FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(392927) FAULKTON 1 NW
From Year=1893 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 0.45 3.81 1997 0.00 1897 1.52 09/1939 4 2 0 0 5.0 29.0 1997
February 0.60 3.32 1915 0.00 1928 1.45 04/1917 3 2 0 0 6.4 32.1 1915
March 1.15 5.89 1893 0.00 1926 3.10 24/1893 5 3 1 0 6.0 33.0 1975
April 2.15 5.87 1968 0.00 1934 2.85 05/1921 7 5 1 0 2.8 38.0 1995
May 2.84 9.31 1972 0.12 1894 3.13 16/1904 9 6 2 1 0.2 7.0 1907
June 3.43 11.22 1925 0.50 1929 3.90 25/1969 10 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1900
July 2.38 9.53 1994 0.30 1894 6.70 07/1994 8 5 1 1 0.0 0.0 1900
August 2.33 6.64 2000 0.14 1934 5.55 05/2000 7 4 1 1 0.0 0.0 1900
September 1.59 7.56 1996 0.00 1952 3.67 20/1996 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1900
October 1.35 7.47 1998 0.00 1955 3.00 17/1998 5 3 1 0 1.1 14.0 1905
November 0.67 3.35 1922 0.00 1907 2.15 27/1893 3 2 0 0 3.6 24.0 1996
December 0.41 1.76 1909 0.00 1894 1.00 20/1902 3 2 0 0 4.8 20.0 2008
Annual 19.35 29.37 1998 9.62 1976 6.70 19940707 70 41 12 4 29.7 67.9 1993
Winter 1.46 6.51 1997 0.10 1981 1.52 19390109 10 5 1 0 16.1 65.2 2011
Spring 6.14 12.83 1995 1.07 1934 3.13 19040516 21 13 4 1 8.9 58.0 1995
Summer 8.14 15.77 1953 2.14 1929 6.70 19940707 25 16 5 2 0.0 0.0 1900
Fall 3.62 12.31 1996 0.47 1935 3.67 19960920 14 8 2 1 4.6 29.7 1919
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