Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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CDUS43 KUNR 230839
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
239 AM MDT SAT AUG 23 2025
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...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 83 308 PM 104 1949 85 -2 92
1960
MINIMUM 62 1159 PM 38 1966 55 7 60
AVERAGE 73 70 3 76
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.06 1.06 1983 0.05 0.01 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.55 1.21 1.34 0.67
SINCE JUN 1 8.65 6.36 2.29 2.57
SINCE JAN 1 15.08 13.61 1.47 10.45
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 6
SINCE JUN 1 73 113 -40 65
SINCE JUL 1 11 20 -9 10
COOLING
YESTERDAY 8 6 2 11
MONTH TO DATE 217 160 57 206
SINCE JUN 1 644 485 159 651
SINCE JAN 1 668 497 171 656
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 87 900 AM
LOWEST 32 300 PM
AVERAGE 60
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 104 1949
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 2015
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 23 2025........SUNRISE 606 AM MDT SUNSET 743 PM MDT
AUGUST 24 2025........SUNRISE 607 AM MDT SUNSET 741 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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