847
CDUS43 KUNR 170037
CLIRAP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
637 PM MDT MON OCT 16 2023
...............................
..THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 2023
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2023
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
...............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 72 252 PM 91 1991 60 12 54
MINIMUM 32 411 AM 14 1992 34 -2 32
AVERAGE 52 47 5 43
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.44 1998 0.05 -0.05 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.68 0.86 1.82 0.44
SINCE SEP 1 3.67 2.08 1.59 0.83
SINCE JAN 1 19.12 16.07 3.05 15.18
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 13 18 -5 22
MONTH TO DATE 217 236 -19 195
SINCE SEP 1 305 411 -106 286
SINCE JUL 1 347 449 -102 286
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0
SINCE SEP 1 80 62 18 110
SINCE JAN 1 555 604 -49 814
...............................................................
WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 500 AM
LOWEST 34 100 PM
AVERAGE 65
......................................................
THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1950
2003
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 17 1948
1984
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 16 2023.......SUNRISE 708 AM MDT SUNSET 607 PM MDT
OCTOBER 17 2023.......SUNRISE 709 AM MDT SUNSET 605 PM MDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page