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All About BISON

Latitude 45 32 N - Longitude 102 28 W - Elevation 2780 Feet
Station Record Begins 05/01/1916

All | Yearly Top 10 Precipitation Records | Top 30 Daily Precipitation Records
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30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Annual
Max (F)	30.4	34.0	44.2	58.3	68.8	78.0	86.5	86.4	75.3	60.2	42.8	31.1	58.1
Min (F)	10.3	13.5	22.0	32.2	43.3	52.4	58.7	57.0	46.6	34.9	22.0	11.5	33.8
Mean (F)	20.3	23.7	33.1	45.2	56.1	65.2	72.6	71.7	61.0	47.6	32.4	21.3	46.0
Precip (inches)	0.46	0.42	1.20	1.84	3.09	2.91	2.37	1.62	1.27	1.47	0.58	0.43	17.66
Snowfall (inches)	3.5	5.9	8.3	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	4.4	3.6	31.8
HDD	1384	1155	989	594	295	86	14	21	183	545	978	1354	7598
CDD	0	0	0	2	18	92	249	228	61	4	0	0	654

Yearly Top 10 Information
Yearly Rainfall						Yearly Snowfall
Wettest			Driest			Most Snow			Least Snow
Amount	Year		Amount	Year	Rank	Amount	Year		Amount	Year
24.55	1982		4.91	1936	1	87.9	2008-09		1.5	1980-81
23.79	1989		8.05	1990	2	77.7	1943-44		11.5	1959-60
23.69	1996		8.77	1988	3	67.3	2010-11		12.0	2006-07
23.57	1970		10.58	1952	4	66.6	1996-97		13.2	1960-61
22.60	1993		10.78	1980	5	55.9	1981-82		14.3	1933-34
22.31	1986		11.18	1959	6	54.5	1985-86		14.7	1954-55
22.02	1999		12.09	1955	7	54.0	1993-94		14.7	1982-83
21.68	1977		12.11	1979	8	51.6	1970-71		15.0	1979-80
21.57	2011		12.25	1938	9	47.6	2009-10		17.9	1967-68
21.47	1953		13.47	1950	10	45.4	1949-50		18.2	1973-74

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