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KDSM October, 2012
Date	Observed Low (F)	Observed High (F)	Normal Low (F)	Normal High (F)	Record Low (F)	Year	Record High (F)	Year	Observed Precipitation (inches)	Record Precipitation (inches)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	54	79	48	70	29	1985	92	1976	0	1.57 1883
2	48	77	48	69	27	1974	92	1953	0	1.37 2007
3	48	80	47	69	29	1888	92	1997	0	1.61 1942
4	46	65	47	68	29	1999	92	1938	0.01	2.07 1941
5	36	52	47	68	30	1988	95	1963	0	0.78 1954
6	30	46	46	67	24	1952	94	1963	0	1.24 1922
7	27	57	46	67	26	1952	91	1939	0	3.67 1884
8	38	68	46	67	24	2000	88	1938	0	2.30 1970
9	37	60	45	66	23	1895	87	1938	0.03	1.38 1985
10	31	60	45	66	26	1964	88	1962	0	1.89 1961
11	44	70	45	65	21	1987	86	1962	0	1.63 1890
12	38	62	44	65	24	1909	91	1899	0.05	1.96 1997
13	53	77	44	64	20	1917	88	1975	2.09	2.09 2012
14	47	62	44	64	23	1939	88	1897	0.19	2.10 2007
15	41	70	43	64	28	1952	89	1938	0	2.75 1880
16	52	77	43	63	26	1943	87	1950	0	1.86 1879
17	48	64	43	63	23	1948	86	1950	0.06	1.87 1963
18	44	51	42	62	22	1972	87	1950	0.42	2.01 1892
19	43	49	42	62	14	1972	85	2003	0.07	0.92 1934
20	46	60	42	62	20	1960	88	2003	0	0.75 1971
21	46	81	41	61	21	1930	86	1947	0	1.28 1908
22	64	73	41	61	21	1976	87	1899	0.29	2.23 2009
23	61	75	41	60	21	1937	84	1899	0.02	1.19 1977
24	57	77	40	60	21	1887	82	1927	Trace	0.96 1908
25	39	57	40	59	14	1887	87	1927	0.11	0.42 1986
26	33	45	40	59	16	1942	85	1927	0	1.11 1918
27	36	46	39	58	14	1925	84	1927	0	1.65 1918
28	32	50	39	58	7	1925	84	1927	0	1.21 1982
29	36	52	39	57	11	1925	89	1937	0	1.94 1896
30	31	54	38	57	8	1925	85	1950	0	1.72 1974
31	31	57	38	57	18	1949	86	1950	0	1.87 1922
Average	42.5	63.0	43.0	63.2					3.34 Normal = 2.64

The special shading of colors in the Observed High/Low and Record High/Low/Year columns depict
observed monthly extremes and record monthly extremes and the years in which they occurred.

(The above data is unofficial and may contain errors.)
For official climate records, please contact...www.ncdc.noaa.gov.

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