ALEXANDRIA, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(390128) ALEXANDRIA
From Year=1893 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 0.45 2.28 1897 0.00 1900 1.25 03/1897 4 1 0 0 5.4 29.5 2001
February 0.58 4.19 2012 0.00 1894 2.10 28/2012 4 2 0 0 5.9 49.8 1962
March 1.23 5.38 1987 0.00 1907 2.66 08/1893 6 3 1 0 6.3 27.8 1998
April 2.52 6.47 1942 0.00 1934 5.83 30/1942 7 5 2 1 2.5 20.0 2008
May 3.07 8.58 1972 0.03 1940 5.10 11/1920 9 6 2 1 0.0 3.0 1943
June 3.95 9.91 2010 0.48 1988 4.29 11/1929 9 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1906
July 2.80 8.82 1962 0.11 2007 3.46 06/1918 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1905
August 2.62 7.36 1978 0.03 1907 3.58 15/1977 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1906
September 2.26 7.27 1986 0.00 1899 4.15 04/1999 6 4 1 1 0.0 1.0 1984
October 1.61 6.12 1998 0.00 1952 3.60 21/1900 5 3 1 0 0.6 13.0 1995
November 0.81 4.44 2000 0.00 1900 1.58 16/1971 4 2 0 0 3.2 18.1 1985
December 0.49 2.45 1902 0.00 1894 1.05 30/2006 3 2 0 0 5.4 28.0 1968
Annual 22.37 34.80 1993 11.01 1980 5.83 19420430 70 45 14 5 29.4 67.5 2001
Winter 1.52 5.25 2012 0.24 1927 2.10 20120228 11 5 1 0 16.6 65.3 1962
Spring 6.81 17.39 1942 1.97 1926 5.83 19420430 22 14 4 1 8.9 28.3 2008
Summer 9.37 21.85 2010 4.11 1976 4.29 19290611 23 17 6 2 0.0 0.0 1906
Fall 4.68 10.66 1946 0.81 1974 4.15 19990904 14 9 3 1 3.9 18.1 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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