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All About SPEARFISH

Latitude 44 31 N - Longitude 103 52 W - Elevation 3640 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1893

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)	40.2	41.0	49.0	58.7	68.6	78.5	87.5	86.7	75.8	61.4	48.6	40.0	61.4
Min (F)	19.0	20.0	27.1	36.4	46.5	55.3	62.5	60.4	50.0	38.9	28.0	18.9	38.7
Mean (F)	29.6	30.5	38.1	47.6	57.6	66.9	75.0	73.6	62.9	50.1	38.3	29.4	50.1
Precip (inches)	0.51	0.71	1.18	2.47	3.88	3.65	2.21	1.64	1.78	2.05	1.19	0.61	21.88
Snowfall (inches)
HDD	1098	966	836	529	260	69	7	13	151	467	802	1102	6300
CDD	0	0	0	6	29	126	317	278	88	7	1	0	851

Yearly Top 10 Information
Yearly Rainfall						Yearly Snowfall
Wettest			Driest			Most Snow			Least Snow
Amount	Year		Amount	Year	Rank	Amount	Year		Amount	Year
42.39	1946		11.55	1917	1	142.4	1919-20		17.2	1950-51
37.03	1922		11.89	1898	2	124.0	2008-09		17.2	1907-08
35.94	1982		12.11	2012	3	118.0	1972-73		18.0	1913-14
34.57	2008		12.58	1931	4	113.7	1970-71		20.5	1963-64
31.92	1923		13.38	1911	5	111.2	1944-45		28.1	1899-1900
31.16	1941		13.96	1959	6	109.0	1969-70		32.3	1940-41
31.06	1970		14.10	1913	7	106.8	1976-77		34.3	1986-87
30.76	1995		14.39	1935	8	103.0	1943-44		35.3	1935-36
30.05	1944		14.43	2004	9	97.3	1965-66		42.2	1958-59
29.88	1962		14.54	2002	10	93.7	1928-29		43.5	1931-32

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