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All About MT RUSHMORE NATL MEM

Latitude 43 53 N - Longitude 103 27 W - Elevation 5250 Feet
Station Record Begins 02/01/1962

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Top Ten Information for September
Warmest			Coldest
Temp (F)	Year	Rank	Temp (F)	Year
66.7	1979	1	46.0	1965
65.3	1969	2	51.6	1993
65.0	1998	3	52.1	1986
64.9	1990	4	54.0	1984
64.9	1963	5	54.4	1999
63.9	1978	6	54.5	1985
63.8	2012	7	54.6	2006
62.5	1981	8	54.8	1996
62.5	1976	9	56.2	1971
61.7	2005	10	56.3	2008
Wettest			Driest
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
5.97 in 1986	2.10 on 9/1/1963	1	0.14	2012
5.14 in 1989	1.61 on 9/5/1997	2	0.14	1975
3.11 in 1963	1.57 on 9/23/1977	3	0.17	1979
3.08 in 1997	1.46 on 9/8/1989	4	0.31	1983
2.96 in 2004	1.15 on 9/13/1998	5	0.34	1988
2.88 in 1998	1.15 on 9/2/1973	6	0.40	1981
2.84 in 1971	1.12 on 9/28/1971	7	0.50	1972
2.61 in 1965	1.07 on 9/5/2004	8	0.51	1992
2.53 in 1985	1.05 on 9/12/2009	9	0.58	1980
2.45 in 1966	1.05 on 9/21/1989	10	0.59	1987
Most Snow			Least Snow
Inches in Year	Inches on Day	Rank	Inches	Year
8.3 in 1965	5.0 on 9/25/1996	1	0.0	MANY
7.0 in 1970	4.2 on 9/16/1965	2
5.0 in 1996	4.0 on 9/20/1995	3
4.0 in 1995	3.6 on 9/13/1970	4
3.5 in 1985	3.5 on 9/29/1965	5
3.0 in 1984	3.4 on 9/14/1970	6
2.0 in 2000	2.0 on 9/23/2000	7
1.5 in 1980	2.0 on 9/27/1984	8
1.5 in 1971	1.5 on 9/28/1985	9
0.5 in 1989	1.5 on 9/16/1980	10

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