Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 170832
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
232 AM MDT THU JUL 17 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 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 59 358 PM 109 2005 87 -28 90
MINIMUM 55 1041 AM 47 1983 59 -4 58
AVERAGE 57 73 -16 74
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.53 1.80 1969 0.07 0.46 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.52 1.18 1.34 0.56
SINCE JUN 1 4.51 4.05 0.46 1.53
SINCE JAN 1 10.94 11.30 -0.36 9.41
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 8 0 8 0
MONTH TO DATE 11 7 4 4
SINCE JUN 1 73 100 -27 59
SINCE JUL 1 11 7 4 4
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 9
MONTH TO DATE 144 112 32 124
SINCE JUN 1 292 193 99 243
SINCE JAN 1 316 205 111 248
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 200 AM
LOWEST 77 400 PM
AVERAGE 85
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 104 1977
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 46 1950
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 17 2025..........SUNRISE 525 AM MDT SUNSET 831 PM MDT
JULY 18 2025..........SUNRISE 526 AM MDT SUNSET 830 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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