SALEM 5 SW, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(397457) SALEM 5 SW
From Year=1941 To Year=2001
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 0.51 2.28 2001 0.00 1946 1.30 27/1944 2 1 0 0 3.6 13.0 1960
February 0.79 2.70 1962 0.00 1949 1.25 04/1997 3 2 0 0 5.5 23.5 1969
March 1.49 5.91 1970 0.09 1948 2.10 20/1970 5 3 1 0 7.3 43.0 1951
April 2.61 6.39 2001 0.24 1943 2.15 18/1955 7 5 2 1 1.3 11.0 1960
May 3.56 8.35 1942 0.86 1967 2.50 01/1972 9 7 2 1 0.2 5.4 1950
June 4.19 8.99 1951 1.06 1950 3.32 17/1948 9 8 3 1 0.0 0.0 1941
July 3.50 10.32 1962 0.74 1947 3.65 10/1944 8 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1943
August 2.94 8.56 1944 1.37 1997 3.64 31/1942 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1941
September 2.48 5.66 1946 0.58 1956 4.77 04/1999 6 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1941
October 1.89 6.36 1998 0.00 1952 2.00 05/1969 4 3 1 1 0.2 3.0 1959
November 0.99 2.51 2000 0.00 1999 1.34 03/1972 3 2 1 0 2.3 13.0 1971
December 0.56 1.79 1951 0.00 1943 1.14 04/1953 3 2 0 0 5.3 39.5 1968
Annual 25.50 40.26 1944 16.49 1966 4.77 19990904 65 51 17 6 25.7 51.5 1960
Winter 1.86 3.97 1952 0.69 1990 1.30 19440127 8 5 1 0 14.3 35.7 1956
Spring 7.66 14.17 1942 3.29 1967 2.50 19720501 20 16 5 2 8.9 43.0 1951
Summer 10.62 22.99 1944 5.57 1941 3.65 19440710 24 19 7 3 0.0 0.0 1943
Fall 5.35 12.79 1946 1.38 1952 4.77 19990904 13 11 4 1 2.5 13.0 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