AFOS product CLIRAP
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
548 
CDUS43 KUNR 220834
CLIRAP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD                               
233 AM MDT TUE OCT 22 2013


................................... 

...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         58   1258 PM  89    1992  59     -1       58       
  MINIMUM         28    541 AM  19    1987  32     -4       45       
  AVERAGE         43                        46     -3       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.30 1942   0.04  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.38                      1.06   4.32     0.12    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.56                      2.35   4.21     0.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.62                     14.98   5.64    10.39    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                         0.0   MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   19.6                       0.6   19.0       T      
  SINCE SEP 1     19.6                       0.8   18.8       T      
  SINCE JUL 1     19.6                       0.8   18.8       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       22                        19      3       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  444                       324    120      343       
  SINCE SEP 1    546                       511     35      437       
  SINCE JUL 1    551                       548      3      442       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    133                        61     72       67       
  SINCE JAN 1    724                       633     91      937       
..................................................................


WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

..........................................................

                                                                     
THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        82      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        13      1981                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2013.......SUNRISE   716 AM MDT   SUNSET   557 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 23 2013.......SUNRISE   717 AM MDT   SUNSET   555 PM MDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




$$