ASHTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(390346) ASHTON
From Year=1924 To Year=1968
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 2.27 1939 0.00 1940 2.12 09/1939 4 1 0 0 4.6 19.5 1938
February 0.56 1.96 1958 0.01 1942 1.62 27/1958 4 2 0 0 5.6 17.0 1962
March 0.85 3.27 1942 0.02 1955 1.31 23/1937 5 2 0 0 6.1 21.5 1940
April 2.09 6.36 1968 0.09 1934 1.95 19/1957 7 4 2 0 2.3 14.5 1937
May 2.61 7.25 1962 0.14 1940 2.35 03/1964 8 5 1 1 0.1 2.0 1935
June 3.78 9.26 1952 0.24 1929 3.38 28/1952 9 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1935
July 2.29 6.72 1953 0.44 1967 4.28 13/1966 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1931
August 2.11 4.51 1966 0.37 1938 3.32 20/1966 6 4 1 1 0.0 0.0 1935
September 1.26 3.05 1959 0.16 1952 2.27 07/1930 5 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1926
October 1.29 3.86 1961 0.00 1955 2.58 11/1961 4 3 1 0 0.3 4.0 1943
November 0.58 1.69 1952 0.00 1939 1.40 20/1930 3 2 0 0 2.7 14.5 1936
December 0.48 2.61 1931 0.00 1943 1.53 30/1931 4 1 0 0 4.1 11.2 1960
Annual 18.41 27.73 1953 11.64 1936 4.28 19660713 64 39 11 4 25.8 42.0 1962
Winter 1.54 3.26 1932 0.03 1942 2.12 19390109 11 4 0 0 14.2 43.4 1938
Spring 5.56 10.63 1935 1.80 1934 2.35 19640503 19 12 3 1 8.6 23.5 1940
Summer 8.18 15.59 1953 3.51 1931 4.28 19660713 22 16 5 2 0.0 0.0 1935
Fall 3.13 6.21 1957 1.13 1964 2.58 19611011 12 7 2 1 3.0 14.5 1936
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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