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All About RAPID CITY RGNL AP

Latitude 44 03 N - Longitude 103 03 W - Elevation 3160 Feet
Station Record Begins 08/01/1942

All | Yearly Top 10 Precipitation Records | Top 30 Daily Precipitation Records
Click Month (below) for Monthly Top Ten Temperature / Precipitation Records

30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Annual
Max (F)	37.1	39.6	47.9	58.3	67.8	77.8	87.1	86.4	75.6	61.4	47.0	36.9	60.4
Min (F)	12.9	15.1	22.9	31.8	42.1	51.2	58.1	56.6	46.0	34.1	22.1	13.0	33.9
Mean (F)	25.0	27.4	35.4	45.0	55.0	64.5	72.6	71.5	60.8	47.7	34.5	24.9	47.1
Precip (inches)	0.30	0.44	0.93	1.80	3.22	2.53	1.85	1.56	1.29	1.42	0.53	0.42	16.29
Snowfall (inches)	4.4	5.8	8.7	7.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.6	6.0	5.4	41.1
HDD	1240	1054	918	601	325	99	15	22	187	538	913	1241	7152
CDD	0	0	0	2	13	84	250	223	61	3	0	0	636

Yearly Top 10 Information
Yearly Rainfall					Yearly Snowfall
Wettest		Driest			Most Snow		Least Snow
Amount	Year	Amount	Year	Rank	Amount	Year	Amount	Year
27.70	1946	9.12	1974	1	80.9	1985-86	16.9	1980-81
25.97	1982	9.98	1961	2	78.8	2008-09	21.1	1960-61
23.83	1997	10.27	2002	3	76.7	2013-12	22.6	1950-51
22.59	1967	10.50	1994	4	71.1	2010-11	23.0	1945-46
22.50	1962	10.92	1988	5	69.6	1969-70	23.3	1951-52
22.23	1944	10.97	2003	6	68.0	1970-71	24.7	2011-12
21.89	1998	11.15	1960	7	66.5	1949-50	24.6	2006-07
21.44	1986	11.24	1952	8	56.7	1976-77	24.6	1947-48
20.59	2008	11.41	2012	9	56.3	1993-94	24.9	1982-83
20.41	1966	11.78	2006	10	54.1	1992-93	25.6	1963-64

Top 30 Information
Rainfall			Snowfall
Amount (inches)	Date	Rank	Amount (inches)	Date
3.78	6/15/1963	1	18.0	4/22/2001
3.60	6/14/1976	2	16.3	1/27/1944
3.21	5/14/1965	3	15.6	4/18/1970
3.19	4/5/1997	4	14.7	3/16/1963
2.80	5/21/1999	5	14.0	4/19/2000
2.60	8/4/1982	6	13.6	4/30/1967
2.51	6/14/1980	7	12.5	3/5/1999
2.50	7/29/1944	8	12.4	4/4/2009
2.49	10/9/1982	9	12.2	3/14/1973
2.48	5/1/1946	10	12.0	3/30/2009
2.35	5/23/1946	11	11.0	5/2/2008
2.18	6/9/1986	12	11.0	3/12/1954
2.13	10/15/1980	13	10.2	3/3/1985
2.13	9/13/1966	14	9.8	3/29/1977
2.09	5/22/2008	15	9.8	12/31/1975
2.08	6/9/1986	16	9.7	2/20/2011
2.06	4/30/1967	17	9.4	4/19/1959
2.05	5/19/2011	18	9.3	11/19/1977
2.03	8/13/1997	19	9.0	11/6/2008
2.01	3/25/1945	20	8.9	3/26/1950
2.00	7/31/1999	21	8.7	2/9/1953
1.95	7/19/1958	22	8.5	1/3/1949
1.95	6/21/1947	23	8.1	4/25/1984
1.91	6/17/1946	24	8.0	3/23/2009
1.86	5/1/1988	25	8.0	11/6/1998
1.86	5/21/1962	26	8.0	1/17/1996
1.85	5/25/1997	27	7.9	3/1/1953
1.83	9/20/1955	28	7.7	11/18/2011
1.81	5/10/2010	29	7.5	5/11/2005
1.80	7/16/1969	30	7.4	3/23/1975

Top Ten Information for January
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
36.4	2006	1	7.4	1979
33.6	1992	2	8.9	1949
32.6	1981	3	9.0	1950
32.3	1990	4	10.7	1957
32.1	1983	5	11.0	1978
31.9	1958	6	11.8	1982
31.3	1953	7	12.3	1963
31.0	1987	8	12.7	1977
29.8	1986	9	13.8	1943
29.7	2001	10	14.1	1966
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.77 in 1944	1.26 on 1/27/1944	1	0.01	1952
1.68 in 1949	0.65 on 1/30/1971	2	0.02	1989
1.18 in 1971	0.60 on 1/3/1949	3	0.03	2004
1.05 in 1975	0.41 on 1/3/1996	4	0.04	1987
1.03 in 1963	0.40 on 1/30/1958	5	0.05	2002
0.85 in 1996	0.39 on 1/14/1953	6	0.09	1995
0.83 in 1977	0.37 on 1/4/1997	7	0.10	1984
0.75 in 1953	0.35 on 1/7/1997	8	0.10	1961
0.75 in 1943	0.34 on 1/28/1947	9	0.11	1973
0.73 in 1970	0.30 on 1/4/2005	10	0.11	1969
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
24.0 in 1949	16.3 on 1/27/1944	1	0.1	1952
22.5 in 1944	8.5 on 1/3/1949	2	0.4	2007
19.4 in 1996	8.0 on 1/17/1996	3	0.4	1989
13.7 in 1975	7.3 on 1/4/2005	4	0.5	1987
13.6 in 1993	6.8 on 1/30/1971	5	0.9	1995
13.2 in 1971	5.7 on 1/8/1993	6	1.0	1961
12.1 in 2005	5.4 on 1/4/1949	7	1.2	1981
11.1 in 1977	4.7 on 1/7/1975	8	1.2	1969
10.8 in 1963	4.1 on 1/28/1947	9	1.2	1951
8.7 in 2011	4.0 on 1/3/1996	10	1.9	1984

Top Ten Information for February
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
41.2	1954	1	14.4	1989
37.3	1983	2	15.1	1993
36.6	1999	3	15.3	1978
36.1	1984	4	16.7	1979
35.9	1991	5	16.9	2001
35.7	1992	6	17.6	1975
35.1	1976	7	17.6	1949
34.9	1998	8	19.3	2011
34.5	1977	9	19.3	1966
33.2	1961	10	19.3	1955
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
2.46 in 1953	0.87 on 2/9/1953	1	0.02	1999
1.71 in 1987	0.75 on 2/25/1998	2	0.06	1985
1.24 in 1998	0.61 on 2/19/1953	3	0.06	1950
1.16 in 2011	0.55 on 2/8/1966	4	0.09	1981
1.00 in 1971	0.54 on 2/20/2011	5	0.10	1996
1.00 in 1966	0.53 on 2/26/1987	6	0.10	1951
0.98 in 1962	0.50 on 2/17/1991	7	0.12	1949
0.92 in 1986	0.37 on 2/9/2009	8	0.15	2000
0.92 in 1963	0.37 on 2/19/1964	9	0.16	2005
0.88 in 1955	0.37 on 2/9/1944	10	0.16	1992
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
23.7 in 1953	9.7 on 2/20/2011	1	0.2	1999
22.9 in 2011	8.7 on 2/9/1953	2	0.3	1983
21.5 in 1987	7.1 on 2/26/1987	3	0.4	1946
15.7 in 1971	6.4 on 2/8/1971	4	0.7	1985
15.0 in 1978	6.2 on 2/19/1953	5	0.7	1950
12.2 in 1955	5.4 on 2/8/1966	6	1.1	1951
12.0 in 1963	5.2 on 2/17/1991	7	1.2	1992
11.1 in 1994	5.1 on 2/9/1955	8	1.3	1981
10.7 in 1986	4.8 on 2/24/2011	9	1.3	1954
10.0 in 1966	4.6 on 2/14/1980	10	1.3	1949

Top Ten Information for March
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
47.6	2012	1	21.2	1965
44.3	2007	2	22.2	1944
43.0	1986	3	22.4	2002
41.5	1946	4	24.6	1951
40.8	1992	5	25.0	1950
40.5	1994	6	25.3	1943
40.4	2004	7	25.8	1952
40.4	1968	8	26.2	1996
40.0	1981	9	26.3	1947
39.6	1963	10	27.4	1970
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
3.02 in 1945	2.01 on 3/25/1945	1	0.05	2012
2.71 in 1973	1.39 on 3/16/1963	2	0.12	1981
2.66 in 1950	1.26 on 3/14/1973	3	0.14	1948
2.63 in 1977	1.25 on 3/8/2000	4	0.17	2010
2.45 in 1975	1.08 on 3/12/1954	5	0.20	1997
2.28 in 1954	0.87 on 3/4/1992	6	0.21	1968
2.07 in 2009	0.84 on 3/13/1973	7	0.25	1949
1.92 in 1992	0.83 on 3/24/2009	8	0.33	1976
1.78 in 1966	0.82 on 3/6/1990	9	0.34	1974
1.60 in 1963	0.80 on 3/26/1950	10	0.37	1994
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
30.6 in 1950	14.7 on 3/16/1963	1	0.0	2001
27.4 in 1975	12.5 on 3/5/1999	2	Trace	1981
26.8 in 2009	12.2 on 3/14/1973	3	0.1	2012
26.0 in 1977	12.0 on 3/30/2009	4	1.0	1993
21.0 in 1954	11.0 on 3/12/1954	5	1.2	1972
18.5 in 1999	10.2 on 3/3/1985	6	1.2	1959
17.3 in 1963	9.8 on 3/29/1977	7	1.3	1968
16.9 in 2011	8.9 on 3/26/1950	8	1.7	1974
16.9 in 1973	8.0 on 3/23/2009	9	1.9	1948
16.5 in 1966	7.9 on 3/1/1953	10	2.2	1947

Top Ten Information for April
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
52.3	1946	1	36.7	2013
52.0	1985	2	38.0	1950
51.6	1987	3	38.3	1953
51.5	1981	4	38.6	1966
50.4	2012	5	38.7	1997
50.3	1943	6	39.1	1956
50.2	1952	7	39.2	1970
50.0	2006	8	39.9	2009
49.8	1955	9	40.3	1995
49.7	1949	10	40.5	1975
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.16 in 1967	3.19 on 4/5/1997	1	0.02	1987
4.80 in 1997	2.06 on 4/30/1967	2	0.27	1954
4.74 in 1986	1.67 on 4/18/1970	3	0.28	1998
4.63 in 1970	1.64 on 4/25/1984	4	0.31	1979
3.95 in 2000	1.28 on 4/26/1986	5	0.32	1985
3.80 in 1963	1.25 on 4/30/1993	6	0.32	1981
3.65 in 2009	1.23 on 4/30/1946	7	0.32	1952
3.10 in 1984	1.21 on 4/9/2013	8	0.50	2004
3.08 in 2012	1.20 on 4/19/2000	9	0.50	1945
3.05 in 1993	1.18 on 4/19/1967	10	0.51	1951
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
43.4 in 2013	20.0 on 4/9/2013	1	0.0	2012
30.6 in 1970	18.0 on 4/22/2001	2	0.0	1944
22.1 in 1984	15.6 on 4/18/1970	3	0.0	1943
21.9 in 2009	14.0 on 4/19/2000	4	Trace	2005
19.0 in 2000	13.6 on 4/30/1967	5	Trace	1981
18.0 in 2001	12.4 on 4/4/2009	6	Trace	1949
16.2 in 1957	9.4 on 4/19/1959	7	0.1	1962
15.2 in 1950	8.1 on 4/25/1984	8	0.1	1954
14.0 in 1967	7.1 on 4/13/1996	9	0.1	1948
13.9 in 1959	6.8 on 4/26/1994	10	0.3	1987

Top Ten Information for May
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
61.8	1985	1	49.8	1967
61.8	1958	2	50.0	1946
60.2	1994	3	50.4	1950
60.2	1977	4	50.6	2011
59.9	1988	5	50.8	1968
59.5	2007	6	51.0	2008
59.4	1987	7	51.2	1945
59.2	1955	8	51.5	2010
58.5	1964	9	51.7	1943
58.3	1962	10	51.8	2002
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
8.18 in 1996	3.21 on 5/14/1965	1	0.33	1966
7.35 in 1946	2.80 on 5/21/1999	2	0.94	2009
7.24 in 2008	2.35 on 5/23/1946	3	1.04	1958
7.05 in 1957	2.09 on 5/22/2008	4	1.14	1947
6.97 in 1965	2.05 on 5/19/2011	5	1.17	1979
6.90 in 1962	1.86 on 5/1/1988	6	1.18	1963
6.50 in 1982	1.86 on 5/21/1962	7	1.23	1975
5.88 in 2011	1.85 on 5/25/1997	8	1.24	1985
5.35 in 1997	1.81 on 5/10/2010	9	1.29	1961
5.30 in 2005	1.74 on 5/23/1996	10	1.32	2003
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
11.6 in 1950	11.0 on 5/2/2008	1
11.0 in 2008	7.5 on 5/11/2005	2
09.5 in 2005	7.4 on 5/7/1950	3
8.8 in 1965	5.1 on 5/8/1965	4
4.9 in 1991	4.0 on 5/11/1983	5
4.3 in 1983	3.7 on 5/9/1965	6
3.5 in 2010	3.3 on 5/3/1991	7
3.1 in 1967	3.1 on 5/12/2010	8
2.8 in 1979	3.0 on 5/8/1950	9
2.2 in 1954	2.6 on 5/9/1979	10

Top Ten Information for June
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
75.6	1988	1	55.7	1945
72.8	1956	2	57.7	1951
71.3	1961	3	58.7	1998
70.3	2012	4	59.2	1947
70.2	2006	5	59.6	1982
70.1	1959	6	59.8	1969
69.7	2002	7	59.9	2009
69.3	2007	8	60.0	1967
69.0	1977	9	60.3	1993
69.0	1952	10	60.9	1944
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
7.00 in 1968	3.78 on 6/15/1963	1	0.42	2002
6.78 in 1967	3.60 on 6/14/1976	2	0.64	1973
5.68 in 1947	2.51 on 6/14/1980	3	0.67	1994
5.63 in 1975	2.18 on 6/9/1986	4	0.76	1961
5.59 in 1998	2.08 on 6/9/1972	5	0.90	1950
5.47 in 1963	1.95 on 6/21/1947	6	0.93	2006
5.37 in 1946	1.91 on 6/17/1946	7	0.96	2007
5.24 in 1999	1.78 on 6/24/1968	8	1.02	2004
4.97 in 1944	1.75 on 6/2/1949	9	1.04	1989
4.93 in 1943	1.74 on 6/19/1953	10	1.09	1988
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
3.6 in 1951	3.6 on 6/1/1951	1
0.5 in 1969	0.5 on 6/13/1969	2
Trace in 1954	Trace on 6/2/1954	3
	Trace on 6/2/1951	4
		5
		6
		7
		8
		9
		10

Top Ten Information for July
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
79.7	2007	1	64.3	1992
79.3	2006	2	65.1	1993
78.4	2012	3	65.6	1972
78.3	2002	4	66.9	1950
77.7	1954	5	67.0	1958
77.3	1974	6	68.0	1971
77.0	2003	7	68.1	2009
77.0	1989	8	69.0	1944
76.9	1955	9	69.1	1968
76.8	1960	10	69.2	1962
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
6.13 in 1969	2.50 on 7/29/1944	1	0.38	1988
4.54 in 1944	2.00 on 7/31/1999	2	0.48	2003
4.53 in 1962	1.95 on 7/19/1958	3	0.52	1996
4.49 in 1958	1.80 on 7/16/1969	4	0.60	1965
4.47 in 1981	1.78 on 7/13/1962	5	0.64	1994
4.31 in 1993	1.49 on 7/14/1957	6	0.66	2011
4.11 in 1979	1.37 on 7/6/1975	7	0.67	1959
4.08 in 1978	1.31 on 7/25/1981	8	0.68	1974
3.93 in 1966	1.28 on 7/13/1966	9	0.70	1960
3.68 in 1999	1.27 on 7/9/2000	10	0.77	2006
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
NEVER		1	NEVER
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6
		7
		8
		9
		10

Top Ten Information for August
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
78.0	1983	1	65.8	1992
77.2	1961	2	65.9	1966
76.1	1955	3	66.0	1977
75.9	2003	4	67.0	1968
75.7	1959	5	67.0	1946
75.3	1947	6	67.5	2009
74.8	1984	7	67.6	1974
74.7	1958	8	67.7	1950
74.4	2001	9	68.0	2004
74.4	2000	10	68.1	1987
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
4.83 in 1982	2.60 on 8/4/1982	1	0.10	1943
4.40 in 1945	2.03 on 8/13/1997	2	0.24	1942
3.93 in 1997	1.65 on 8/2/1972	3	0.26	1958
3.24 in 1966	1.47 on 8/13/1981	4	0.31	1969
3.15 in 1956	1.31 on 8/11/1948	5	0.36	1959
3.06 in 1948	1.31 on 8/3/1945	6	0.43	1961
2.92 in 1951	1.23 on 8/7/1979	7	0.45	1944
2.82 in 2007	1.16 on 8/19/1985	8	0.46	1995
2.74 in 1950	1.16 on 8/12/1945	9	0.46	1947
2.49 in 1972	1.10 on 8/19/1966	10	0.47	2003
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
NEVER		1	NEVER
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6
		7
		8
		9
		10

Top Ten Information for September
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
67.1	1952	1	49.7	1965
67.0	1998	2	54.9	1986
66.6	1948	3	55.5	1985
66.5	1963	4	55.6	1999
66.3	1979	5	55.6	1961
66.2	1978	6	55.8	1951
65.9	1990	7	56.6	1993
65.4	1994	8	57.1	1973
65.3	2005	9	57.2	1984
64.8	1969	10	57.3	1942
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
3.94 in 1946	2.13 on 9/13/1966	1	0.03	1975
3.14 in 1986	1.83 on 9/20/1955	2	0.03	1958
3.09 in 1989	1.76 on 9/5/1990	3	0.07	1979
3.08 in 1955	1.40 on 9/12/2009	4	0.14	2012
2.86 in 1977	1.36 on 9/20/1950	5	0.16	1981
2.84 in 1966	1.32 on 9/23/1977	6	0.18	1978
2.79 in 1950	1.18 on 9/20/1989	7	0.20	1954
2.69 in 1982	1.11 on 9/4/1971	8	0.21	1952
2.45 in 2002	1.00 on 9/24/1959	9	0.24	1972
2.44 in 1990	0.94 on 9/8/1989	10	0.27	1994
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
2.0 in 1970	2.0 on 9/13/1970	1
1.5 in 1965	1.2 on 9/16/1965	2
1.4 in 2000	1.1 on 9/27/1984	3
1.4 in 1985	0.9 on 9/23/2000	4
1.3 in 1984	0.6 on 9/27/1985	5
0.5 in 1942	0.5 on 9/22/2000	6
0.3 in 1983	0.5 on 9/30/1985	7
0.2 in 1961	0.5 on 9/18/1942	8
Trace in 1996	0.3 on 9/19/1983	9
Trace in 1995	0.3 on 9/15/1965	10

Top Ten Information for October
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
59.4	1963	1	38.7	2009
55.8	1953	2	39.0	2002
55.6	1947	3	40.6	1969
54.7	1965	4	42.6	1946
53.7	1950	5	43.8	1972
53.4	1956	6	44.1	1970
53.3	2010	7	44.5	1959
52.9	1962	8	45.0	2006
52.6	1944	9	45.4	1976
52.5	2003	10	45.9	2012
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.60 in 1998	2.49 on 10/9/1982	1	Trace	1960
3.82 in 1982	2.13 on 10/15/1980	2	0.01	1952
2.84 in 1994	1.67 on 10/4/1998	3	0.10	1956
2.42 in 1995	1.44 on 10/16/1998	4	0.11	1999
2.28 in 1980	1.42 on 10/6/1962	5	0.14	1968
2.25 in 1946	1.40 on 10/29/1948	6	0.20	1945
2.02 in 1971	1.10 on 10/9/1973	7	0.21	1976
1.97 in 2009	1.07 on 10/2/1986	8	0.22	1959
1.92 in 1954	1.04 on 10/17/1998	9	0.22	1958
1.81 in 1981	1.01 on 10/6/2011	10	0.23	1953
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
10.2 in 1995	7.3 on 10/22/1995	1	0.0	MANY
10.2 in 1971	7.1 on 10/28/1971	2
09.3 in 1954	5.5 on 10/25/1954	3
8.5 in 2009	3.9 on 10/29/1989	4
5.7 in 1970	3.5 on 10/26/1954	5
5.1 in 1946	3.4 on 10/12/1969	6
4.6 in 1975	3.3 on 10/28/1991	7
4.1 in 1969	3.2 on 10/29/2009	8
4.0 in 1991	2.9 on 10/23/1975	9
3.9 in 1989	2.9 on 10/7/1946	10

Top Ten Information for November
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
46.0	1949	1	16.0	1985
44.4	1999	2	24.3	1996
42.6	1954	3	24.7	1955
41.7	1953	4	27.0	2000
40.6	1962	5	27.9	1959
40.4	2009	6	28.3	1947
40.4	1990	7	28.6	2003
40.4	1981	8	29.2	1978
40.3	1987	9	30.0	1991
39.9	2001	10	30.6	1986
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
2.22 in 1985	1.02 on 11/7/1944	1	0.01	2004
2.09 in 1944	0.68 on 11/19/1977	2	0.03	2007
1.48 in 1956	0.67 on 11/2/1956	3	0.03	1945
1.40 in 1986	0.62 on 11/6/2008	4	0.04	2002
1.18 in 1959	0.59 on 11/30/1954	5	0.07	2001
1.13 in 1998	0.58 on 11/8/1966	6	0.07	1996
1.07 in 1983	0.52 on 11/14/1956	7	0.08	1962
1.02 in 2008	0.52 on 11/14/1944	8	0.12	1974
0.95 in 1966	0.50 on 11/6/1986	9	0.12	1963
0.84 in 1953	0.45 on 11/8/1985	10	0.15	1979
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
33.6 in 1985	9.3 on 11/19/1977	1	TR	2009
15.9 in 1998	9.0 on 11/6/2008	2	TR	2007
14.6 in 2011	8.0 on 11/6/1998	3	TR	1987
12.6 in 1986	7.7 on 11/18/2011	4	TR	1949
12.6 in 1959	7.0 on 11/30/1954	5	0.1	1945
12.1 in 1956	6.2 on 11/8/1985	6	0.3	1999
11.4 in 1993	6.1 on 11/19/2011	7	0.3	1963
10.6 in 1977	6.0 on 11/12/1959	8	0.3	1952
09.8 in 1978	5.9 on 11/2/1956	9	0.4	1962
09.7 in 1973	5.8 on 11/22/2010	10	0.8	1965

Top Ten Information for December
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
34.9	1957	1	8.1	1983
34.2	1959	2	16.1	2009
33.3	1999	3	16.7	2000
33.3	1965	4	17.0	1978
33.1	1979	5	17.4	1951
32.7	1991	6	17.7	1990
32.3	1954	7	17.8	2008
31.8	2004	8	17.9	1996
31.7	2002	9	18.5	1968
31.4	1993	10	18.6	1972
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
1.65 in 1975	1.04 on 12/31/1975	1	TR	2001
1.25 in 1996	0.92 on 12/14/1996	2	0.01	2006
0.89 in 1967	0.50 on 12/4/1960	3	0.01	1986
0.82 in 1989	0.40 on 12/13/1975	4	0.03	2002
0.80 in 1960	0.30 on 12/14/1994	5	0.04	1991
0.79 in 1966	0.30 on 12/18/1973	6	0.04	1957
0.78 in 1964	0.30 on 12/24/1948	7	0.04	1950
0.77 in 1985	0.29 on 12/20/1967	8	0.06	2004
0.72 in 2009	0.29 on 12/3/1955	9	0.06	1998
0.68 in 1955	0.28 on 12/18/1985	10	0.07	1979
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
17.9 in 1975	9.8 on 12/31/1975	1	TR	2001
13.1 in 2009	6.4 on 12/12/1992	2	0.1	1986
12.4 in 1992	4.8 on 12/13/1975	3	0.2	1957
10.9 in 1989	4.5 on 12/18/1973	4	0.3	1979
10.7 in 2007	4.2 on 12/1/1980	5	0.5	1998
10.2 in 1985	3.9 on 12/8/2007	6	0.7	1965
09.1 in 1967	3.9 on 12/25/1988	7	0.7	1952
9.0 in 1988	3.9 on 12/3/1955	8	0.8	1991
8.7 in 1955	3.8 on 12/18/1970	9	0.8	1953
8.5 in 1966	3.7 on 12/14/1994	10	0.9	1950

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