YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(489905) YELLOWSTONE PARK
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
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 1.05 3.81 1968 0.05 1981 0.90 11/1968 10 4 0 0 14.6 40.2 1954
February 0.70 1.78 1962 0.16 1977 0.70 08/1972 9 3 0 0 9.7 21.1 1980
March 1.05 3.05 1974 0.12 1969 2.10 01/1979 9 4 0 0 12.6 39.5 1996
April 1.18 2.77 1956 0.07 1979 1.00 11/1982 9 4 0 0 6.0 20.0 1991
May 1.94 3.66 1991 0.12 1979 1.86 07/1988 12 6 1 0 1.5 11.0 1988
June 2.07 4.76 1998 0.43 1961 1.50 21/1976 13 6 1 0 0.2 5.5 2001
July 1.43 3.57 1987 0.25 1960 1.21 10/1983 9 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 1949
August 1.34 4.21 1982 0.14 1988 2.25 30/1982 9 4 1 0 0.0 2.0 1964
September 1.23 3.66 1961 0.05 1979 1.25 11/1961 8 4 1 0 0.5 6.2 1970
October 1.00 2.55 1951 0.00 1952 1.16 07/1981 7 3 0 0 3.3 25.0 1991
November 1.02 2.51 1955 0.16 2004 0.90 18/1960 9 3 0 0 9.5 27.1 1985
December 0.96 4.06 1955 0.02 1986 1.70 23/1955 10 3 0 0 13.0 31.3 1951
Annual 14.97 20.28 1972 9.29 2001 2.25 19820830 115 48 5 0 70.9 127.3 1975
Winter 2.72 6.08 1956 0.69 1987 1.70 19551223 29 9 1 0 37.3 71.4 1954
Spring 4.17 6.81 1991 1.79 1998 2.10 19790301 30 13 1 0 20.1 45.7 1996
Summer 4.83 8.22 1968 1.56 1988 2.25 19820830 31 15 2 0 0.2 5.5 2001
Fall 3.25 6.71 1961 0.57 1987 1.25 19610911 25 10 1 0 13.3 35.5 1991
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
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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