CDUS43 KUNR 160837 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 137 AM MST TUE DEC 16 2025 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1942 TO 2025 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64R 1253 PM 63 1952 37 27 49 MINIMUM 32 722 AM -22 1989 14 18 21 AVERAGE 48 25 23 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.22 2022 0.01 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.16 0.00 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 0.16 0.16 0.00 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 18.18 17.25 0.93 12.99 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 40 -23 30 MONTH TO DATE 507 574 -67 516 SINCE DEC 1 507 574 -67 516 SINCE JUL 1 1694 2259 -565 1735 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 815 607 208 932 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 1000 PM LOWEST 22 1100 AM AVERAGE 39 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -20 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2025......SUNRISE 721 AM MST SUNSET 415 PM MST DECEMBER 17 2025......SUNRISE 722 AM MST SUNSET 415 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$