February 2012 - A Look Ahead

The tables below consist of monthly normals for February as well as daily extremes and what happened last year.

Aberdeen
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	27.9	7.2	17.6	0.55	6.8
Last Year	21.1	0.1	10.6	1.05	21.0

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	70	25 – 1958		46	13^th
Record Low	- 46	08 – 1895		- 29	2^nd
Precipitation	1.80	29 – 1896		0.54	20^th
Snowfall	16.0	20 – 2011		16.0	20^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 24 for the high and 3 for the low. The normal temperature on the 29^th is 33 for the high and 13 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:55 AM with a sunset at 5:40 PM. Sunrise on the 29^th is at 7:13 AM with a sunset at 6:20 PM.
Pierre
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	34.9	13.8	24.3	0.59	5.9
Last Year	26.1	6.2	16.2	1.94	19.0

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	75	29 – 1992		63	16^th
Record Low	- 35	09 – 1994		- 17	25^th
Precipitation	1.28	19 – 1952		1.24	20^th
Snowfall	14.0	19 – 1952		11.8	20^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 32 for the high and 11 for the low. The normal temperature on the 29^th is 39 for the high and 18 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 8:00 AM with a sunset at 5:50 PM. Sunrise on the 29^th is at 7:19 AM with a sunset at 6:29 PM.
Mobridge
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	30.9	10.0	20.4	0.42	5.9
Last Year	21.3	2.6	11.9	0.55	16.7

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	70	29 – 1992		51	15^th
Record Low	- 44	19 – 1929		- 27	2^nd
Precipitation	1.50	24 – 1930		0.29	20^th
Snowfall	13.1	26 – 2009		11.1	20^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 28 for the high and 7 for the low. The normal temperature on the 29^th is 35 for the high and 15 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 8:03 AM with a sunset at 5:48 PM. Sunrise on the 29^th is at 7:21 AM with a sunset at 6:28 PM.
Watertown
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	27.3	7.8	17.5	0.53	7.4
Last Year	19.8	0.1	10.0	1.55	21.5

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	66	23 – 1958		43	13^th
Record Low	- 38	02 – 1905		- 29	8^th
Precipitation	1.54	23 – 1977		0.90	20^th
Snowfall	14.0	20 – 2011		14.0	20^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 24 for the high and 4 for the low. The normal temperature on the 29^th is 32 for the high and 13 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:49 AM with a sunset at 5:36 PM. Sunrise on the 29^th is at 7:07 AM with a sunset at 6:15 PM.
Sisseton
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	28	9.4	18.7	0.65	8.4
Last Year	21.8	4.9	13.4	1.11	18.5

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	68	25 – 1958		49	16^th , 17^th
Record Low	- 33	09 – 1994		- 21	10^th
Precipitation	0.98	27 – 1958		0.39	21^st
Snowfall	13.4	26 – 2009		7.7	21^st

The normal temperature on the 1^st is 24 for the high and 5 for the low. The normal temperature on the 29^th is 33 for the high and 15 for the low.

Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:50 AM with a sunset at 5:34 PM.

Sunrise on the 29^th is at 7:08 AM with a sunset at 6:14 PM.

Phases of the Moon

Phase	Date
Full Moon	7^th
Last Quarter	14^th
New Moon	21^st
First Quarter	29^th

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February 2012 - A Look Ahead

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