WETS Station : COLTON, SD1851 Latitude: 4347 Longitude: 09655 Elevation: 01620 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 46099 County Name: Minnehaha Start yr. - 1978 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 | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.57 | 0.30 | 0.77 | 1 | 7.4 | February | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.64 | 0.32 | 0.80 | 1 | 5.7 | March | ----- | ----- | ----- | 1.67 | 0.98 | 2.07 | 4 | 6.7 | April | ----- | ----- | ----- | 3.07 | 1.80 | 4.01 | 6 | 4.9 | May | ----- | ----- | ----- | 3.69 | 2.39 | 4.69 | 7 | 0.0 | June | ----- | ----- | ----- | 4.11 | 2.60 | 4.71 | 6 | 0.0 | July | ----- | ----- | ----- | 3.91 | 2.46 | 4.47 | 5 | 0.0 | August | ----- | ----- | ----- | 3.50 | 2.52 | 4.16 | 5 | 0.0 | September | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.73 | 1.70 | 3.39 | 4 | 0.0 | October | ----- | ----- | ----- | 1.97 | 0.79 | 2.43 | 3 | 0.9 | November | ----- | ----- | ----- | 1.35 | 0.48 | 1.95 | 3 | 7.0 | December | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.59 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 1 | 6.7 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 23.45 | 30.56 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 27.79 | ------ | ------ | 46 | 39.3 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | | 70 percent * | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates total 1978-2002 prcp Station : SD1851, COLTON ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 78 3.04 1.80 5.71 2.81 2.29 0.12 0.51 0.66 16.94 79 1.21 0.70 2.85 2.82 4.43 3.73 3.97 4.59 2.85 2.99 1.34 0.07 31.55 80 0.28 0.52 0.67 0.66 1.64 3.80 2.27 4.59 0.60 2.01 0.02 0.46 17.52 81 0.03 M0.93 1.81 1.63 0.57 2.88 3.43 3.47 1.37 2.64 0.90 1.09 20.75 82 0.86 0.19 1.39 1.84 6.27 1.33 6.00 6.70 4.72 5.95 3.38 2.38 41.01 83 0.91 0.20 3.75 2.23 2.53 4.33 1.63 2.58 1.75 1.10 3.54 0.76 25.31 84 0.48 1.38 1.42 4.97 2.94 8.36 1.44 1.30 0.80 5.02 0.04 0.72 28.87 85 0.51 0.05 2.83 5.06 3.91 1.65 2.41 3.26 3.02 0.81 1.84 0.59 25.94 86 0.58 0.14 1.63 6.50 3.82 7.99 3.02 3.84 8.91 1.16 1.01 0.02 38.62 87 0.15 0.22 3.71 0.38 3.57 2.56 8.02 2.68 2.03 0.37 M1.31 1.30 26.30 88 1.28 0.47 0.66 3.46 3.86 1.54 3.32 4.89 3.34 0.00 1.42 0.34 24.58 89 0.23 0.65 1.32 1.94 1.07 3.56 2.25 1.89 3.53 0.65 1.13 0.24 18.46 90 0.05 0.48 1.44 2.80 4.31 6.85 3.63 3.95 0.42 1.45 0.62 0.48 26.48 91 0.24 0.42 0.48 2.12 4.91 7.22 3.22 2.37 3.20 0.95 1.99 0.11 27.23 92 0.71 1.93 2.09 2.25 1.10 5.68 9.30 6.34 2.08 2.18 1.71 0.72 36.09 93 0.50 0.97 2.11 2.11 6.71 9.29 8.79 2.60 2.60 0.28 1.52 0.35 37.83 94 1.11 0.65 0.22 4.02 1.74 4.35 1.27 1.40 3.36 2.23 1.42 0.83 22.60 95M0.12 1.36 2.85 7.19 5.87 2.15 5.20 4.16 3.69 3.61 0.18 0.06 36.44 96 0.84 0.16 0.62 0.35 5.18 2.30 1.49 3.97 3.53 2.41 3.27 0.97 25.09 97 0.71 0.85 0.70 2.13 4.49 2.32 2.32 1.68 3.43 1.47 0.27 0.21 20.58 98 0.55 0.55 2.33 4.01 1.25 3.42 3.79 4.90 1.81 6.22 1.48 M0.26 30.57 99 0.58 0.36 0.92 5.53 4.21 4.24 4.67 1.41 1.39 0.42 0.03 0.26 24.02 0 0.58 0.81 1.01 3.57 7.44 3.08 2.75 5.17 2.10 1.28 2.04 0.60 30.43 1 1.15 0.84 0.76 6.68 2.25 4.51 2.90 0.46 2.16 1.32 3.50 0.09 26.62 2 ---------- WETS Station : SIOUX FALLS WSFO AP, SD7667 Creation Date: 11/12/2002 Latitude: 4334 Longitude: 09644 Elevation: 1420 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 46099 County Name: Minnehaha 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 | 24.6 | 4.7 | 14.7 | 0.51 | 0.26 | 0.59 | 1 | 7.4 | February | 31.1 | 12.0 | 21.6 | 0.51 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 1 | 5.9 | March | 43.3 | 23.4 | 33.3 | 1.81 | 1.02 | 2.25 | 4 | 8.1 | April | 58.4 | 34.7 | 46.6 | 2.65 | 1.70 | 3.40 | 5 | 3.4 | May | 70.7 | 46.8 | 58.8 | 3.39 | 2.10 | 4.09 | 6 | 0.0 | June | 80.2 | 56.6 | 68.4 | 3.49 | 2.23 | 4.13 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 85.2 | 62.1 | 73.7 | 2.93 | 1.81 | 3.54 | 5 | 0.0 | August | 82.7 | 59.9 | 71.3 | 3.01 | 1.79 | 3.57 | 5 | 0.0 | September | 73.7 | 49.0 | 61.3 | 2.58 | 1.39 | 3.04 | 4 | 0.0 | October | 60.7 | 36.3 | 48.5 | 1.93 | 0.74 | 2.58 | 3 | 1.0 | November | 41.5 | 22.3 | 31.9 | 1.36 | 0.54 | 1.98 | 2 | 7.6 | December | 28.3 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 0.52 | 0.24 | 0.62 | 1 | 7.0 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 21.15 | 28.22 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 56.7 | 34.8 | 45.7 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 24.68 | ------ | ------ | 43 | 40.6 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | 4/10 to 10/16 | 4/25 to 10/ 5 | 5/ 2 to 9/27 | 189 days | 163 days | 147 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/ 6 to 10/20 | 4/21 to 10/ 8 | 4/28 to 10/ 1 | 197 days | 170 days | 156 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : SD7667, SIOUX FALLS WSFO AP ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 0.12 M1.55 M0.44 2.61 2.56 5.68 7.79 0.83 2.97 1.64 1.54 0.12 27.85 49M1.08 0.05 3.37 0.32 2.42 1.88 3.37 2.69 3.90 1.06 0.06 M0.61 20.81 50M0.48 0.55 M1.71 1.23 4.33 3.65 2.24 0.93 3.75 1.80 0.34 M0.24 21.25 51 0.20 M1.60 2.71 M2.33 4.37 7.94 2.73 2.16 3.40 1.52 0.27 1.60 30.83 52 0.94 2.12 1.70 1.53 1.93 4.39 1.59 3.39 0.47 0.00 0.55 M0.28 18.89 53 0.55 M1.91 1.86 5.23 2.71 M5.35 2.31 4.26 2.51 M0.30 1.16 1.70 29.85 54M0.16 M1.88 2.69 1.32 1.84 4.12 3.74 2.27 4.33 1.54 0.72 0.09 24.70 55 0.32 M0.92 M0.34 2.12 2.16 4.24 3.25 1.22 0.72 0.82 0.30 M1.75 18.16 56 0.58 0.38 2.19 1.29 1.31 6.86 4.02 4.09 0.29 0.62 0.87 0.24 22.74 57 0.12 0.26 1.84 3.15 4.89 5.41 2.80 3.76 2.66 1.24 1.66 M0.40 28.19 58 0.05 1.77 0.95 2.55 0.81 1.48 3.52 0.61 2.11 0.08 1.15 0.25 15.33 59 0.16 0.92 0.55 0.36 7.28 2.02 0.39 7.47 4.62 3.29 1.89 0.88 29.83 60 1.65 0.22 1.90 3.64 5.08 3.97 0.72 5.17 2.21 0.67 1.51 0.77 27.51 61 0.25 0.92 1.14 1.04 4.67 3.86 2.16 1.79 2.36 2.66 1.40 0.80 23.05 62 0.29 4.05 1.72 1.70 6.07 3.98 5.50 2.77 M3.47 0.46 0.16 0.19 30.36 63 0.90 0.53 1.16 1.25 2.00 2.51 6.45 0.94 2.40 1.65 0.36 0.85 21.00 64 0.34 0.08 2.12 4.03 1.29 1.68 4.03 3.87 4.06 0.09 0.38 0.59 22.56 65 0.24 1.46 1.09 3.35 7.29 4.91 1.49 1.29 4.91 1.05 0.26 0.60 27.94 66 0.54 0.99 0.70 1.71 1.94 2.68 1.54 2.12 6.34 1.43 0.20 0.65 20.84 67 0.75 M0.44 0.14 3.90 0.72 4.26 0.53 3.46 0.87 0.39 0.03 0.91 16.40 68 0.33 0.09 0.61 4.34 2.69 4.10 2.37 1.70 4.01 4.57 0.39 2.62 27.82 69 1.73 M2.55 M1.09 0.17 2.43 4.85 2.73 5.07 2.41 2.05 0.34 M1.18 26.60 70M0.37 0.10 2.03 3.75 4.83 3.81 2.98 0.53 3.14 3.13 2.17 0.54 27.38 71 0.13 0.90 0.85 1.59 1.06 6.10 2.92 0.71 3.23 3.06 M2.45 0.64 23.64 72 0.18 0.41 0.97 2.73 7.25 2.09 3.49 2.65 1.75 1.78 1.89 1.25 26.44 73 0.43 0.43 3.52 2.12 1.93 2.38 3.50 1.05 5.61 5.73 1.01 M0.48 28.19 74 0.13 M0.30 1.65 1.33 3.11 2.79 1.27 5.16 0.58 0.34 0.27 0.10 17.03 75M1.35 M0.22 1.95 2.45 1.66 4.48 0.62 9.09 1.35 0.49 2.25 M0.19 26.10 76 0.41 0.48 1.60 2.15 1.02 1.02 1.53 1.31 0.76 0.71 0.07 0.36 11.42 77M0.19 0.83 3.60 2.17 3.17 1.73 3.64 5.63 5.63 2.36 1.80 M0.87 31.62 78 0.47 0.33 M0.56 3.98 3.47 2.91 4.79 3.08 2.45 0.14 0.48 0.52 23.18 79M1.14 0.42 3.47 2.75 4.90 3.01 3.13 4.35 4.03 3.30 1.72 0.04 32.26 80 0.18 M0.48 0.70 0.77 2.52 2.17 1.63 2.92 0.79 1.36 0.02 0.29 13.83 81 0.12 0.33 1.86 0.58 0.61 3.90 3.89 2.28 0.50 2.45 1.21 M0.38 18.11 82M0.76 0.13 1.17 1.87 4.72 1.18 4.60 5.23 3.49 5.18 2.94 1.99 33.26 83 0.52 0.22 3.35 2.88 2.92 6.75 1.82 2.00 1.92 0.71 2.95 0.73 26.77 84 0.37 1.10 M1.83 5.79 2.95 8.43 1.63 0.76 1.62 4.11 0.03 1.02 29.64 85 0.45 0.05 2.37 5.18 3.29 2.52 2.70 4.07 3.34 0.75 1.97 0.47 27.16 86 0.72 0.06 1.50 5.15 2.42 3.93 2.59 2.77 9.26 1.22 0.89 0.00 30.51 87 0.19 0.26 3.27 0.28 2.94 1.78 3.16 1.36 2.05 0.31 1.66 M1.40 18.66 88M1.54 0.26 0.63 3.00 1.54 0.91 0.49 4.02 4.39 0.02 1.98 M0.37 19.15 89 0.23 M0.51 1.07 1.59 1.42 2.50 1.37 2.46 3.38 0.10 0.91 M0.25 15.79 90 0.08 0.31 1.57 1.86 4.07 4.86 1.77 1.17 0.47 1.82 0.61 M0.61 19.20 91 0.22 0.34 0.86 2.21 6.20 6.36 2.26 1.41 3.95 1.65 1.78 0.20 27.44 92 0.75 1.76 2.36 2.01 1.80 2.44 8.41 5.29 3.06 2.72 1.04 0.83 32.47 93 0.70 0.81 2.04 2.61 8.26 6.43 7.86 3.10 1.88 0.62 1.50 0.30 36.11 94 0.97 0.63 0.20 3.34 1.26 6.03 1.70 2.66 2.36 2.36 1.03 0.33 22.87 95 0.18 0.13 4.06 5.83 4.76 2.70 2.55 5.11 1.86 2.76 0.38 0.10 30.42 96 0.99 0.16 0.82 M0.55 5.27 1.14 0.98 1.79 2.82 1.63 2.91 0.78 19.84 97 0.41 1.39 0.23 2.43 3.58 3.77 2.94 1.58 1.59 1.75 0.35 0.24 20.26 98 0.50 0.67 4.08 3.57 1.92 4.52 2.66 3.29 1.19 6.28 2.20 0.24 31.12 99 0.35 0.28 1.15 4.32 6.20 2.57 4.81 0.80 0.84 0.37 0.05 0.17 21.91 0 0.68 1.04 0.91 2.27 5.56 3.26 3.22 3.17 1.34 1.79 2.52 0.35 26.11 1 1.50 0.65 0.78 6.97 1.92 3.13 5.88 1.37 2.25 0.86 4.76 0.11 30.18 2 ----------