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CDUS43 KUNR 060843
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
243 AM MDT MON OCT 6 2008
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..THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2008
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)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 71 235 PM 94 1947 67 4 72
MINIMUM 44 1120 PM 19 1952 39 5 42
AVERAGE 58 53 5 57
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.02 0.71 1972 0.04 -0.02 0.01
MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.20 -0.11 0.01
SINCE SEP 1 0.96 1.30 -0.34 0.84
SINCE JAN 1 17.82 14.45 3.37 11.47
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 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
YESTERDAY 7 12 -5 8
MONTH TO DATE 31 57 -26 33
SINCE SEP 1 230 247 -17 177
SINCE JUL 1 254 284 -30 195
COOLING
YESTERDAY 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 48 PERCENT
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 300 AM
LOWEST 49 300 PM
AVERAGE 75
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 94 1993
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 15 2000
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 656 AM MDT SUNSET 623 PM MDT
OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 658 AM MDT SUNSET 621 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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