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CDUS43 KUNR 101832
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1231 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2008
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..THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 2008
VALID AS OF 1100 AM 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 38 MM 88 1955 65 -27 62
MINIMUM 33 MM 20 1985 37 -4 36
AVERAGE 36 51 -15 49
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.16 0.39 2003 0.05 0.11 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.28 0.44 -0.16 0.21
SINCE SEP 1 1.15 1.54 -0.39 1.04
SINCE JAN 1 18.01 14.69 3.32 11.67
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY MM T MM 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 29 14 15 16
MONTH TO DATE 121 124 -3 100
SINCE SEP 1 320 314 6 244
SINCE JUL 1 344 351 -7 262
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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 300 AM
LOWEST 92 400 AM
AVERAGE 96
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1995
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1987
1959
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 10 2008.......SUNRISE 701 AM MDT SUNSET 616 PM MDT
OCTOBER 11 2008.......SUNRISE 703 AM MDT SUNSET 614 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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