RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

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Elevation: 963 meters Latitude: 44 03N Longitude: 103 04W

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TEMPERATURE

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		8		-5		-2		1		7		13		18		22		22		16		9		1		-3

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		15		1		3		7		14		20		25		30		30		23		17		8		2

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		1		-12		-9		-5		---		6		11		14		13		7		2		-5		-10

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		43		24		23		27		33		36		41		43		41		40		34		25		23

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-34		-32		-31		-27		-17		-7		---		3		3		-7		-18		-28		-34

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		31		---		---		---		---		1		3		11		12		4		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 65F/18C

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		164		---		1		3		9		20		27		31		30		24		15		3		1

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		169		30		26		27		15		2		---		---		---		2		11		25		30

Average Number of Days Below 5F/-15C

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		30		11		7		3		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		2		7

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		16.1		6.1		3.6		1.7		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.8		3.8

PRECIPITATION

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		400		10		10		20		40		60		70		50		30		20		20		10		10

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		74		4		4		6		9		9		9		8		7		6		6		3		3

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		248		22		24		72		112		248		196		134		100		101		124		53		32

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		---		---		---		2		14		31		11		18		13		12		3		1		---

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		95.8		7.6		20.3		30		84.8		95.8		61.2		50.3		57.4		54.9		42.4		46.7		8.9

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		43		1		2		3		6		6		6		6		4		3		4		1		1

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		13		---		---		1		2		3		2		2		1		1		1		---		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2		---		---		---		---		1		---		1		---		---		---		---		---

PRECIPITATION - RAIN

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		96		7		7		9		9		12		12		9		8		6		5		6		6

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		40		---		---		---		1		6		10		12		8		3		---		---		---

Most Rain Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		660		40		60		60		130		170		170		150		120		70		90		50		40

Least Recorded Rainfall

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		230		---		---		---		---		---		10		10		---		---		---		---		---

PRECIPITATION - SNOW

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		99		12		16		22		15		2		---		---		---		---		4		12		12

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		81.3		43.2		35.6		81.3		68.6		34.3		7.6		---		---		15.2		45.7		40.6		50.8

HUMIDITY

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		71		69		73		76		72		73		74		70		69		69		68		71		70

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		45		54		53		49		42		45		47		38		33		35		38		49		56

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		---		-10		-9		-5		-1		5		10		11		10		4		---		-6		-10

DEGREE DAYS

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		4056.1		735.6		595.6		532.2		331.7		172.8		57.2		10		17.2		117.2		280.6		503.3		702.8

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		339.4		---		---		---		---		3.9		53.9		133.9		113.9		33.9		---		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1311.6		---		---		---		---		103.3		250		396.1		378.9		183.3		---		---		---

VISIBILITY

Average Number of Days With Fog

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		41		3		5		5		5		4		3		2		2		2		2		4		4

Average Number of Clear Days

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		111		8		6		7		6		7		9		13		14		13		12		8		9

Average Possibility of Sunshine

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		63		56		60		63		62		60		65		72		74		69		66		55		55

Average Number of Cloudy Days

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		139		15		14		15		15		13		10		5		5		8		11		14		14

Average Number of Partly Cloudy Days

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		115		8		8		9		9		11		11		13		12		9		8		8		8

WIND

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 21

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
km/h		27		28		28		30		30		27		22		20		20		25		27		28		28

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