RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

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Elevation: 3162 feet 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
F		47		22		27		34		45		56		65		73		72		61		49		35		26

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		60		34		38		45		58		68		78		86		86		75		63		47		37

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		34		10		15		22		32		43		52		58		57		46		36		23		14

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		110		76		75		82		93		98		106		110		106		104		94		78		75

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		-30		-27		-25		-17		1		18		31		39		38		18		-2		-19		-30

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
in.		16.1		0.4		0.5		1		1.8		2.7		3		2		1.5		1.1		1		0.6		0.4

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
in		9.8		0.8		0.9		2.8		4.4		9.8		7.7		5.3		4		4		4.9		2.1		1.3

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		---		---		---		0.1		0.6		1.2		0.4		0.7		0.5		0.5		0.1		---		---

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		3.8		0.3		0.8		1.2		3.3		3.8		2.4		2		2.3		2.2		1.7		1.8		0.4

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
in.		26		1.7		2.5		2.7		5.2		7		7		6.1		4.8		3.1		3.8		2.2		1.6

Least Recorded Rainfall

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		9.1		---		0.1		0.1		---		0.3		0.6		0.4		0.3		---		---		0.1		---

PRECIPITATION - SNOW

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 51

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		39.1		5		6.4		8.8		6.1		0.8		0.1		---		---		0.1		1.6		5.1		5.1

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		32		17		14		32		27		13.5		3		---		---		6		18		16		20

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
F		32		13		15		22		29		41		51		53		50		40		31		21		14

DEGREE DAYS

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7301		1324		1072		958		597		311		103		18		31		211		505		906		1265

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		611		---		---		---		---		7		97		241		205		61		---		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 47

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2361		---		---		---		---		186		450		713		682		330		---		---		---

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
mph		17		18		18		19		19		17		14		13		13		16		17		18		18

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