000 CDUS43 KUNR 291832 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1232 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 2008... VALID AS OF 1100 AM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 78 1059 AM 102 1961 82 -4 75 MINIMUM 54 207 AM 41 1988 53 1 48 AVERAGE 66 68 -2 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.36 1996 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.41 1.53 -0.12 2.82 SINCE JUN 1 6.78 6.39 0.39 4.98 SINCE JAN 1 16.85 13.07 3.78 10.63 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 2 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 15 16 -1 18 SINCE JUN 1 139 120 19 50 SINCE JUL 1 24 32 -8 18 COOLING TODAY 1 5 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 174 199 -25 291 SINCE JUN 1 424 512 -88 925 SINCE JAN 1 424 527 -103 955 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 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 51 1200 AM LOWEST 25 1100 AM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 102 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 38 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2008........SUNRISE 613 AM MDT SUNSET 733 PM MDT AUGUST 30 2008........SUNRISE 614 AM MDT SUNSET 731 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$