541 CDUS43 KUNR 130048 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 647 PM MDT THU MAR 12 2020 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 2020... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2020 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 42 207 PM 82 2007 47 -5 49 MINIMUM 32 821 AM -15 1950 22 10 28 AVERAGE 37 34 3 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.08 1954 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.32 -0.31 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.32 -0.31 0.57 SINCE JAN 1 1.19 1.06 0.13 1.85 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 28 31 -3 26 MONTH TO DATE 299 390 -91 608 SINCE MAR 1 299 390 -91 608 SINCE JUL 1 5656 5600 56 6378 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 25.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 33 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 75 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -9 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2020.........SUNRISE 709 AM MDT SUNSET 655 PM MDT MARCH 13 2020.........SUNRISE 707 AM MDT SUNSET 657 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$