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CDUS43 KUNR 240839  
CLIRAP  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
236 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2008  
 
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..THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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 90 1209 PM 106 2007 87 3 106  
MINIMUM 65 121 AM 48 1951 59 6 69  
AVERAGE 78 73 5 88  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.55 0.94 1969 0.06 0.49 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.17 1.55 0.62 0.35  
SINCE JUN 1 5.29 4.38 0.91 1.31  
SINCE JAN 1 15.36 11.06 4.30 6.96  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 9 16 -7 0  
SINCE JUN 1 124 104 20 32  
SINCE JUL 1 9 16 -7 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 13 8 5 23  
MONTH TO DATE 137 163 -26 343  
SINCE JUN 1 166 249 -83 513  
SINCE JAN 1 166 264 -98 543    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 65 PERCENT  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 81 100 AM  
LOWEST 46 1200 PM  
AVERAGE 64  
 
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THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 109 2003  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 51 1996  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 24 2008..........SUNRISE 532 AM MDT SUNSET 825 PM MDT  
JULY 25 2008..........SUNRISE 533 AM MDT SUNSET 824 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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