BENSON, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(020680) BENSON
From Year=1894 To Year=1975
Precipitation Total Snowfall
Mean High Year Low Year 1 Day Max. >=
0.01 in.
>=
0.10 in.
>=
0.50 in.
>=
1.00 in.
Mean High Year
in. in. - in. - in. dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
# Days # Days # Days # Days in. in. -
January 0.68 6.41 1915 0.00 1902 5.55 29/1915 3 2 0 0 0.6 10.0 1945
February 0.74 3.52 1931 0.00 1902 1.39 02/1940 3 2 0 0 0.6 8.0 1908
March 0.51 4.20 1905 0.00 1901 1.20 09/1912 3 2 0 0 0.1 2.0 1975
April 0.23 2.01 1905 0.00 1901 0.70 16/1958 1 1 0 0 0.0 1.0 1944
May 0.10 0.70 1931 0.00 1899 0.70 15/1931 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1899
June 0.37 2.27 1940 0.00 1900 1.15 08/1905 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1894
July 2.69 6.86 1919 0.00 1902 2.42 07/1919 9 6 2 0 0.0 0.0 1894
August 2.79 7.19 1963 0.22 1915 2.14 04/1946 9 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1894
September 1.32 6.18 1929 0.00 1906 2.22 23/1929 4 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1894
October 0.62 3.51 1972 0.00 1900 1.20 04/1899 2 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1894
November 0.57 3.63 1919 0.00 1894 2.00 22/1919 2 2 0 0 0.1 3.0 1958
December 0.71 4.53 1965 0.00 1899 2.00 22/1926 3 2 0 0 0.4 12.0 1923
Annual 11.34 19.57 1919 1.43 1902 5.55 19150129 43 28 7 2 1.8 12.0 1923
Winter 2.13 11.16 1915 0.00 1902 5.55 19150129 9 6 1 0 1.6 12.3 1945
Spring 0.84 4.17 1926 0.00 1901 1.20 19120309 5 3 0 0 0.1 1.7 1919
Summer 5.85 10.60 1919 1.39 1902 2.42 19190707 19 13 4 1 0.0 0.0 1894
Fall 2.51 7.79 1964 0.04 1902 2.22 19290923 9 6 2 0 0.1 3.0 1958
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov.


Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu