PARKSTON 8 ENE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(396462) PARKSTON 8 ENE
From Year=1893 To Year=1976
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 0.50 1.99 1917 0.00 1896 1.20 31/1915 4 1 0 0 5.0 19.5 1917
February 0.75 4.93 1915 0.00 1896 1.82 19/1971 5 2 0 0 6.7 31.8 1962
March 1.30 3.56 1949 0.07 1925 2.00 31/1897 6 3 1 0 7.7 28.3 1915
April 2.36 5.84 1927 0.07 1926 4.19 30/1942 8 5 2 0 2.0 9.5 1913
May 2.86 8.40 1972 0.19 1940 2.92 27/1917 10 6 2 1 0.0 1.1 1944
June 3.61 7.38 1948 0.22 1912 4.00 01/1897 9 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1912
July 2.62 9.41 1962 0.07 1930 3.55 18/1946 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1912
August 2.66 6.59 1928 0.49 1931 3.57 18/1961 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1911
September 2.32 7.32 1950 0.15 1936 4.22 21/1950 7 5 1 1 0.0 1.1 1945
October 1.35 7.69 1911 0.00 1895 4.40 05/1911 5 3 1 0 0.7 6.0 1951
November 0.79 3.19 1947 0.00 1912 1.66 20/1930 4 2 0 0 3.0 13.1 1959
December 0.57 2.16 1968 0.00 1894 0.92 30/1931 4 2 0 0 5.8 27.0 1968
Annual 21.70 40.07 1962 13.69 1936 4.40 19111005 75 45 13 4 31.1 59.8 1962
Winter 1.82 7.60 1915 0.00 1896 1.82 19710219 13 5 1 0 17.6 55.0 1915
Spring 6.52 15.27 1942 2.25 1926 4.19 19420430 24 15 4 1 9.8 22.9 1970
Summer 8.89 20.35 1962 4.10 1938 4.00 18970601 23 16 6 2 0.0 0.0 1912
Fall 4.46 11.03 1911 0.93 1936 4.40 19111005 16 10 3 1 3.7 17.1 1959
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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