DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(042319) DEATH VALLEY
From Year=1961 To Year=2006
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 0.32 2.59 1995 0.00 1962 0.99 04/2005 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1962
February 0.50 2.37 1976 0.00 1965 0.99 24/1998 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1962
March 0.31 1.64 1978 0.00 1966 1.00 01/1978 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1962
April 0.13 1.70 1988 0.00 1962 1.47 15/1988 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
May 0.07 0.96 1977 0.00 1962 0.60 09/1977 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
June 0.05 0.53 1972 0.00 1961 0.40 14/1997 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
July 0.13 0.68 1964 0.00 1961 0.60 23/1974 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
August 0.14 1.20 1984 0.00 1962 0.95 17/1977 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
September 0.19 1.48 1997 0.00 1961 1.11 26/1997 1 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
October 0.10 1.09 1972 0.00 1962 0.55 04/1972 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
November 0.19 1.45 1987 0.00 1962 0.80 29/1981 1 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
December 0.16 0.87 1992 0.00 1963 0.53 08/1992 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
Annual 2.28 4.73 2005 0.00 1989 1.47 19880415 17 6 1 0 0.0 0.0 1962
Winter 0.98 2.92 1998 0.00 1991 0.99 19980224 7 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1962
Spring 0.51 2.02 1978 0.00 1966 1.47 19880415 5 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1962
Summer 0.32 1.62 1984 0.00 1962 0.95 19770817 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
Fall 0.48 1.69 1987 0.00 1979 1.11 19970926 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1961
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
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