WETS Station : WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD9070 Creation Date: 11/12/2002 Latitude: 4405 Longitude: 09834 Elevation: 1640 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 46073 County Name: Jerauld Start yr. - 1971 End yr. - 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Temperature | Precipitation | | (Degrees F.) | (Inches) | |-----------------------|--------------------------------------| | | | | | 30% chance |avg | | | | | | | will have |# of| avg | |-------|-------|-------| |-----------------|days| total| Month | avg | avg | avg | avg | less | more |w/.1| snow | | daily | daily | | | than | than | or| fall | | max | min | | | | |more| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| January | 26.5 | 7.9 | 17.2 | 0.48 | 0.17 | 0.60 | 1 | 5.5 | February | 32.7 | 14.2 | 23.5 | 0.56 | 0.24 | 0.72 | 1 | 5.8 | March | 44.1 | 24.3 | 34.2 | 1.86 | 0.97 | 2.23 | 3 | 7.3 | April | 58.9 | 36.0 | 47.4 | 2.64 | 1.73 | 3.34 | 5 | 4.5 | May | 71.0 | 48.2 | 59.6 | 3.78 | 2.35 | 4.56 | 6 | 0.0 | June | 80.8 | 57.8 | 69.3 | 3.12 | 2.07 | 3.85 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 86.5 | 63.0 | 74.8 | 2.82 | 1.77 | 3.70 | 5 | 0.0 | August | 85.5 | 61.3 | 73.4 | 2.22 | 1.36 | 3.12 | 3 | 0.0 | September | 75.8 | 51.5 | 63.7 | 2.08 | 0.81 | 2.65 | 4 | 0.0 | October | 61.4 | 39.4 | 50.4 | 1.82 | 0.75 | 2.31 | 3 | 1.6 | November | 41.7 | 24.6 | 33.2 | 1.06 | 0.42 | 1.42 | 2 | 6.1 | December | 29.9 | 12.5 | 21.2 | 0.43 | 0.20 | 0.54 | 1 | 5.6 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 19.76 | 25.46 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 57.9 | 36.7 | 47.3 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 22.89 | ------ | ------ | 40 | 36.4 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| GROWING SEASON DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Temperature ---------------------|----------------------------------------------------- Probability | 24 F or higher | 28 F or higher | 32 F or higher | ---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- | Beginning and Ending Dates | Growing Season Length | 50 percent * | 4/ 5 to 10/26 | 4/18 to 10/14 | 4/29 to 10/ 5 | 204 days | 179 days | 159 days | | | 70 percent * | 3/31 to 10/31 | 4/14 to 10/18 | 4/25 to 10/ 9 | 214 days | 186 days | 167 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1951-2002 prcp Station : SD9070, WESSINGTON SPRINGS ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 51 1.71 3.49 1.30 2.47 0.07 1.22 10.26 52 0.80 0.57 0.59 0.28 1.68 M3.05 0.91 3.00 0.02 0.00 0.81 0.06 11.77 53 0.25 1.25 1.81 5.20 2.75 6.69 4.21 1.54 0.20 0.06 0.88 0.57 25.41 54 0.11 0.22 1.34 1.00 M1.81 7.27 0.40 1.56 1.96 1.75 0.39 0.15 17.96 55 0.17 0.70 0.24 3.32 3.04 1.98 2.42 0.70 0.96 0.22 0.30 0.94 14.99 56 0.33 0.40 0.59 1.14 1.16 1.37 3.51 10.23 0.83 1.48 0.90 0.25 22.19 57 0.12 0.44 0.50 1.76 8.43 3.23 5.81 0.81 1.50 2.34 2.72 0.00 27.66 58 0.11 1.10 0.53 3.10 1.69 3.19 3.05 0.72 0.57 0.18 0.32 0.15 14.71 59 0.16 0.63 0.35 0.86 2.95 2.32 2.32 2.41 3.46 1.94 1.18 0.84 19.42 60 0.43 1.02 0.85 1.74 2.56 3.24 0.35 M1.54 1.56 0.74 1.31 0.95 16.29 61 0.27 0.34 0.51 1.26 6.66 4.15 1.62 1.39 1.52 3.37 0.08 0.13 21.30 62 0.18 1.98 1.94 2.23 8.73 7.14 4.77 3.61 1.15 1.23 0.02 0.06 33.04 63 0.49 0.35 1.84 3.20 2.53 4.06 2.83 0.93 2.11 2.18 0.67 0.31 21.50 64 0.08 0.18 0.99 3.33 3.22 1.48 2.95 0.41 0.00 0.10 0.63 13.37 65 0.13 0.49 1.10 1.97 5.91 3.75 1.82 0.71 4.64 0.61 0.74 0.47 22.34 66 0.30 0.74 0.95 2.74 1.39 2.67 3.23 6.01 1.80 2.08 0.08 0.17 22.16 67 0.39 0.48 0.16 0.78 1.12 8.23 1.22 3.53 1.59 0.55 0.03 0.52 18.60 68 0.26 0.02 0.09 6.59 1.68 6.84 5.01 2.22 1.93 2.49 0.76 1.36 29.25 69 0.44 2.16 0.29 0.72 3.08 2.75 4.35 3.63 0.84 2.41 0.09 0.82 21.58 70 0.19 0.04 2.95 4.58 1.91 3.56 2.07 0.82 1.39 1.98 1.87 0.63 21.99 71 0.02 0.95 0.65 3.62 3.33 2.72 3.44 1.39 1.10 3.93 2.40 0.56 24.11 72 0.28 0.26 0.81 3.65 7.31 3.14 5.81 0.33 0.10 2.15 2.65 0.81 27.30 73 0.77 0.34 2.90 1.16 3.40 0.74 2.71 1.62 4.35 1.53 0.85 0.40 20.77 74 0.01 0.57 2.00 2.18 5.64 3.19 1.96 0.45 0.18 0.42 0.08 0.08 16.76 75 0.94 0.09 2.32 2.54 0.96 4.20 0.32 2.78 1.89 1.09 0.43 0.11 17.67 76 0.51 0.39 0.69 1.70 1.45 1.97 0.39 0.84 2.85 0.85 0.05 0.31 12.00 77 0.10 1.66 6.61 2.97 2.57 2.12 0.73 2.01 2.79 1.57 1.55 0.66 25.34 78 0.06 0.24 0.28 4.23 4.46 1.81 3.24 0.54 0.88 0.12 0.42 0.28 16.56 79 0.97 0.11 2.20 1.94 2.38 2.49 4.40 3.05 0.10 2.32 0.48 0.02 20.46 80 0.18 0.30 1.13 1.07 1.58 3.52 0.94 3.93 0.31 1.95 0.08 0.21 15.20 81 0.21 0.14 2.68 0.32 1.14 2.30 3.75 3.82 1.09 1.41 1.18 0.56 18.60 82 0.85 0.09 2.06 1.07 7.34 1.55 4.46 4.50 3.07 5.41 0.83 0.41 31.64 83 0.06 0.01 3.18 1.77 2.36 3.99 2.88 2.07 2.41 1.29 1.75 0.48 22.25 84 0.10 0.89 1.26 4.11 2.98 6.04 1.20 3.03 0.86 3.22 0.27 0.34 24.30 85 0.56 0.12 1.53 1.37 2.83 3.48 2.01 2.42 M4.43 0.97 1.52 0.46 21.70 86 0.27 0.12 1.85 5.25 4.94 5.46 3.00 2.00 5.95 1.33 0.80 0.00 30.97 87 0.30 2.06 5.61 0.70 4.38 1.39 4.51 4.19 1.24 0.62 0.47 1.56 27.03 88 0.75 0.33 1.72 2.35 6.08 0.53 1.45 1.69 3.44 0.10 0.90 0.64 19.98 89 0.10 0.89 2.35 1.54 1.07 2.53 3.94 1.23 2.33 0.39 1.35 0.30 18.02 90 0.13 0.48 1.34 3.05 6.37 5.02 3.35 1.88 0.45 1.19 0.00 0.45 23.71 91 0.07 1.13 1.11 4.43 6.47 4.33 0.67 3.14 1.47 2.42 1.60 0.12 26.96 92 1.02 M0.94 1.37 1.50 1.30 3.31 5.42 4.21 2.40 0.07 2.77 0.10 24.41 93 0.25 0.87 1.92 3.35 4.01 6.90 3.98 0.05 3.10 0.80 1.99 0.39 27.61 94 0.71 0.57 0.20 3.60 1.32 4.59 2.75 1.60 1.85 2.05 0.77 0.70 20.71 95 0.77 0.21 3.66 M5.70 7.60 1.85 2.53 2.00 4.12 4.48 0.92 0.29 34.13 96M1.50 0.52 1.52 1.08 6.31 1.14 2.97 0.48 6.90 2.98 0.92 1.66 27.98 97 1.47 0.97 0.48 3.15 3.65 2.14 3.82 2.67 2.45 2.11 0.36 0.14 23.41 98 0.62 M0.32 1.11 3.54 2.33 6.12 2.69 3.96 0.43 6.58 2.05 0.21 29.96 99 0.49 0.38 0.84 3.93 4.72 3.29 1.42 3.01 2.04 0.48 0.05 0.14 20.79 0M0.32 0.81 0.41 2.45 3.16 1.87 3.95 1.72 0.26 0.76 2.36 0.52 18.59 1 2.51 M1.38 0.47 8.81 3.49 2.70 3.66 0.00 2.11 1.05 2.27 0.08 28.53 2 ----------