


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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963 CDUS43 KUNR 120831 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 231 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 2025 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 1033 AM 89 1995 63 11 68 MINIMUM 54 1200 AM 16 2009 36 18 47 AVERAGE 64 49 15 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.84 1981 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.60 0.00 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 1.65 1.82 -0.17 1.18 SINCE JAN 1 17.14 15.81 1.33 11.93 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 16 -15 7 MONTH TO DATE 63 150 -87 50 SINCE SEP 1 120 325 -205 85 SINCE JUL 1 131 363 -232 95 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 0 18 8 SINCE SEP 1 125 62 63 200 SINCE JAN 1 815 604 211 930 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1100 PM LOWEST 51 1100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 90 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 16 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2025.......SUNRISE 704 AM MDT SUNSET 613 PM MDT OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE 705 AM MDT SUNSET 611 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$