DORCHESTER, IOWA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(132311) DORCHESTER
From Year=1947 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 0.88 3.60 1969 0.00 1962 1.80 15/1969 4 3 0 0 8.2 35.0 1982
February 0.84 2.50 1983 0.00 1969 1.64 27/1998 4 3 0 0 6.6 31.0 1962
March 1.98 5.08 1952 0.00 1994 1.68 23/1966 6 5 1 0 6.5 25.3 1959
April 3.61 8.50 2008 0.65 1949 2.81 28/1975 8 7 3 1 1.5 13.5 2003
May 3.89 13.73 2004 1.20 1994 2.74 18/2000 9 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1948
June 4.85 15.13 2008 0.66 1988 7.30 08/2008 9 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1948
July 4.33 11.68 1950 0.21 1964 3.51 01/1978 7 6 3 1 0.0 0.0 1948
August 4.16 17.11 2007 0.01 1969 4.40 31/1962 7 6 3 1 0.0 0.0 1948
September 3.33 9.45 1985 0.37 2000 4.21 25/1972 6 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
October 2.17 5.65 2009 0.00 1952 2.10 04/1973 6 4 1 0 0.1 2.0 1981
November 1.84 5.77 1991 0.00 1949 2.85 18/1958 5 4 1 0 3.0 20.0 1985
December 1.36 3.73 1982 0.00 1985 1.73 20/1952 5 3 1 0 9.3 30.0 1985
Annual 33.24 48.75 1983 19.24 1963 7.30 20080608 76 61 23 8 35.2 74.9 1959
Winter 3.08 7.29 1983 0.69 1987 1.80 19690115 13 9 1 0 24.1 54.5 1982
Spring 9.49 19.14 2004 3.94 1958 2.81 19750428 23 19 7 2 8.1 27.0 1975
Summer 13.33 24.23 2007 5.41 1976 7.30 20080608 23 19 9 4 0.0 0.0 1948
Fall 7.34 13.89 1985 1.48 1949 4.21 19720925 17 14 5 2 3.0 20.0 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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