KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(324656) KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
From Year=1948 To Year=1974
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 0.41 1.37 1969 0.02 1961 0.40 24/1950 5 2 0 0 6.8 18.0 1971
February 0.31 1.78 1969 0.02 1965 0.94 27/1958 3 1 0 0 3.9 15.5 1969
March 0.48 1.10 1962 0.10 1971 0.70 03/1966 4 2 0 0 5.8 20.0 1966
April 1.35 3.17 1967 0.03 1952 1.80 27/1966 6 4 1 0 3.0 12.0 1965
May 2.66 6.62 1962 0.72 1952 2.67 31/1949 8 6 2 1 0.5 9.5 1950
June 3.56 9.45 1964 0.68 1961 4.80 04/1971 9 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1949
July 2.97 6.30 1948 0.35 1967 2.74 02/1952 8 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
August 2.46 5.26 1951 0.42 1969 4.00 26/1952 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
September 1.86 4.98 1973 0.30 1960 3.10 24/1973 6 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
October 1.22 4.73 1949 0.17 1964 2.36 10/1949 4 3 1 0 1.0 8.0 1971
November 0.44 2.45 1956 0.00 1971 1.10 02/1956 3 2 0 0 3.7 12.5 1955
December 0.42 1.34 1960 0.00 1958 0.88 05/1960 4 1 0 0 5.6 14.5 1972
Annual 18.16 23.78 1962 12.45 1967 4.80 19710604 68 41 10 3 30.3 60.8 1950
Winter 1.14 3.54 1969 0.36 1959 0.94 19580227 12 4 0 0 16.4 36.0 1969
Spring 4.50 8.24 1962 1.08 1952 2.67 19490531 18 11 3 1 9.3 27.7 1950
Summer 8.99 16.49 1964 3.34 1967 4.80 19710604 25 17 6 2 0.0 0.0 1949
Fall 3.53 7.44 1973 1.23 1952 3.10 19730924 13 8 2 1 4.6 12.5 1955
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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