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CDUS43 KUNR 050041
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
640 PM MDT SAT OCT 4 2008
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..THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 2008
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2008
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 79 136 PM 94 1963 68 11 70
MINIMUM 51 532 AM 28 1999 39 12 43
1991
1950
AVERAGE 65 54 11 57
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.67 1998 0.04 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.16 -0.16 T
SINCE SEP 1 0.87 1.26 -0.39 0.83
SINCE JAN 1 17.73 14.41 3.32 11.46
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 12 -12 8
MONTH TO DATE 24 45 -21 25
SINCE SEP 1 223 235 -12 169
SINCE JUL 1 247 272 -25 187
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0
SINCE SEP 1 26 62 -36 109
SINCE JAN 1 482 598 -116 1083
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.8
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 83 500 AM
LOWEST 32 300 PM
AVERAGE 58
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 94 1947
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 19 1952
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 4 2008.......SUNRISE 654 AM MDT SUNSET 627 PM MDT
OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 655 AM MDT SUNSET 625 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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