WHITE SANDS NATL MON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(299686) WHITE SANDS NATL MON
From Year=1939 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 0.50 2.05 1949 0.00 1950 0.77 22/1980 3 1 0 0 0.8 9.0 1985
February 0.38 2.42 2005 0.00 1943 1.21 05/1988 3 1 0 0 0.3 4.3 1956
March 0.28 2.65 1958 0.00 1943 1.55 06/1958 2 1 0 0 0.1 1.5 1955
April 0.30 2.39 1942 0.00 1943 1.11 07/1942 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1948
May 0.38 3.25 1992 0.00 1945 1.40 09/2012 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1948
June 0.73 4.73 2000 0.00 1942 1.64 02/1984 3 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1939
July 1.35 4.13 1962 0.00 1951 1.61 25/1957 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
August 1.77 9.78 1988 0.03 1943 2.25 08/1988 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
September 1.29 9.68 1941 0.00 1947 3.83 21/1941 5 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
October 0.93 4.13 1985 0.00 1947 1.77 17/1985 4 2 0 0 0.0 1.1 1991
November 0.43 3.02 1986 0.00 1942 1.31 03/1986 2 1 0 0 0.2 7.5 1976
December 0.66 3.88 1991 0.00 1950 1.25 09/1960 3 2 0 0 1.0 17.5 1987
Annual 9.01 20.89 1941 2.80 1956 3.83 19410921 42 23 5 1 2.5 17.5 1987
Winter 1.54 6.04 1992 0.21 2006 1.25 19601209 9 4 1 0 2.2 20.5 1988
Spring 0.97 4.80 1992 0.01 1950 1.55 19580306 6 3 0 0 0.1 1.5 1955
Summer 3.85 12.46 1988 0.70 1951 2.25 19880808 16 9 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
Fall 2.65 11.55 1941 0.23 1973 3.83 19410921 11 6 1 0 0.2 8.0 1976
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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