PORCUPINE 11 N, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(396736) PORCUPINE 11 N
From Year=1963 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 0.37 1.60 1996 0.00 1976 0.86 30/1971 3 1 0 0 4.3 12.0 2005
February 0.48 1.60 1987 0.00 1977 0.86 26/2000 4 2 0 0 5.8 19.0 1987
March 1.09 3.63 1977 0.03 2012 1.75 24/2009 5 3 1 0 6.7 35.0 1977
April 2.07 5.09 2000 0.02 1998 2.11 19/2000 7 5 1 0 4.3 23.2 1995
May 2.82 8.41 1965 0.35 1966 3.20 14/1965 9 6 2 1 0.2 3.0 1983
June 3.07 9.21 1964 0.22 1978 2.97 18/1964 9 7 2 1 0.0 0.5 1969
July 2.37 4.92 1977 0.20 2003 2.95 21/1976 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1964
August 1.70 6.00 2007 0.34 1970 1.84 16/1993 6 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1965
September 1.43 4.10 2006 0.01 1991 1.90 23/2006 5 3 1 0 0.0 1.0 1965
October 1.38 4.91 1998 0.15 1964 2.20 05/1998 5 3 1 0 1.8 11.5 1971
November 0.54 2.32 2008 0.00 1963 1.85 06/2008 4 2 0 0 5.2 24.0 1985
December 0.41 1.78 1967 0.00 1979 0.80 17/1967 4 2 0 0 5.5 23.0 2009
Annual 17.74 26.20 1993 10.13 1974 3.20 19650514 68 42 11 3 33.7 60.9 1995
Winter 1.27 3.50 1997 0.19 1970 0.86 19710130 11 5 0 0 15.6 39.1 2010
Spring 5.98 11.11 1965 2.40 1985 3.20 19650514 22 14 4 1 11.1 40.0 2009
Summer 7.14 13.23 1993 2.32 1971 2.97 19640618 22 15 5 2 0.0 0.5 1969
Fall 3.35 7.95 1998 0.38 1964 2.20 19981005 14 8 2 0 7.0 25.2 1991
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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