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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(216276) OTTERTAIL
From Year=1940 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 0.77 2.51 1967 0.07 1942 1.00 07/1989 6 3 0 0 11.9 30.5 1997
February 0.59 2.55 1979 0.00 1983 1.00 20/1954 4 2 0 0 7.9 25.0 1979
March 1.22 3.27 1982 0.02 2001 1.87 20/1982 6 4 1 0 9.7 29.0 1951
April 2.31 5.16 1960 0.00 1980 2.27 19/1957 8 6 2 0 4.7 20.2 1970
May 3.27 8.30 1942 0.84 1980 3.12 27/2012 10 7 2 1 0.1 1.0 1979
June 4.56 11.75 1946 0.83 1987 4.40 19/1979 11 8 3 1 0.0 0.0 1949
July 3.88 8.94 1985 0.87 1975 3.82 14/1998 10 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1949
August 3.56 10.34 2010 0.38 1976 3.80 06/1972 9 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
September 2.41 7.54 1965 0.37 1966 2.19 04/1999 9 5 2 0 0.0 1.0 1965
October 2.10 6.59 2009 0.18 1952 3.64 06/1982 7 4 1 0 1.3 10.0 1970
November 0.99 3.86 1977 0.00 1999 1.69 01/2000 6 3 0 0 7.2 28.5 1985
December 0.73 2.66 1951 0.00 1997 2.10 03/1951 5 3 0 0 9.5 24.2 2010
Annual 26.40 41.16 1977 15.41 1976 4.40 19790619 90 58 16 5 52.2 100.6 1971
Winter 2.09 5.52 1969 0.47 1942 2.10 19511203 15 8 1 0 29.3 57.5 1971
Spring 6.80 12.95 1942 1.76 1952 3.12 20120527 25 17 4 1 14.4 41.2 1966
Summer 12.00 20.88 1955 6.69 1970 4.40 19790619 29 21 8 3 0.0 0.0 1949
Fall 5.50 11.92 1977 1.53 1952 3.64 19821006 22 13 3 1 8.5 29.0 1971
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