WETS Station : MARION, SD5228 Latitude: 4325 Longitude: 09715 Elevation: 1450 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 46125 County Name: Turner 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 | 24.5 | 4.2 | 14.4 | 0.54 | 0.21 | 0.73 | 1 | 6.4 | February | 30.8 | 10.5 | 20.6 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.72 | 1 | 5.7 | March | 43.2 | 22.4 | 32.8 | 1.86 | 0.95 | 2.39 | 3 | 6.6 | April | 58.0 | 34.4 | 46.2 | 2.84 | 1.67 | 3.41 | 5 | 3.0 | May | 70.7 | 46.9 | 58.8 | 3.49 | 2.30 | 4.09 | 7 | 0.0 | June | 80.1 | 56.7 | 68.4 | 3.55 | 2.17 | 3.78 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 85.1 | 61.5 | 73.3 | 2.85 | 1.89 | 3.67 | 5 | 0.0 | August | 82.8 | 59.0 | 70.9 | 2.94 | 1.82 | 3.65 | 5 | 0.0 | September | 74.2 | 48.4 | 61.3 | 2.57 | 1.52 | 3.29 | 4 | 0.0 | October | 61.1 | 35.6 | 48.4 | 1.90 | 0.77 | 2.20 | 3 | 0.6 | November | 42.0 | 22.1 | 32.1 | 1.41 | 0.58 | 1.93 | 2 | 6.9 | December | 28.5 | 9.4 | 18.9 | 0.52 | 0.27 | 0.71 | 1 | 5.9 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 20.24 | 27.69 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 56.7 | 34.3 | 45.5 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 25.01 | ------ | ------ | 43 | 35.2 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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/ 6 to 10/20 | 4/20 to 10/ 9 | 5/ 1 to 9/30 | 197 days | 172 days | 152 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/ 2 to 10/23 | 4/17 to 10/13 | 4/27 to 10/ 4 | 204 days | 179 days | 161 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : SD5228, MARION ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 0.19 1.26 0.22 2.98 2.68 7.59 7.19 1.01 1.29 1.92 1.11 0.11 27.55 49 1.13 0.06 3.23 0.86 1.53 1.04 1.58 3.01 3.64 1.42 0.04 0.49 18.03 50 0.35 0.96 1.45 1.16 5.35 2.22 3.16 1.81 2.47 3.22 0.51 0.20 22.86 51 0.07 1.12 2.99 2.32 3.72 6.49 4.26 2.26 3.33 1.57 0.86 1.34 30.33 52 0.53 1.13 1.62 1.19 2.06 4.30 2.83 3.49 0.47 0.00 0.47 0.22 18.31 53 0.35 0.89 1.79 4.93 3.80 4.55 1.30 1.92 2.26 0.40 1.46 1.82 25.47 54 0.04 2.21 2.48 1.71 3.01 5.47 3.16 2.22 2.74 1.60 0.60 0.17 25.41 55 0.27 1.24 0.35 0.98 1.13 4.38 3.49 2.76 1.12 0.79 0.10 1.58 18.19 56 0.64 0.34 1.69 2.50 1.86 0.69 3.26 3.53 0.40 1.81 0.85 0.18 17.75 57 0.19 0.30 1.82 2.40 6.31 8.00 4.62 0.95 2.00 1.09 1.81 0.25 29.74 58 0.00 1.56 1.29 3.67 0.79 1.50 4.28 1.19 1.41 0.06 0.99 0.14 16.88 59 0.22 0.76 0.54 0.56 8.05 1.09 0.73 4.09 4.19 4.42 2.45 1.54 28.64 60 1.22 0.18 1.72 4.75 6.06 5.39 0.33 5.06 1.95 0.79 1.27 0.97 29.69 61 0.42 0.80 1.03 0.80 4.27 4.05 2.74 0.80 2.91 0.87 0.94 0.81 20.44 62 0.25 3.10 1.99 1.58 3.89 4.11 5.48 3.75 3.18 1.07 0.00 0.23 28.63 63 1.21 0.38 1.08 1.79 2.47 2.52 7.02 1.21 2.97 1.64 0.37 0.42 23.08 64 0.26 0.15 2.14 3.91 1.07 2.50 3.32 2.41 2.64 0.08 0.25 0.64 19.37 65 0.27 1.22 0.63 3.79 5.40 6.77 3.33 2.61 6.07 0.32 0.60 0.47 31.48 66 0.43 0.74 0.53 1.63 3.63 3.23 2.32 3.58 6.11 1.74 0.26 0.60 24.80 67 0.89 0.56 0.28 2.41 1.38 5.56 0.67 2.14 1.06 0.75 0.06 0.75 16.51 68 0.44 0.01 0.67 5.22 1.74 5.61 4.68 1.62 4.15 4.55 0.58 2.86 32.13 69 1.42 2.72 1.36 0.26 2.01 4.25 3.49 2.51 3.04 2.97 0.34 1.08 25.45 70 0.37 0.11 2.26 3.92 1.97 3.05 2.46 0.42 2.19 2.72 2.21 1.06 22.74 71 0.02 1.97 0.99 2.06 1.70 4.46 1.69 0.95 2.39 3.70 2.37 0.95 23.25 72 0.06 0.73 0.99 2.37 9.22 2.68 2.88 1.73 1.73 1.79 1.77 1.43 27.38 73 0.79 0.62 4.95 1.63 2.19 3.04 2.22 1.10 3.83 1.00 21.37 74 0.15 0.47 1.10 1.11 3.08 2.51 1.31 2.07 0.44 0.59 0.19 0.24 13.26 75 1.25 0.17 2.34 3.07 1.11 4.24 0.21 10.82 2.72 0.47 3.07 0.26 29.73 76 0.59 0.46 1.08 2.00 2.19 1.33 1.99 0.83 2.75 0.42 0.04 0.25 13.93 77 0.24 1.03 5.11 1.67 3.48 2.07 3.15 3.31 5.29 1.72 1.68 0.71 29.46 78M0.56 0.56 0.45 4.20 2.81 3.86 5.67 5.32 2.51 0.17 0.38 0.82 27.31 79 1.32 0.40 2.09 2.34 3.82 4.01 3.06 3.32 1.85 2.30 1.52 0.11 26.14 80 0.16 0.31 0.63 1.91 2.34 0.98 3.84 0.64 1.66 0.00 0.36 12.83 81 0.00 0.56 1.73 0.89 1.06 2.85 4.32 1.76 1.80 2.77 1.47 0.58 19.79 82 1.15 0.03 1.44 2.09 6.20 2.45 3.65 3.88 4.22 5.59 3.38 34.08 83 0.88 0.10 3.50 2.57 2.06 7.68 4.17 0.27 1.23 0.59 4.45 0.84 28.34 84M0.25 M0.00 M1.43 8.39 3.97 14.19 2.04 1.61 0.69 4.69 0.12 0.85 38.23 85 0.53 0.06 3.19 5.02 3.50 2.02 1.82 5.13 3.94 0.75 1.57 0.88 28.41 86 0.74 0.00 2.51 6.47 M4.19 M2.57 M2.95 2.35 M7.80 1.41 0.97 0.00 31.96 87 0.03 0.37 4.12 0.46 2.06 2.00 2.22 2.11 3.44 0.39 1.47 0.92 19.59 88 1.55 M0.42 0.64 2.85 3.79 1.16 0.79 4.84 3.48 1.31 0.35 21.18 89M0.12 0.65 1.38 2.37 3.45 2.03 1.84 0.33 0.67 0.35 13.19 90 0.00 0.30 1.50 1.03 4.78 1.86 1.88 2.48 1.80 1.93 0.79 0.44 18.79 91M0.07 0.34 1.29 2.28 4.32 2.23 2.23 1.48 1.62 0.87 M2.31 0.03 19.07 92 1.31 1.39 2.87 2.43 1.27 1.91 7.60 4.29 3.01 2.40 1.87 0.68 31.03 93 0.47 1.14 1.11 2.14 7.05 7.27 7.05 4.25 2.47 0.98 1.54 0.37 35.84 94 0.80 0.61 0.00 3.77 2.49 5.09 1.92 2.77 2.60 2.32 1.07 0.59 24.03 95M0.26 0.14 4.80 6.25 5.55 1.42 1.75 2.05 3.90 3.00 0.76 0.05 29.93 96 0.72 0.06 0.74 0.57 4.91 2.99 3.25 3.14 4.26 1.80 2.78 0.85 26.07 97 0.56 0.92 0.09 1.94 3.72 3.35 2.16 2.26 1.57 1.23 0.25 0.27 18.32 98 0.29 0.50 2.36 4.27 1.40 4.81 2.96 2.90 0.23 7.22 1.47 0.25 28.66 99 0.27 0.52 0.79 3.71 2.75 3.59 4.46 1.61 2.28 0.15 0.11 0.19 20.43 0 0.66 1.08 0.61 1.92 4.50 3.25 1.65 3.59 0.67 17.93 1 0.93 M3.97 0.04 4.94 2 ----------