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All About RAPID CITY WFO

Latitude 44 04 N - Longitude 103 12 W - Elevation 3379 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1888

All | Yearly Top 10 Precipitation Records | Top 30 Daily Precipitation Records
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30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Annual
Max (F)	37.4	38.6	46.5	55.8	66.3	76.0	84.3	83.6	72.5	59.1	45.8	36.6	58.7
Min (F)	16.4	18.1	24.9	34.0	45.0	54.2	61.7	59.8	50.0	37.6	27.5	18.1	37.4
Mean (F)	26.9	28.4	35.7	44.9	55.7	65.1	73.0	71.7	61.3	48.3	36.6	27.3	48.0
Precip (inches)	0.29	0.48	0.99	2.10	4.19	3.16	2.50	1.97	1.54	1.65	0.60	0.32	19.79
Snowfall (inches)	5.5	7.4	11.8	8.8	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.3	6.2	5.2	49.3
HDD	1181	1026	908	604	306	88	12	18	179	520	851	1167	6860
CDD	0	0	0	1	17	91	260	226	66	4	0	0	664

Yearly Top 10 Information
Yearly Rainfall						Yearly Snowfall
Wettest			Driest			Most Snow			Least Snow
Amount	Year		Amount	Year	Rank	Amount	Year		Amount	Year
28.89	1962		7.51	1936	1	90.2	2008-09		10.1	1940-41
27.14	1915		9.31	1931	2	80.3	1969-70		13.7	1907-08
27.06	1905		9.73	1893	3	79.3	1949-50		14.1	1900-01
25.86	1927		10.29	1961	4	73.0	2012-13		15.3	1910-11
25.23	1998		10.29	1934	5	67.1	1970-71		17.9	1913-14
25.10	1923		10.55	1911	6	66.6	1919-20		19.8	1945-46
24.44	1929		10.98	1898	7	66.5	1926-27		20.2	1903-04
24.39	2008		11.02	1939	8	66.4	1928-29		20.7	1930-31
23.86	1920		11.27	1940	9	64.1	2000-01		21.0	1901-02
23.55	2011		11.40	2012	10	62.2	2010-11		21.7	1898-99

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