BRITTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(391049) BRITTON
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 0.48 2.65 1916 0.00 1898 0.95 07/1989 5 2 0 0 6.6 33.0 1997
February 0.53 2.92 1922 0.00 1968 1.45 13/1915 5 2 0 0 5.8 29.2 1922
March 0.77 2.95 1995 0.00 2005 1.25 31/2009 5 2 0 0 4.5 23.0 1995
April 1.88 7.27 1986 0.12 1926 2.18 16/2003 7 4 1 0 2.3 18.5 2008
May 2.65 7.96 1927 0.04 1917 3.40 08/1927 9 5 2 1 0.1 3.0 1943
June 3.83 11.11 2005 0.42 1926 5.04 29/2005 10 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1913
July 2.92 10.70 1993 0.00 1975 4.02 27/2011 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1913
August 2.50 10.22 1942 0.10 1969 3.95 29/1942 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1913
September 2.05 6.66 1921 0.00 1918 3.48 19/1988 6 4 1 0 0.0 4.0 1942
October 1.40 5.84 1998 0.00 1916 2.70 03/1915 5 3 1 0 0.6 11.0 1919
November 0.71 3.14 2000 0.00 1980 1.84 10/1919 4 2 0 0 4.2 34.0 1993
December 0.45 2.02 2010 0.00 1943 1.13 25/2009 4 2 0 0 5.9 28.0 2010
Annual 20.17 35.79 1916 9.43 1976 5.04 20050629 76 43 12 4 30.0 87.5 1996
Winter 1.46 4.74 2011 0.18 1963 1.45 19150213 14 5 0 0 18.3 63.5 2011
Spring 5.31 12.11 1998 1.12 1934 3.40 19270508 21 12 3 1 6.9 31.5 1995
Summer 9.24 20.57 2005 4.22 1969 5.04 20050629 26 17 6 2 0.0 0.0 1913
Fall 4.16 11.27 2009 0.74 1974 3.48 19880919 16 9 3 1 4.9 34.9 1919
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.


Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu