KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Temperature

Station:(324656) KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
From Year=1948 To Year=1974
Monthly Averages Daily Extremes Monthly Extremes Max. Temp. Min. Temp.
Max. Min. Mean High Date Low Date Highest
Mean
Year Lowest
Mean
Year >=
90 F
<=
32 F
<=
32 F
<=
0 F
F F F F dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
F dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
F - F - # Days # Days # Days # Days
January 16.1 -5.5 5.3 48 08/1958 -38 26/1950 18.3 1958 -11.9 1950 0.0 25.1 30.7 20.2
February 23.6 1.0 12.3 63 25/1958 -32 18/1966 30.9 1954 1.9 1949 0.0 19.9 27.7 13.8
March 34.8 12.5 23.6 80 24/1963 -29 01/1962 35.2 1973 13.2 1951 0.0 12.8 29.6 6.8
April 53.8 28.1 40.9 95 27/1952 -10 03/1954 49.8 1955 31.2 1950 0.1 0.9 21.2 0.1
May 68.2 39.6 53.9 95 21/1964 12 02/1967 59.5 1955 47.8 1950 0.5 0.1 6.7 0.0
June 77.5 50.4 63.9 106 27/1961 30 06/1953 69.2 1956 57.5 1969 2.4 0.0 0.3 0.0
July 83.2 54.9 69.2 110 11/1973 34 03/1967 74.5 1957 66.1 1950 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
August 83.9 53.1 68.5 106 18/1959 32 13/1964 73.6 1973 63.9 1964 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
September 71.7 42.3 57.0 99 08/1959 15 26/1965 61.8 1963 47.1 1965 1.3 0.0 3.7 0.0
October 60.0 32.5 46.2 95 04/1963 3 18/1972 55.7 1963 40.0 1959 0.1 0.5 15.5 0.0
November 38.8 17.4 28.0 76 02/1965 -27 30/1964 35.5 1953 17.0 1955 0.0 9.1 27.6 2.8
December 23.4 2.7 13.1 64 01/1969 -35 31/1967 24.6 1959 3.7 1964 0.0 21.4 30.2 13.8
Annual 52.9 27.4 40.2 110 19730711 -38 19500126 43.2 1953 34.8 1950 18.4 89.7 193.2 57.4
Winter 21.1 -0.6 10.2 64 19691201 -38 19500126 17.6 1958 -0.1 1950 0.0 66.3 88.6 47.8
Spring 52.3 26.7 39.5 95 19520427 -29 19620301 43.6 1973 32.5 1950 0.6 13.8 57.5 6.8
Summer 81.5 52.8 67.2 110 19730711 30 19530606 69.9 1959 64.6 1950 16.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
Fall 56.8 30.7 43.7 99 19590908 -27 19641130 49.9 1963 39.4 1959 1.4 9.6 46.8 2.8
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.


Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu