000 CDUS43 KUNR 080038 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 538 PM MST SAT NOV 7 2009 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 7 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM 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 58 122 PM 83 1999 49 9 37 MINIMUM 29 629 AM 1 1991 25 4 27 AVERAGE 44 37 7 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.02 1944 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 0.21 -0.15 0.97 SINCE SEP 1 3.93 2.68 1.25 3.31 SINCE JAN 1 17.82 15.83 1.99 20.17 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.4 -1.4 10.0 SINCE SEP 1 8.5 3.4 5.1 10.0 SINCE JUL 1 8.5 3.4 5.1 10.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 21 28 -7 33 MONTH TO DATE 99 183 -84 139 SINCE SEP 1 1035 894 141 892 SINCE JUL 1 1086 931 155 916 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 600 AM LOWEST 23 200 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 83 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 9 2000 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 637 AM MST SUNSET 434 PM MST NOVEMBER 8 2009......SUNRISE 638 AM MST SUNSET 433 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$