February 2013 - A Look Ahead

The tables below consist of monthly normal 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	35.5	12.2	23.9	0.87	9.6

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	70	25 – 1958		50	1st
Record Low	- 46	08 – 1895		-10	11th
Precipitation	1.80	29 – 1896		0.29	20th
Snowfall	16.0	20 – 2011		4.2	28th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 24 for the high and 3 for the low. The normal temperature on the 28^th is 33 for the high and 13 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:54 AM with a sunset at 5:41 PM. Sunrise on the 28^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	38.3	14.0	26.1	1.20	9.5

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	75	29 – 1992		52	1st
Record Low	- 35	09 – 1994		-8	11th
Precipitation	1.28	19 – 1952		0.32	28th/29th
Snowfall	14.0	19 – 1952		3.5	29th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 32 for the high and 11 for the low. The normal temperature on the 28^th is 39 for the high and 18 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:59 AM with a sunset at 5:51 PM. Sunrise on the 28^th is at 7:20 AM with a sunset at 6:28 PM.

Mobridge	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	30.9	10.0	20.4	0.42	5.9
Last Year	36.2	8.8	22.5	0.98	9.9

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	70	29 – 1992		52	1st
Record Low	- 44	19 – 1929		-14	11th
Precipitation	1.50	24 – 1930		0.41	23rd
Snowfall	13.1	26 – 2009		4.4	23rd
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 28 for the high and 7 for the low. The normal temperature on the 28^th is 35 for the high and 15 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 8:02 AM with a sunset at 5:49 PM. Sunrise on the 28^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	33.2	13.2	23.2	0.78	8.1

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	66	23 – 1958		46	1st/2nd
Record Low	- 38	02 – 1905		-9	11th
Precipitation	1.54	23 – 1977		0.29	28th
Snowfall	14.0	20 – 2011		3.5	29th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 24 for the high and 4 for the low. The normal temperature on the 28^th is 32 for the high and 13 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:48 AM with a sunset at 5:37 PM. Sunrise on the 28^th is at 7:07 AM with a sunset at 6:15 PM.

Sisseton	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	27.5	8.7	18.1	0.43	8.4
Last Year	34.1	14.2	24.1	1.31	14.0

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	68	25 – 1958		51	19th
Record Low	- 33	09 – 1994		-7	10th
Precipitation	0.98	27 – 1958		0.76	28th
Snowfall	13.4	26 – 2009		8.0	28th

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

on the 28^th is 32 for the high and 15 for the low.

Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:49 AM with a sunset at 5:35 PM.

Sunrise on the 28^th is at 7:08 AM with a sunset at 6:14 PM.

Phases of the Moon

Phase	Date
3rd Quarter	3rd
New Moon	10th
1st Quarter	17th
Full Moon	25th

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Astronomy Happenings in February 2013

Mercury, Mars appear briefly after sunset February 8

Catch young moon and Mercury after sunset February 11

Moon and Jupiter pair up again night of February 18

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