MT RUSHMORE NATL MEM, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(395870) MT RUSHMORE NATL MEM
From Year=1962 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 0.40 1.40 1999 0.02 1990 0.60 30/1971 5 1 0 0 6.1 19.0 1996
February 0.59 1.43 1987 0.00 1985 0.95 29/2004 5 2 0 0 8.0 20.5 1987
March 1.09 3.10 1998 0.16 1981 1.74 16/1963 6 4 0 0 11.3 37.1 2006
April 2.34 5.95 1971 0.00 1987 2.30 19/2000 8 5 2 0 12.1 50.0 1970
May 4.11 10.88 1962 0.09 1966 3.38 08/1995 11 7 3 1 1.8 22.5 1965
June 3.85 10.09 1999 0.74 1966 6.30 10/1972 13 8 3 1 0.2 5.0 1969
July 3.27 8.37 1979 0.35 2003 2.52 24/1977 11 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1962
August 1.98 5.92 1996 0.27 2012 2.26 29/1996 9 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1962
September 1.61 5.97 1986 0.13 2012 2.10 01/1963 7 4 1 0 0.6 8.3 1965
October 1.33 5.46 1994 0.08 1968 1.83 15/1980 6 3 1 0 3.3 19.4 2009
November 0.61 2.10 1973 0.00 1981 1.11 01/2000 4 2 0 0 6.2 30.0 1985
December 0.47 1.76 1964 0.00 1986 0.58 21/1996 4 2 0 0 6.4 26.0 1996
Annual 21.66 33.04 1998 11.19 1985 6.30 19720610 89 51 13 4 56.0 116.4 1971
Winter 1.47 3.00 1965 0.34 1992 0.95 20040229 14 6 0 0 20.5 42.5 1997
Spring 7.54 15.68 1971 2.00 1985 3.38 19950508 26 16 5 1 25.3 75.3 1970
Summer 9.10 15.95 1979 3.44 1985 6.30 19720610 33 20 6 2 0.2 5.0 1969
Fall 3.55 9.45 1998 0.93 1979 2.10 19630901 16 9 2 0 10.0 35.5 1985
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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