PLATTE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(396669) PLATTE 2 S
From Year=1951 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 0.49 1.69 1988 0.00 1954 1.57 19/1988 4 2 0 0 6.6 21.1 2001
February 0.72 2.14 2012 0.00 1982 1.68 23/1977 4 2 0 0 7.7 23.0 1969
March 1.42 6.39 1987 0.11 1955 2.83 17/1987 6 4 1 0 8.9 30.0 1998
April 2.66 6.63 2001 0.59 1969 2.66 18/1995 8 5 2 1 4.1 36.0 1995
May 3.43 10.87 1962 0.44 1992 3.30 03/1964 9 6 2 1 0.1 6.0 1954
June 3.85 10.84 1967 0.89 1987 4.55 12/1997 10 6 3 1 0.0 0.0 1952
July 2.83 7.38 1992 0.24 1967 2.89 14/1989 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1952
August 2.37 6.41 1954 0.22 2001 3.81 22/1995 7 4 2 1 0.0 0.0 1952
September 2.23 7.75 1996 0.00 1952 4.60 19/1996 7 4 1 0 0.1 4.0 1985
October 1.65 5.59 1998 0.00 1952 2.13 01/1977 5 3 1 0 1.4 20.0 1995
November 0.85 2.57 1957 0.00 1967 1.83 02/1972 4 2 0 0 5.9 35.0 1985
December 0.56 2.29 1968 0.00 1957 1.20 04/1955 4 2 0 0 7.7 24.0 1968
Annual 23.07 39.84 1962 14.18 1974 4.60 19960919 76 46 15 5 42.6 89.0 1985
Winter 1.77 4.55 1969 0.23 2002 1.68 19770223 12 5 1 0 22.0 53.0 1969
Spring 7.51 16.74 1962 3.06 1967 3.30 19640503 23 15 5 1 13.1 48.0 1995
Summer 9.06 17.95 1962 3.10 2012 4.55 19970612 25 16 6 2 0.0 0.0 1952
Fall 4.73 11.65 1995 0.86 1974 4.60 19960919 16 10 3 1 7.4 39.0 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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