NORTHWOOD, IOWA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(136103) NORTHWOOD
From Year=1896 To Year=2012
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 1.01 3.79 1949 0.00 1899 2.00 23/1949 6 3 1 0 8.9 25.5 1929
February 0.97 3.93 1915 0.00 1996 2.00 22/1922 5 3 0 0 7.5 27.0 1962
March 1.97 4.98 1951 0.00 1994 2.06 23/1966 7 5 1 0 8.8 42.0 1951
April 2.95 6.70 1999 0.41 1971 2.80 20/1993 9 6 2 1 2.8 20.8 1909
May 4.29 12.20 2004 0.72 1934 4.43 22/2004 11 8 3 1 0.2 5.0 1947
June 4.82 12.06 1914 0.87 1910 5.06 15/1978 10 8 3 1 0.0 0.0 1905
July 3.93 11.58 1990 0.14 1937 4.71 16/2011 9 6 3 1 0.0 0.0 1905
August 3.99 12.92 1990 0.18 1969 6.65 19/1990 8 6 3 1 0.0 0.0 1906
September 3.71 15.19 1965 0.42 1952 6.53 06/1927 8 6 2 1 0.0 3.0 1942
October 2.22 7.09 2009 0.00 1952 2.80 27/1918 7 5 2 0 0.7 9.0 1917
November 1.74 7.40 1909 0.00 1903 2.50 13/1909 6 4 1 0 4.4 21.3 1985
December 1.17 4.10 1911 0.01 1989 1.50 02/2007 6 3 1 0 8.8 30.5 1969
Annual 32.76 50.03 1990 16.47 1976 6.65 19900819 92 62 22 8 42.3 73.0 1932
Winter 3.14 6.56 1909 0.87 1987 2.00 19220222 16 10 2 0 25.2 47.6 1988
Spring 9.22 17.50 2004 3.70 1971 4.43 20040522 27 19 6 2 11.9 44.0 1951
Summer 12.74 28.36 1990 4.02 1976 6.65 19900819 27 20 9 4 0.0 0.0 1916
Fall 7.67 17.19 1965 1.57 1952 6.53 19270906 21 14 5 2 5.2 21.3 1985
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.


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