CASTLEWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(391519) CASTLEWOOD
From Year=1893 To Year=2011
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 0.51 2.45 1897 0.00 1898 1.08 09/1939 5 2 0 0 5.5 24.6 1979
February 0.52 2.38 1977 0.00 1894 1.60 23/1977 4 2 0 0 5.1 20.5 2011
March 1.07 5.02 2009 0.00 2001 6.00 24/1893 6 3 1 0 5.2 27.0 1951
April 2.18 7.84 1896 0.02 1949 3.24 06/2001 8 5 1 0 2.1 24.0 2008
May 2.93 8.97 1962 0.16 1925 4.83 26/1931 10 6 2 1 0.2 8.8 1907
June 4.05 11.71 1980 0.49 1988 4.44 17/1992 11 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1911
July 3.06 9.23 1963 0.37 1894 5.25 13/1966 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1906
August 2.78 7.59 1909 0.32 2011 4.46 27/1978 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1906
September 2.36 8.81 2004 0.18 1953 3.22 08/1985 7 4 2 1 0.0 3.0 1912
October 1.57 6.93 1984 0.00 1952 2.60 05/1946 6 3 1 0 0.4 4.8 1970
November 0.85 4.92 1918 0.00 1914 2.00 26/1897 5 2 0 0 3.9 27.2 1947
December 0.48 2.37 1968 0.00 1894 0.96 11/1949 5 2 0 0 4.6 22.6 1968
Annual 22.37 34.02 1977 9.86 1976 6.00 18930324 83 47 14 5 27.0 55.5 1936
Winter 1.52 5.95 1969 0.24 1906 1.60 19770223 14 5 0 0 15.2 57.3 2011
Spring 6.18 14.63 2007 1.57 1928 6.00 18930324 24 14 4 1 7.5 29.6 2008
Summer 9.89 17.60 1980 2.58 1976 5.25 19660713 27 18 6 2 0.0 0.0 1911
Fall 4.78 13.51 2004 1.31 1935 3.22 19850908 17 10 3 1 4.3 19.3 1977
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