COLTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(391851) COLTON 2 E
From Year=1978 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 0.51 1.28 1988 0.02 2006 0.79 10/1983 5 2 0 0 6.6 18.2 1982
February 0.62 1.93 1992 0.05 1985 0.83 19/1984 5 2 0 0 5.6 14.0 1984
March 1.59 4.84 2007 0.22 1994 2.12 31/2007 7 4 1 0 7.0 18.0 1985
April 3.08 7.19 1995 0.35 1996 3.36 23/2001 9 6 2 1 4.8 16.0 1983
May 3.48 7.44 2000 0.57 1981 3.43 18/2000 10 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
June 4.22 10.04 2010 0.95 2012 4.15 22/1986 9 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1978
July 3.50 9.30 1992 0.40 2012 2.94 10/2011 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
August 3.66 9.64 2007 0.46 2001 5.74 21/2002 8 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
September 2.89 9.45 2005 0.23 2011 3.78 23/2010 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1978
October 1.97 6.38 2007 0.00 1988 2.19 05/1998 6 4 1 1 0.9 6.6 2002
November 1.13 3.54 1983 0.00 2009 1.79 12/1982 5 3 1 0 5.8 20.0 1983
December 0.65 2.38 1982 0.00 2004 1.38 25/1982 4 2 0 0 6.7 16.1 1996
Annual 27.30 41.01 1982 17.52 1980 5.74 20020821 84 51 17 6 37.4 71.4 1983
Winter 1.77 3.49 1983 0.39 1987 1.38 19821225 15 5 1 0 18.9 38.0 1988
Spring 8.15 15.91 1995 2.97 1980 3.43 20000518 26 17 5 2 11.8 28.0 1983
Summer 11.38 21.32 1992 4.85 2012 5.74 20020821 25 18 7 3 0.0 0.0 1978
Fall 6.00 14.05 1982 0.74 2011 3.78 20100923 18 11 4 2 6.7 20.0 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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