000 CDUS43 KUNR 081830 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1130 AM MST SUN NOV 8 2009 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 8 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 59 1059 AM 83 1999 48 11 34 MINIMUM 36 414 AM 9 2000 25 11 18 1945 AVERAGE 48 36 12 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.58 1966 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 0.24 -0.18 0.97 SINCE SEP 1 3.93 2.71 1.22 3.31 SINCE JAN 1 17.82 15.86 1.96 20.17 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 10.0 SINCE SEP 1 8.5 3.6 4.9 10.0 SINCE JUL 1 8.5 3.6 4.9 10.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 17 28 -11 39 MONTH TO DATE 116 211 -95 178 SINCE SEP 1 1052 922 130 931 SINCE JUL 1 1103 959 144 955 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 100 AM LOWEST 26 1100 AM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 75 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 2 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 8 2009......SUNRISE 638 AM MST SUNSET 433 PM MST NOVEMBER 9 2009......SUNRISE 640 AM MST SUNSET 432 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$