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Rapid City rainfall for 2018

Rapid City picked up 25.66 inches of rain in 2018. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 117 days at Rapid City Regional Airport; the wettest day brought 1.59 inches on Jun 24, 2018. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 17.44 inches. The total landed 8.22 inches above the normal, which works out to 47% more. 2018 ranks 3rd out of 77 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Rapid City rainfall for 2018

Rapid City rainfall for 2018
Year total25.66 inches2018
1991-2020 normal17.44 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+8.22 inches (+47%)147% of normal
Year rank3rd of 77Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days117
Wettest day1.59 inches

Rain by month in 2018

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2018. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2018

Every day with measurable rain in 2018: Rapid City
DateRainfall
0.13 inches
0.20 inches
0.07 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.52 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.16 inches
0.02 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.10 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.11 inches
0.30 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.22 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.09 inches
0.13 inches
0.36 inches
0.17 inches
0.01 inches
1.09 inches
0.39 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.25 inches
0.36 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.12 inches
0.10 inches
0.78 inches
0.60 inches
1.39 inches
0.75 inches
0.53 inches
0.07 inches
1.10 inches
0.58 inches
0.11 inches
0.17 inches
1.59 inches
0.05 inches
0.34 inches
0.63 inches
0.97 inches
0.87 inches
0.89 inches
0.29 inches
0.10 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.54 inches
0.19 inches
1.05 inches
0.17 inches
0.27 inches
0.02 inches
0.21 inches
0.87 inches
0.03 inches
0.36 inches
0.11 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.11 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.79 inches
0.22 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.05 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.05 inches
0.28 inches
0.08 inches
0.03 inches
0.87 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.27 inches
0.15 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.09 inches
0.15 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.06 inches

Daily totals come from Rapid City Regional Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1948. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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