ORIENT, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(396335) ORIENT
From Year=1979 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 0.43 2.50 1997 0.00 1981 1.09 04/1997 4 1 0 0 0.9 5.7 2009
February 0.65 2.17 1997 0.00 1981 1.97 04/1997 3 2 0 0 2.1 13.2 2007
March 1.22 2.67 1987 0.19 2005 1.25 20/1982 5 3 1 0 1.3 12.8 2008
April 2.07 5.92 1986 0.13 1996 1.95 12/1991 6 5 2 0 0.0 0.0 1980
May 2.96 7.47 1991 0.20 1994 2.31 09/1995 8 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1980
June 3.59 9.73 1984 0.58 1996 6.30 13/1983 8 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1980
July 3.00 11.40 1994 0.39 2007 6.80 07/1994 7 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1979
August 2.18 5.29 2000 0.15 1982 2.70 23/2000 6 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1979
September 2.04 7.71 1996 0.00 1979 3.15 20/1996 5 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1979
October 1.78 7.48 1998 0.00 2006 2.87 17/1998 5 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1979
November 0.66 1.80 1992 0.00 1999 0.98 02/1992 3 2 0 0 0.2 4.0 1982
December 0.47 2.55 1996 0.00 1979 0.85 15/1996 4 2 0 0 1.4 22.1 2010
Annual 21.05 26.77 1998 12.97 2006 6.80 19940707 64 45 13 4 6.0 15.3 2007
Winter 1.56 7.22 1997 0.05 1981 1.97 19970204 10 5 1 0 4.4 16.8 2012
Spring 6.26 12.14 1995 1.36 1992 2.31 19950509 20 14 4 1 1.3 12.8 2008
Summer 8.77 14.15 1994 3.15 1982 6.80 19940707 21 17 5 2 0.0 0.0 1981
Fall 4.47 11.64 1996 1.60 2002 3.15 19960920 13 9 3 1 0.2 4.0 1982
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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