000 CDUS43 KUNR 050837 CLIRAP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 235 AM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ................................... ...THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 4 2009... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 355 PM 106 1989 83 -7 87 MINIMUM 54 1041 PM 44 1997 56 -2 51 1972 AVERAGE 65 70 -5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.21 2004 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.32 -0.13 0.01 SINCE JUN 1 3.02 3.15 -0.13 3.13 SINCE JAN 1 10.82 9.83 0.99 13.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 3 SINCE JUN 1 188 92 96 118 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 4 MONTH TO DATE 11 23 -12 13 SINCE JUN 1 53 109 -56 42 SINCE JAN 1 62 124 -62 42 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 77 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 103 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 44 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2009..........SUNRISE 516 AM MDT SUNSET 838 PM MDT JULY 6 2009..........SUNRISE 516 AM MDT SUNSET 838 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$