WAUBAY NWR, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(398980) WAUBAY NATL WILDLIFE RE
From Year=1952 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 0.51 1.60 1997 0.00 1974 1.45 04/1997 5 2 0 0 7.1 21.8 1994
February 0.53 1.55 1969 0.00 1968 0.90 29/2012 4 2 0 0 6.5 17.9 2001
March 0.90 3.73 1977 0.03 1959 1.38 12/1977 5 3 0 0 6.1 16.9 1997
April 1.97 5.54 1986 0.00 1987 2.95 25/1998 7 5 1 0 4.0 24.7 2008
May 2.81 8.31 1962 0.56 1967 3.41 12/1998 9 6 2 1 0.1 4.2 1954
June 3.63 8.64 1971 0.86 1987 4.20 29/1971 10 7 2 1 0.0 0.0 1952
July 3.20 9.06 1993 0.45 1976 3.61 26/1972 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1952
August 2.57 6.60 1966 0.38 1958 3.35 02/1988 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1952
September 2.04 5.62 1965 0.12 1972 2.59 20/2007 7 4 1 0 0.0 2.0 1965
October 1.62 7.78 1998 0.00 1952 3.01 16/1998 5 3 1 0 0.9 9.0 1995
November 0.71 3.12 2000 0.00 1976 0.95 08/1970 4 2 0 0 5.1 21.7 1985
December 0.48 1.55 2010 0.00 1986 0.76 30/2005 5 2 0 0 6.0 24.7 2010
Annual 20.96 32.21 1962 7.00 1976 4.20 19710629 77 45 13 4 35.9 62.9 1997
Winter 1.53 4.47 1969 0.28 1990 1.45 19970104 14 5 0 0 19.6 54.1 1969
Spring 5.68 11.89 1962 2.13 1976 3.41 19980512 22 13 3 1 10.2 41.0 2008
Summer 9.39 16.36 1962 2.19 1976 4.20 19710629 25 17 6 2 0.0 0.0 1952
Fall 4.36 9.71 2009 1.03 1974 3.01 19981016 17 10 3 1 6.1 22.2 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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