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All About WOOD

Latitude 43 30 N - Longitude 100 29 W - Elevation 2180 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1913

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)	34.8	38.4	47.7	59.3	69.9	79.8	88.1	86.9	77.3	62.9	46.8	35.4	60.7
Min (F)	11.3	13.9	22.3	33.0	44.6	54.5	60.8	58.7	48.3	35.4	23.0	12.6	35.0
Mean (F)	23.1	26.2	35.0	46.2	57.2	67.2	74.5	72.8	62.8	49.2	34.9	24.0	47.8
Precip (inches)	0.37	0.60	1.44	2.14	3.28	3.55	2.59	1.65	1.82	1.58	0.78	0.43	20.23
Snowfall (inches)	6.1	6.9	9.2	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	6.0	6.8	42.8
HDD	1300	1088	930	570	268	64	9	17	155	498	903	1271	7074
CDD	0	0	0	5	28	128	302	259	89	6	0	0	818

Yearly Top 10 Information
Yearly Rainfall						Yearly Snowfall
Wettest			Driest			Most Snow			Least Snow
Amount	Year		Amount	Year	Rank	Amount	Year		Amount	Year
28.11	1962		10.72	1974	1	82.3	1952-53		11.8	1980-81
27.46	1951		11.99	1976	2	74.3	1976-77		12.2	1973-74
27.40	1982		13.07	1980	3	70.7	1995-96		14.7	1999-2000
26.95	1977		13.92	2002	4	70.2	1996-97		15.4	1960-61
26.82	1966		14.09	2012	5	70.0	2010-11		15.7	1988-89
26.24	1995		14.58	1988	6	69.4	1994-95		16.2	1963-64
25.23	1968		14.72	1969	7	68.8	2005-06		16.2	1962-63
24.91	2001		14.76	1967	8	58.5	1951-52		17.4	1982-83
24.86	2011		15.31	1981	9	53.5	2001-02		18.2	1953-54
24.23	1991		15.75	1970	10	52.1	1974-75		19.3	1950-51

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