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KDSM December, 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)	Observed Snow Fall (inches)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	38	59	23	39	-8	1893	66	1970	0	1.08 1945	0	5.7 1985
2	44	52	22	39	-8	1886	67	1973	0	0.64 1893	0	8.0 1893
3	43	69	22	38	-8	1919	69	2012	0	1.38 2011	0	7.7 1990
4	34	60	21	38	-6	1886	67	1998	0	1.46 1973	0	5.7 1897
5	28	47	21	37	-6	1886	67	1975	0	1.04 1982	0	5.5 1977
6	44	52	21	37	-8	1882	69	1939	Trace	1.43 1994	0	7.5 1994
7	36	45	20	36	-17	1882	65	1894	Trace	0.96 1892	0	5.0 1892
8	27	40	20	36	-14	1917	69	1946	Trace	0.68 2009	Trace	10.6 2009
9	20	38	20	36	-13	1919	62	1946	0.22	0.63 1907	0.8	7.4 1885
10	15	28	19	35	-19	1919	66	1890	Trace	0.63 1970	Trace	3.5 1944
11	16	43	19	35	-8	1917	64	1965	0	1.04 1899	0	7.3 2000
12	26	51	19	35	-11	2000	64	1968	0	0.59 1991	0	6.3 1972
13	31	52	18	34	-14	1961	64	1921	0	0.89 1920	0	5.8 1920
14	25	54	18	34	-17	1901	60	1975	Trace	0.61 1992	0	5.1 1951
15	38	51	18	34	-18	1901	59	2002	0.47	0.75 1940	0	6.2 1987
16	30	38	18	33	-15	1932	62	1939	0	0.63 1921	0	4.3 1904
17	25	35	17	33	-9	1964	64	1939	0	0.44 1895	0	2.8 1951
18	29	42	17	33	-16	1985	64	1976	Trace	0.86 1968	0	5.7 2000
19	29	37	17	33	-18	1884	58	1894	0.78	0.78 2012	5.6	5.6 2012
20	14	34	17	32	-13	1901	61	1941	0.40	0.93 1882	6.8	6.8 2012
21	11	21	16	32	-18	1989	63	1941	0	0.60 1881	0	3.8 1905
22	10	40	16	32	-20	1989	64	1933	0	0.68 1961	0	10.0 1961
23	13	24	16	32	-22	1989	60	1889	0	1.24 1941	0	2.8 1884
24	9	21	16	32	-19	1983	69	1889	0.01	0.96 1895	0.3	7.0 1909
25	2	13	16	32	-16	1879	58	1936	0	0.57 1882	0	4.8 1941
26	2	18	16	32	-16	1892	59	2008	0	1.30 1888	0	17.0 1888
27	8	26	16	31	-20	1886	64	1946	Trace	1.48 1982	Trace	10.0 1904
28	17	29	15	31	-21	1924	69	1984	0.05	0.45 1948	1.8	4.0 1966
29	11	20	15	31	-17	1917	58	2006	Trace	0.78 1885	0.2	2.0 1907
30	10	40	15	31	-15	1968	63	2004	0	1.10 1931	0	6.6 1998
31	11	33	15	31	-15	1968	61	1965	0	1.37 1931	0	7.7 1977
Average	22.5	39.1	18.0	34.0					1.93 Normal = 1.42		15.5 Normal = 9.0

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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