TACOMA CITY HALL, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(458286) TACOMA WB CITY
From Year=1933 To Year=1981
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 5.60 10.05 1964 0.66 1949 2.73 22/1935 20 13 4 1 3.9 33.3 1950
February 3.95 7.61 1972 1.03 1964 2.21 09/1951 16 9 2 0 0.9 10.8 1949
March 3.49 7.12 1950 0.37 1965 1.83 05/1972 17 10 2 0 0.6 12.7 1951
April 2.36 5.27 1937 0.24 1956 1.58 19/1965 13 7 1 0 0.0 0.5 1936
May 1.51 3.29 1936 0.22 1935 1.05 31/1977 10 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 1934
June 1.47 5.60 1936 0.08 1951 1.97 07/1936 9 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1934
July 0.79 3.00 1948 0.00 1958 1.29 01/1979 5 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1935
August 1.22 4.11 1968 0.00 1967 1.50 15/1976 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1933
September 2.06 5.87 1978 0.00 1975 1.80 23/1978 9 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1933
October 3.34 7.38 1967 0.42 1978 3.20 06/1981 13 8 2 0 0.0 0.0 1933
November 5.31 9.84 1962 0.78 1952 2.75 13/1937 18 12 4 1 0.2 5.0 1978
December 6.49 18.87 1933 2.15 1978 2.49 09/1933 22 14 4 1 0.7 10.0 1949
Annual 37.57 46.11 1955 16.96 1952 3.20 19811006 158 93 22 4 6.4 34.0 1950
Winter 16.03 28.96 1934 5.41 1977 2.73 19350122 58 37 10 3 5.5 43.5 1950
Spring 7.36 10.85 1972 4.37 1964 1.83 19720305 41 22 3 0 0.7 12.7 1951
Summer 3.47 8.71 1936 0.78 1951 1.97 19360607 19 9 2 0 0.0 0.0 1937
Fall 10.71 17.86 1934 1.81 1952 3.20 19811006 40 25 7 1 0.2 5.0 1978
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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