ALTURAS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(040161) ALTURAS RANGER STATION
From Year=1905 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 1.54 4.47 1909 0.10 1961 2.14 15/1936 10 5 1 0 7.7 37.5 1916
February 1.26 5.08 1986 0.15 1967 1.28 18/1986 9 4 0 0 5.3 31.7 1938
March 1.34 4.13 1907 0.18 1959 1.99 08/1986 9 4 0 0 5.2 24.0 1952
April 1.09 3.24 1995 0.11 1977 1.60 29/1995 8 4 0 0 2.6 31.5 1963
May 1.28 4.48 1949 0.00 2001 1.56 17/1945 8 4 0 0 0.7 13.0 1964
June 0.87 4.63 1952 0.00 1919 1.38 06/1934 5 3 0 0 0.0 1.0 1971
July 0.31 3.00 1913 0.00 1905 2.00 23/1913 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1910
August 0.32 3.00 1965 0.00 1905 1.05 02/1965 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1931
September 0.50 2.21 1998 0.00 1932 1.00 26/1998 3 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1911
October 0.94 6.17 1962 0.00 1917 1.75 13/1962 5 3 1 0 0.4 5.0 1909
November 1.39 3.85 1998 0.00 1933 1.33 19/1946 8 4 1 0 3.0 27.0 1985
December 1.46 5.68 1937 0.02 1976 3.51 11/1937 9 5 1 0 5.2 28.3 1948
Annual 12.32 20.89 1998 6.54 1976 3.51 19371211 77 39 5 1 30.2 85.5 1952
Winter 4.26 9.96 1996 0.88 1992 3.51 19371211 28 13 2 0 18.3 57.8 1949
Spring 3.71 8.17 1995 1.20 1999 1.99 19860308 25 12 1 0 8.5 42.5 1963
Summer 1.51 6.07 1913 0.01 1973 2.00 19130723 9 4 1 0 0.0 1.0 1971
Fall 2.83 7.49 1962 0.39 1936 1.75 19621013 16 9 1 0 3.4 27.0 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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