000 CDUS43 KUNR 231831 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1131 AM MST MON NOV 23 2009 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 23 2009... VALID AS OF 1100 AM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 41 1059 AM 69 2005 41 0 45 1984 MINIMUM 30 1258 AM -14 1985 19 11 21 AVERAGE 36 30 6 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 0.28 1959 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.54 -0.39 1.02 SINCE SEP 1 4.02 3.01 1.01 3.36 SINCE JAN 1 17.91 16.16 1.75 20.22 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 4.9 -4.9 10.0 SINCE SEP 1 8.5 6.9 1.6 10.0 SINCE JUL 1 8.5 6.9 1.6 10.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 29 34 -5 32 MONTH TO DATE 538 685 -147 636 SINCE SEP 1 1474 1396 78 1389 SINCE JUL 1 1525 1433 92 1413 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 62 62 0 26 SINCE JAN 1 354 598 -244 482 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 100 AM LOWEST 47 300 AM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 74 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -5 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 23 2009......SUNRISE 658 AM MST SUNSET 419 PM MST NOVEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE 659 AM MST SUNSET 419 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$