Precipitation Normals (1971-2000):
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PRECIPITATION NORMALS(Total in Inches)
NO. STATION NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
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001 ABERDEEN RGNL AP .48 .48 1.34 1.83 2.69 3.49 2.92 2.42 1.81 1.63 .75 .38 20.22
002 ACADEMY 2 NE .49 .63 1.52 2.68 3.78 3.34 2.97 2.17 2.24 1.82 .99 .41 23.04
003 ALEXANDRIA .44 .56 1.49 2.58 3.25 3.39 2.88 2.62 2.27 1.73 1.18 .39 22.78
004 ARDMORE 2 N .40 .55 1.04 1.91 2.87 2.80 2.29 1.59 1.38 1.32 .61 .45 17.21
005 ARLINGTON 1 W .67 .59 1.55 2.50 3.20 4.16 3.18 3.04 2.43 1.97 1.26 .46 25.01
006 ARMOUR .60 .69 1.73 2.53 3.71 3.31 3.14 2.29 2.25 1.75 1.11 .61 23.72
007 ASHTON 2 SW .42 .52 1.22 1.93 2.88 3.31 3.00 2.46 1.94 1.62 .72 .39 20.41
008 BELLE FOURCHE .46 .54 1.06 1.97 2.99 3.10 2.05 1.39 1.30 1.74 .71 .62 17.93
009 BELLE FOURCHE 22 NNW .27 .29 .71 1.70 2.41 2.47 1.98 1.15 1.08 1.16 .41 .25 13.88
010 BIG STONE CITY 2 NW .55 .56 1.22 2.28 2.50 3.39 3.98 2.92 2.03 1.81 .88 .34 22.46
011 BISON .44 .49 1.21 2.11 2.72 2.82 2.27 1.47 1.20 1.46 .57 .50 17.26
012 BLUNT .41 .53 1.28 1.82 3.13 3.25 2.72 2.00 1.36 1.55 .68 .46 19.19
013 BONESTEEL .33 .62 1.82 2.97 4.41 3.73 3.55 2.89 2.96 1.91 .98 .43 26.60
014 BRIDGEWATER .40 .47 1.58 2.45 3.86 3.63 3.23 3.52 2.78 2.03 1.12 .43 25.50
015 BRITTON .63 .51 1.03 1.72 2.87 3.44 3.33 2.28 2.08 1.60 .82 .37 20.68
016 BROOKINGS 2 NE .34 .40 1.29 2.03 2.95 4.23 3.11 2.94 2.48 1.78 1.00 .26 22.81
017 BRYANT 1 NE .62 .61 1.45 2.45 3.10 4.11 3.52 2.94 2.36 1.97 1.18 .43 24.74
018 BUFFALO GAP .49 .63 .93 1.93 3.35 3.15 2.76 1.90 1.50 1.28 .78 .52 19.22
019 CAMP CROOK .31 .28 .62 1.43 2.75 2.58 2.05 1.19 1.11 1.23 .52 .30 14.37
020 CANTON 4 WNW .37 .40 1.53 2.45 3.06 3.68 3.18 3.19 2.14 1.83 1.24 .46 23.53
021 CASTLEWOOD .70 .55 1.33 1.99 2.95 4.15 3.41 2.87 2.31 1.94 .96 .49 23.65
022 CEDAR BUTTE 1 NE .36 .42 1.30 2.12 3.22 3.47 2.86 1.78 1.40 1.50 .58 .35 19.36
023 CENTERVILLE 6 SE .43 .52 1.64 2.47 3.65 3.95 3.35 2.83 2.26 1.80 1.36 .55 24.81
024 CHAMBERLAIN 5 S .49 .57 1.45 2.40 3.62 3.40 2.92 2.28 1.98 1.76 .88 .60 22.35
025 CHESTER .61 .59 1.61 2.67 3.28 4.16 3.34 3.17 2.65 1.95 1.57 .67 26.27
026 CLARK .65 .61 1.31 1.98 2.86 3.75 3.14 2.90 1.99 1.76 1.04 .47 22.46
027 CLEAR LAKE .78 .66 1.79 2.25 3.12 4.27 3.46 3.12 2.44 2.03 1.32 .53 25.77
028 COLTON .60 .63 1.64 2.97 3.64 3.93 3.61 3.23 2.66 1.89 1.37 .59 26.76
029 COLUMBIA 8 N .56 .45 1.42 1.80 2.78 3.19 2.95 2.31 1.99 1.72 .76 .37 20.30
030 CONDE .44 .58 1.17 1.95 2.70 2.98 3.07 2.70 1.70 1.55 .86 .39 20.09
031 COTTONWOOD 2 E .39 .52 1.15 1.71 2.95 3.07 2.26 1.63 1.12 1.33 .65 .38 17.16
032 CUSTER .39 .63 1.07 2.06 3.31 3.17 3.02 2.38 1.50 1.47 .67 .52 20.19
033 DEADWOOD 1.30 1.19 2.36 3.62 4.51 3.95 2.69 2.03 1.79 2.18 1.42 1.39 28.43
034 DEERFIELD 3 SE .49 .65 1.00 2.19 3.55 3.31 2.73 2.30 1.60 1.66 .82 .57 20.87
035 DE SMET .62 .62 1.53 2.21 3.08 3.92 3.55 2.76 2.36 1.68 1.06 .45 23.84
036 DUPREE .34 .49 1.15 1.86 3.06 3.34 2.25 1.70 1.17 1.57 .53 .38 17.84
037 DUPREE 15 SSE .32 .47 1.08 1.64 3.03 2.98 2.58 1.52 1.29 1.60 .58 .36 17.45
038 EAGLE BUTTE .31 .50 1.25 1.92 3.17 3.24 2.52 1.91 1.20 1.71 .51 .35 18.59
039 EDGEMONT .41 .49 .95 2.11 2.66 2.51 1.95 1.56 1.23 1.24 .70 .45 16.26
040 EDGEMONT 23 NNW .52 .46 .83 1.71 2.48 2.71 2.16 1.79 1.03 1.28 .57 .50 16.04
041 ELK POINT 13 NE .41 .54 2.00 2.67 3.70 3.57 3.56 3.34 2.25 1.88 1.55 .51 25.98
042 ELM SPRINGS 3 ESE .42 .58 1.12 1.79 3.22 2.72 1.90 1.54 1.12 1.46 .71 .48 17.06
043 EUREKA .35 .45 .93 1.79 2.63 3.17 2.78 2.30 1.43 1.66 .72 .33 18.54
044 FAITH .41 .59 1.15 1.88 3.05 2.81 2.65 1.32 1.23 1.56 .59 .41 17.65
045 FAULKTON 1 NW .49 .57 1.49 2.01 3.00 2.85 2.58 2.68 1.73 1.66 .84 .41 20.31
046 FLANDREAU .41 .39 1.34 2.22 3.00 3.84 3.37 3.06 2.55 2.05 1.08 .40 23.71
047 FORESTBURG 3 NE .46 .58 1.60 2.65 3.38 3.29 2.80 2.12 1.94 1.74 1.19 .43 22.18
048 FORT MEADE .56 .67 1.50 2.70 3.79 3.71 2.20 1.50 1.31 1.88 1.01 .60 21.43
049 FORT PIERRE 17 WSW .34 .46 1.20 1.91 2.74 2.59 2.22 1.63 1.30 1.43 .59 .35 16.76
050 GANN VALLEY 4 NW .27 .41 1.17 2.00 3.03 3.20 2.58 2.21 1.82 1.67 .70 .40 19.46
051 GETTYSBURG .41 .55 1.20 1.93 2.86 3.07 2.64 2.15 1.37 1.57 .72 .47 18.94
052 GLAD VALLEY 2 W .38 .53 1.03 2.00 3.13 2.91 2.48 1.43 1.20 1.48 .56 .39 17.52
053 GREGORY .52 .61 1.88 2.89 3.93 3.75 3.37 2.41 2.58 2.29 1.12 .60 25.95
054 HARDING 3 SE .48 .57 .87 1.90 2.82 2.96 2.09 1.31 1.03 1.41 .59 .52 16.55
055 HARRINGTON .49 .58 1.37 2.31 3.43 3.21 2.83 1.79 1.47 1.51 .79 .45 20.23
056 HARROLD 12 SSW .35 .51 1.22 1.97 2.45 2.92 2.62 2.09 1.22 1.52 .72 .35 17.94
057 HERMOSA 3 SSW .30 .39 .83 1.89 3.09 2.92 2.38 1.58 1.18 1.13 .54 .36 16.59
058 HIGHMORE 1 W .40 .54 1.38 2.59 3.07 3.16 3.25 2.26 1.66 1.79 .75 .38 21.23
059 HIGHMORE 23 N .42 .58 1.20 1.93 2.56 2.84 2.83 1.91 1.61 1.47 .72 .50 18.57
060 HILLAND 2 NW .26 .33 .81 1.94 2.96 2.69 1.66 1.56 .97 1.19 .56 .38 15.31
061 HILL CITY .32 .53 1.05 2.35 3.61 3.62 3.39 2.11 1.47 1.51 .69 .41 21.06
062 HOT SPRINGS .36 .45 .92 1.95 3.03 2.81 2.57 1.77 1.33 1.26 .53 .35 17.33
063 HOWARD .54 .63 1.57 2.45 3.03 3.64 3.13 2.90 2.25 1.90 1.20 .49 23.73
064 HURON AP .49 .57 1.67 2.29 3.00 3.28 2.86 2.07 1.80 1.59 .89 .39 20.90
065 INTERIOR 3 NE .39 .50 1.11 2.09 3.19 2.94 2.36 1.78 1.24 1.47 .65 .32 18.04
066 IPSWICH .41 .44 1.21 1.91 2.70 3.44 3.02 2.22 1.64 1.49 .71 .30 19.49
067 IROQUOIS .47 .57 1.44 2.24 2.87 3.36 3.13 2.08 2.02 1.66 .95 .41 21.20
068 KENNEBEC .33 .43 1.24 2.06 3.02 2.98 2.78 2.02 1.43 1.48 .61 .33 18.71
069 KIRLEY 6 N .43 .62 1.38 1.91 3.10 2.87 2.63 1.71 1.35 1.65 .68 .50 18.83
070 LAKE SHARPE PROJECT .34 .28 1.04 1.83 2.90 3.14 2.72 2.26 1.65 1.52 .54 .33 18.55
071 LEAD 1.34 1.44 2.62 3.78 4.30 3.79 2.73 2.07 1.66 2.74 1.85 1.53 29.85
072 LEMMON .44 .51 .98 1.86 2.68 3.09 2.68 1.90 1.35 1.42 .75 .58 18.24
073 LEOLA .53 .53 1.37 1.95 2.73 3.16 2.71 2.11 1.70 1.45 .88 .39 19.51
074 LODGEPOLE 10 NW .40 .44 .79 1.72 2.76 2.95 2.35 1.43 1.33 1.23 .55 .33 16.28
075 LONG VALLEY .35 .48 1.43 2.19 3.08 3.07 2.78 1.69 1.40 1.39 .64 .37 18.87
076 LUDLOW 3 SSE .43 .33 .72 1.91 2.90 3.12 2.23 1.33 1.25 1.48 .57 .40 16.67
077 LYONS 5 SSW .60 .53 1.49 2.72 3.36 3.31 2.83 2.63 2.44 1.79 1.45 .53 23.68
078 MADISON 2 SE .52 .64 1.68 2.59 3.32 3.78 3.12 3.19 2.56 1.93 1.28 .54 25.15
079 MANDERSON 3 NE .39 .46 1.32 2.20 3.16 3.18 2.58 1.87 1.51 1.52 .70 .41 19.30
080 MARION .54 .56 1.86 2.73 3.41 3.59 2.85 2.94 2.57 1.86 1.42 .58 24.91
081 MARTIN .30 .41 1.24 2.30 3.36 2.94 2.54 1.94 1.45 1.27 .55 .37 18.67
082 MAURINE 10 SW .57 .65 1.47 2.03 2.75 2.90 2.24 1.36 .96 1.35 .75 .78 17.81
083 MC INTOSH 6 SE .36 .45 .82 1.68 2.58 3.00 2.27 1.69 1.30 1.41 .51 .37 16.44
084 MC LAUGHLIN .41 .49 1.18 1.83 2.57 3.00 2.15 1.91 1.23 1.53 .64 .46 17.40
085 MELLETTE .54 .56 1.39 2.14 2.82 3.39 2.86 2.94 1.96 1.67 .84 .43 21.54
086 MENNO .42 .51 1.66 2.50 3.51 3.43 3.15 2.44 2.32 1.72 1.23 .47 23.36
087 MIDLAND .31 .45 1.27 1.86 2.77 3.17 2.36 1.71 1.26 1.27 .54 .28 17.25
088 MILBANK 2 SSW .53 .43 1.36 2.16 2.47 3.46 3.44 2.64 1.91 2.15 1.10 .40 22.05
089 MILESVILLE 5 NE .41 .56 1.23 1.95 3.43 3.09 2.92 1.97 1.32 1.71 .60 .44 19.63
090 MILLER .41 .55 1.29 2.11 3.14 2.90 2.60 2.01 1.80 1.77 .74 .44 19.76
091 MISSION .33 .46 1.16 2.12 3.58 3.21 2.97 1.90 1.59 1.58 .70 .47 20.07
092 MISSION 14 S .39 .60 1.33 2.14 3.61 3.16 3.26 2.13 1.63 1.51 .79 .46 21.01
093 MITCHELL 2 N .47 .67 1.66 2.71 3.33 3.52 2.64 2.32 2.27 1.54 1.20 .53 22.86
094 MOBRIDGE 2 NNW .33 .41 1.04 1.64 2.63 2.94 2.27 1.87 1.34 1.54 .55 .38 16.94
095 MONTROSE .39 .49 1.43 2.61 3.41 3.53 2.90 2.40 2.45 1.68 1.37 .47 23.13
096 MT RUSHMORE NATL MEM .38 .55 1.17 2.21 3.95 3.74 3.16 2.04 1.55 1.58 .64 .46 21.43
097 MURDO .46 .55 1.67 2.24 2.98 3.33 2.79 1.63 1.25 1.64 .76 .47 19.77
098 NEWELL .38 .44 .94 1.69 2.70 2.80 1.91 1.30 .99 1.40 .58 .35 15.48
099 OAHE DAM .27 .34 .77 1.47 2.71 2.72 2.28 1.43 1.16 1.10 .41 .28 14.94
100 OELRICHS .42 .49 .98 1.96 3.12 2.80 2.14 1.67 1.30 1.30 .65 .42 17.25
101 ONAKA 2 N .42 .42 1.04 1.65 2.57 3.03 2.66 2.31 1.75 1.59 .62 .31 18.37
102 ONIDA 4 NW .59 .64 1.38 1.93 2.85 3.11 2.69 2.14 1.54 1.58 .82 .57 19.84
103 ORAL .38 .47 .86 1.79 2.87 2.89 2.24 1.82 1.24 1.16 .62 .39 16.73
104 ORIENT .43 .62 1.37 2.10 2.75 3.33 2.85 1.97 1.88 1.62 .77 .45 20.14
105 PACTOLA DAM .30 .44 1.03 2.36 3.70 3.81 3.18 2.14 1.50 1.59 .65 .40 21.10
106 PHILIP 1 S .34 .46 1.15 1.79 3.14 2.85 2.26 1.68 1.16 1.32 .62 .33 17.10
107 PICKSTOWN .43 .55 1.61 2.77 3.70 3.48 2.82 2.47 2.28 1.76 1.02 .48 23.37
108 PIERRE RGNL AP .52 .54 1.19 2.02 3.14 3.49 2.75 1.86 1.55 1.64 .70 .48 19.88
109 PLAINVIEW 4 SSW .31 .44 1.05 1.68 2.68 3.23 2.20 1.42 .87 1.21 .43 .31 15.83
110 PLATTE .50 .67 1.67 2.61 3.80 3.41 3.16 2.47 2.39 1.79 1.05 .51 24.03
111 POLLOCK .39 .45 1.02 1.66 2.58 2.98 2.34 2.10 1.35 1.48 .63 .36 17.34
112 PORCUPINE 11 N .40 .47 1.00 1.90 2.81 2.95 2.66 1.57 1.35 1.43 .60 .38 17.52
113 PRESHO 7 NW .31 .43 1.36 2.06 3.31 3.51 2.69 2.28 1.49 1.51 .55 .32 19.82
114 RALPH 1 N .42 .44 .73 1.69 2.84 2.98 2.12 1.38 1.23 1.37 .58 .40 16.18
115 RAPID CITY RGNL AP .37 .46 1.03 1.86 2.96 2.83 2.03 1.61 1.10 1.37 .61 .41 16.64
116 RAPID CITY 4 NW .29 .36 .90 1.97 3.46 3.04 2.71 2.09 1.23 1.57 .53 .30 18.45
117 RAYMOND 3 NE .44 .46 1.19 1.83 2.70 3.77 2.90 2.59 1.64 1.57 .86 .28 20.23
118 REDFIELD 5 SE .37 .51 1.19 1.92 2.97 3.17 3.00 2.41 1.85 1.64 .60 .33 19.96
119 REDIG 11 NE BUFFALO .32 .40 .77 1.54 2.93 3.04 2.10 1.44 .99 1.34 .50 .32 15.69
120 RED OWL .35 .49 1.02 1.77 3.25 2.99 2.21 1.34 1.13 1.50 .59 .39 17.03
121 ROSCOE .47 .60 1.04 2.06 3.06 3.38 2.80 2.42 1.59 1.55 .87 .42 20.26
122 SALEM 5 SW .53 .74 1.47 2.64 3.48 3.41 2.94 2.92 2.22 1.74 1.18 .52 23.79
123 SELBY .37 .47 1.09 1.85 2.55 3.03 2.54 2.14 1.30 1.48 .71 .37 17.90
124 SIOUX FALLS AP .51 .51 1.81 2.65 3.39 3.49 2.93 3.01 2.58 1.93 1.36 .52 24.69
125 SISSETON .73 .64 1.53 2.04 2.76 3.30 3.13 2.59 1.95 1.82 1.13 .46 22.08
126 SPEARFISH .58 .69 1.40 2.46 3.57 3.82 2.20 1.68 1.47 2.08 .98 .73 21.66
127 STEPHAN 2 NW .41 .50 1.31 1.98 2.95 2.95 2.62 2.07 1.77 1.75 .65 .41 19.37
128 SUMMIT 1 W .59 .52 1.44 2.03 2.83 3.65 3.64 3.23 2.06 1.86 .93 .35 23.13
129 TIMBER LAKE .41 .54 1.20 1.96 2.90 3.17 2.46 1.89 1.26 1.63 .67 .51 18.60
130 TYNDALL .46 .71 1.68 2.54 3.61 3.12 3.53 2.68 2.28 1.64 1.31 .60 24.16
131 USTA 8 WNW KELLY RANCH .16 .36 .78 1.79 2.77 2.86 2.20 1.68 .95 1.18 .46 .36 15.55
132 VERMILLION 2 SE .37 .49 1.80 2.76 3.74 3.61 3.40 2.82 2.41 1.97 1.47 .52 25.36
133 VICTOR 4 NNE .78 .60 1.31 1.88 2.69 3.59 3.45 2.42 2.13 1.80 1.04 .48 22.17
134 WAGNER .58 .81 1.79 2.78 4.03 3.32 3.13 2.73 2.59 1.96 1.27 .65 25.64
135 WASTA .35 .48 1.10 1.95 3.05 2.68 2.17 1.68 1.12 1.53 .74 .39 17.24
136 WATERTOWN MUNICIPAL AP .57 .48 1.30 1.96 2.61 4.01 2.91 2.85 2.03 1.92 .91 .39 21.94
137 WAUBAY NATL WILDLIFE RE .56 .50 1.06 1.74 2.61 3.45 3.37 2.86 1.86 1.77 .80 .37 20.95
138 WEBSTER .75 .57 1.10 1.84 2.63 3.48 3.73 3.06 1.88 1.69 .85 .48 22.06
139 WENTWORTH 2 WNW .50 .69 1.59 2.31 3.22 3.95 3.21 3.11 2.58 1.76 1.32 .52 24.76
140 WESSINGTON 2 SE .42 .51 1.53 2.42 3.10 2.84 2.47 2.07 1.87 1.72 .80 .38 20.13
141 WESSINGTON SPRINGS .48 .56 1.86 2.64 3.78 3.12 2.82 2.22 2.16 1.82 1.06 .43 22.95
142 WESSINGTON SPRINGS 7SW .50 .53 1.54 2.55 3.40 3.11 2.68 1.88 2.08 1.60 .77 .36 21.00
143 WHITE LAKE .28 .59 1.43 2.49 3.60 3.19 2.88 2.21 2.09 1.59 .90 .34 21.59
144 WILMOT .76 .63 1.58 2.12 2.62 3.35 3.27 2.67 1.86 1.99 1.16 .42 22.43
146 WINNER .53 .63 1.73 2.63 3.85 3.38 3.30 2.17 2.09 1.91 .96 .54 23.72
147 WOOD .36 .53 1.30 2.09 3.42 2.79 2.84 1.61 1.63 1.56 .73 .45 19.31
148 YANKTON 2 E .43 .53 1.77 2.51 3.87 3.91 3.36 2.93 2.17 1.85 1.25 .51 25.09
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