ELBOW LAKE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(212476) ELBOW LAKE
From Year=1940 To Year=1988
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 0.70 3.14 1969 0.00 1987 0.98 04/1949 5 2 0 0 9.7 36.0 1969
February 0.59 2.35 1946 0.05 1968 0.82 15/1945 4 2 0 0 6.4 26.0 1979
March 1.14 2.78 1951 0.04 1986 1.25 04/1985 6 3 1 0 7.4 44.5 1951
April 2.14 4.22 1986 0.00 1980 1.80 06/1965 8 5 1 0 2.8 14.5 1966
May 3.02 7.72 1942 0.23 1983 3.45 29/1956 10 6 2 1 0.2 4.0 1954
June 4.30 8.10 1959 0.68 1974 5.19 27/1959 10 8 3 1 0.0 0.0 1949
July 3.27 12.07 1949 0.71 1968 4.63 08/1950 8 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1949
August 3.29 7.70 1941 0.33 1969 3.52 08/1943 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
September 2.28 7.43 1965 0.33 1979 2.43 04/1971 8 5 2 0 0.0 0.0 1948
October 1.76 6.26 1984 0.08 1952 2.27 19/1984 6 4 1 0 0.6 8.0 1951
November 0.97 2.98 1977 0.00 1967 2.18 01/1974 5 2 1 0 3.9 13.0 1948
December 0.62 2.17 1951 0.00 1975 1.05 03/1951 5 2 0 0 6.3 22.5 1950
Annual 24.09 38.80 1965 12.58 1976 5.19 19590627 84 50 15 5 37.3 107.8 1951
Winter 1.90 5.05 1969 0.31 1963 1.05 19511203 15 6 1 0 22.4 55.6 1969
Spring 6.30 12.73 1942 1.55 1983 3.45 19560529 23 14 4 1 10.3 48.8 1951
Summer 10.87 18.73 1962 3.98 1968 5.19 19590627 27 19 7 3 0.0 0.0 1949
Fall 5.01 10.92 1977 0.90 1976 2.43 19710904 19 11 3 1 4.5 16.0 1951
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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