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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(313565) GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN
From Year=1955 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 4.38 12.01 1998 1.64 1956 4.83 08/1998 14 10 3 1 14.5 54.0 1977
February 4.55 13.39 1998 0.78 1968 4.10 13/1966 13 9 3 1 13.0 36.8 1979
March 5.63 11.70 1963 1.50 1986 6.38 12/1963 14 10 3 1 9.7 33.5 1981
April 5.11 10.80 1987 0.69 1975 4.65 21/1992 13 9 3 1 4.0 28.5 1987
May 5.63 13.59 2009 1.43 2007 4.67 28/1973 15 10 4 1 0.3 11.5 1992
June 6.16 15.77 1957 0.69 1986 4.46 08/1968 15 10 4 2 0.0 0.0 1956
July 5.59 11.90 1989 1.76 1977 6.25 04/1989 16 10 4 1 0.0 0.0 1956
August 5.72 12.47 2008 0.79 1956 8.50 27/2008 15 9 3 1 0.0 0.0 1955
September 6.26 32.69 2004 0.84 1984 11.57 08/2004 13 8 4 2 0.0 0.0 1955
October 4.82 13.30 1971 0.31 1963 5.27 07/2005 11 7 3 1 0.4 7.0 1977
November 4.34 12.98 1977 1.06 2007 5.70 06/1977 11 7 3 1 2.7 15.5 1968
December 3.95 7.43 1986 0.56 1965 3.46 28/1958 13 8 3 1 8.6 29.5 1981
Annual 62.13 89.12 1979 41.77 1963 11.57 20040908 163 106 39 15 53.0 118.5 1996
Winter 12.87 29.42 1998 7.01 1976 4.83 19980108 40 27 8 2 36.0 80.0 1977
Spring 16.37 26.47 2009 7.10 1986 6.38 19630312 42 29 10 4 13.9 43.6 2001
Summer 17.48 31.36 1989 6.24 1993 8.50 20080827 46 29 11 4 0.0 0.0 1956
Fall 15.41 40.90 2004 6.06 1955 11.57 20040908 35 22 9 5 3.1 15.5 1968
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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