CHESTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(391634) CHESTER
From Year=1978 To Year=2000
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 0.62 1.97 1979 0.04 1981 0.92 10/1983 6 2 0 0 7.9 23.1 1979
February 0.55 1.92 1992 0.07 1985 0.84 19/1984 5 2 0 0 6.3 15.8 1992
March 1.64 3.83 1983 0.36 1994 2.00 04/1985 7 4 1 0 7.3 25.5 1985
April 2.76 6.30 1986 0.34 1996 2.73 23/1985 10 6 2 1 4.2 16.0 1983
May 3.30 6.47 2000 0.89 1981 3.31 18/2000 11 7 2 1 0.0 0.8 1979
June 4.24 9.18 1993 1.44 1985 3.32 22/1986 11 8 3 1 0.0 0.0 1978
July 3.60 7.50 1987 0.79 1988 4.13 12/1979 10 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
August 3.43 8.10 1992 0.65 1984 5.15 07/1992 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
September 2.72 6.40 1986 0.56 1990 2.60 19/1986 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
October 2.05 6.60 1984 0.02 1988 2.39 05/1998 7 4 1 1 1.0 9.0 1995
November 1.58 5.49 1983 0.03 1980 2.08 12/1982 7 4 1 0 8.7 22.4 1983
December 0.64 2.51 1982 0.00 1986 1.30 25/1982 5 2 0 0 8.4 21.0 1982
Annual 27.14 38.05 1982 18.56 1994 5.15 19920807 94 54 17 7 43.9 75.8 1983
Winter 1.81 3.68 1983 0.35 1987 1.30 19821225 15 5 1 0 22.6 45.8 1979
Spring 7.70 12.52 1995 3.14 1980 3.31 20000518 27 17 5 2 11.5 31.8 1983
Summer 11.27 20.92 1992 6.07 1985 5.15 19920807 30 19 7 3 0.0 0.0 1978
Fall 6.35 13.36 1982 2.27 1999 2.60 19860919 22 12 4 2 9.7 22.4 1983
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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