898 CDUS43 KUNR 080834 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 233 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 59 410 PM 85 1988 55 4 56 MINIMUM 37 214 AM 11 2007 29 8 30 AVERAGE 48 42 6 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.36 1953 0.05 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.28 -0.25 0.41 SINCE MAR 1 0.85 1.21 -0.36 0.46 SINCE JAN 1 1.46 1.95 -0.49 1.15 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.1 -2.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 12.9 10.8 2.1 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 34.2 -0.9 24.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 23 -6 22 MONTH TO DATE 141 166 -25 97 SINCE MAR 1 1108 1084 24 629 SINCE JUL 1 6097 6294 -197 5490 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 900 PM LOWEST 43 1200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 81 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 7 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2013.........SUNRISE 621 AM MDT SUNSET 728 PM MDT APRIL 9 2013.........SUNRISE 619 AM MDT SUNSET 729 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$