Weather History for Rapid City, SD

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

	Actual	Average	Record
Temperature
Mean Temperature	54 °F	51 °F
Max Temperature	66 °F	64 °F	93 °F (1952)
Min Temperature	42 °F	38 °F	19 °F (1954)
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days	11	14
Month to date heating degree days	25	44
Since 1 July heating degree days	5857	6773
Cooling Degree Days	0	0
Month to date cooling degree days	0	0
Year to date cooling degree days	9	2
Growing Degree Days	4 (Base 50)
Moisture
Dew Point	44 °F
Average Humidity	69
Maximum Humidity	93
Minimum Humidity	44
Precipitation
Precipitation	T in	0.09 in	0.76 in (1969)
Month to date precipitation	0.05	0.28
Year to date precipitation	3.87	3.75
Snow
Snow	0.00 in	0.10 in	- ()
Month to date snowfall	0.0	0.3
Since 1 July snowfall	24.7	40.3
Snow Depth	0.00 in
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure	29.89 in
Wind
Wind Speed	8 mph (ENE)
Max Wind Speed	22 mph
Max Gust Speed	28 mph
Visibility	10 miles
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May. 03, 2012	Rise	Set
Actual Time	5:40 AM MDT	7:58 PM MDT
Civil Twilight	5:08 AM MDT	8:30 PM MDT
Nautical Twilight	4:28 AM MDT	9:10 PM MDT
Astronomical Twilight	3:44 AM MDT	9:55 PM MDT
Moon	5:21 PM MDT (5/3)	3:51 AM MDT (5/3)
Length Of Visible Light	15h 22m
Length of Day	14h 18m

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Hourly Weather History & Observations

Time (MDT)	Temp.	Windchill	Dew Point	Humidity	Pressure	Visibility	Wind Dir	Wind Speed	Gust Speed	Precip	Conditions
12:52 AM	50.0 °F	-	43.0 °F	77%	29.81 in	10.0 mi	NNW	20.7 mph	-	N/A	Clear
1:52 AM	48.0 °F	-	42.1 °F	80%	29.82 in	10.0 mi	NNW	16.1 mph	-	N/A	Clear
2:52 AM	44.1 °F	38.1 °F	39.9 °F	85%	29.84 in	10.0 mi	NW	11.5 mph	-	N/A	Clear
3:52 AM	45.0 °F	40.1 °F	39.9 °F	82%	29.86 in	10.0 mi	NW	9.2 mph	-	N/A	Clear
4:52 AM	45.0 °F	39.7 °F	39.9 °F	82%	29.88 in	10.0 mi	NW	10.4 mph	-	N/A	Clear
5:52 AM	44.6 °F	39.2 °F	39.2 °F	81%	29.92 in	10.0 mi	NW	10.4 mph	-	N/A	Clear
6:52 AM	48.2 °F	-	41.0 °F	76%	29.94 in	10.0 mi	WNW	8.1 mph	-	N/A	Clear
7:52 AM	54.0 °F	-	42.1 °F	64%	29.93 in	10.0 mi	WNW	3.5 mph	-	N/A	Clear
8:52 AM	57.0 °F	-	43.0 °F	59%	29.93 in	10.0 mi	NNE	4.6 mph	-	N/A	Clear
9:52 AM	59.0 °F	-	44.1 °F	58%	29.95 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
10:52 AM	61.0 °F	-	42.1 °F	50%	29.96 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Clear
11:52 AM	64.0 °F	-	43.0 °F	46%	29.94 in	10.0 mi	East	8.1 mph	-	N/A	Clear
12:52 PM	62.1 °F	-	43.0 °F	50%	29.94 in	10.0 mi	East	6.9 mph	-	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
1:52 PM	63.0 °F	-	44.1 °F	50%	29.92 in	10.0 mi	East	9.2 mph	-	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
2:52 PM	64.9 °F	-	46.0 °F	50%	29.91 in	10.0 mi	SE	11.5 mph	18.4 mph	N/A	Clear
3:52 PM	64.9 °F	-	44.1 °F	47%	29.90 in	10.0 mi	SE	6.9 mph	-	N/A	Partly Cloudy
4:52 PM	64.0 °F	-	45.0 °F	50%	29.87 in	10.0 mi	ESE	16.1 mph	-	N/A	Mostly Cloudy
5:52 PM	64.9 °F	-	44.1 °F	47%	29.85 in	10.0 mi	SE	17.3 mph	-	N/A	Clear
6:52 PM	62.1 °F	-	46.0 °F	56%	29.84 in	10.0 mi	ESE	11.5 mph	-	N/A	Partly Cloudy
7:52 PM	59.0 °F	-	48.2 °F	67%	29.89 in	10.0 mi	SSE	10.4 mph	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
8:52 PM	57.0 °F	-	50.0 °F	77%	29.84 in	10.0 mi	SSE	8.1 mph	-	0.00 in	Mostly Cloudy
9:52 PM	57.0 °F	-	50.0 °F	77%	29.86 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
10:52 PM	54.0 °F	-	51.1 °F	90%	29.86 in	10.0 mi	Calm	Calm	-	N/A	Scattered Clouds
11:52 PM	53.1 °F	-	48.0 °F	83%	29.83 in	10.0 mi	SE	3.5 mph	-	0.00 in	Clear
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