MAY 17 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 60 539 PM 91 1979 67 -7 77
2012
MINIMUM 41 946 PM 24 2009 42 -1 45
AVERAGE 51 54 -3 61
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 0.89 1955 0.11 -0.11 T
MONTH TO DATE 0.33 1.63 -1.30 0.90
SINCE MAR 1 3.89 4.62 -0.73 6.27
SINCE JAN 1 4.68 5.43 -0.75 7.10
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 14 11 3 4
MONTH TO DATE 87 224 -137 175
SINCE MAR 1 1344 1776 -432 1604
SINCE JUL 1 6251 7034 -783 6242
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 24 0 24 0
SINCE MAR 1 24 1 23 0
SINCE JAN 1 24 1 23 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 55 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 73 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 28.1
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 80 700 AM
LOWEST 42 200 PM
AVERAGE 61
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 93 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 31 1969
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2025...........SUNRISE 524 AM MDT SUNSET 814 PM MDT
MAY 18 2025...........SUNRISE 523 AM MDT SUNSET 815 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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