National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Updated 09/08/2010

Many new records were set for total summer precipitation around our region this year.  Check out the statistics in our table below.

 

August entries are the most current data available at time of posting.

Highlighted in RED     New all time records for summer precipitation June-August
Highlighted in Green     Record was taken from a threaded database

 

June

 

July

 

 

 

Total

J+J+A

Current/Previous

Posted by

Normal

Normal

August 

Normal

for

Wettest

J+J+A Record

FSD DAPM

June

July

 

August

J+J+A

Ranking

Amount & Year

South Dakota

Academy 2NE

5.79

3.34

5.15

2.97

1.56

2.17

12.50

9th

17.49 in 1944

Astoria 4S

10.32

 

5.86

 

4.08

 

20.26

 

 

Brookings 2NE

9.48

4.23

6.75

3.11

5.28

2.94

21.51

1st

17.75 in 1963

Canton

6.67

3.68

7.92

3.18

3.43

3.19

18.02

3rd

19.57 in 1993

Carthage

13.72

 

7.47

 

3.60

 

24.79

 

 

Centerville 6SE

7.27

3.95

8.04

3.35

3.62

2.83

18.93

3rd

20.51 in 1899

Chamberlain 5S

6.89

3.40

6.47

2.92

1.25

2.28

14.61

1st

13.20 in 2007

DeSmet

10.72

3.92

7.74

3.55

2.50

2.76

20.96

1st

19.32 in 1984

Fedora 10S

10.23

 

7.37

 

4.33

 

21.93

 

 

Flandreau

7.57

3.84

6.29

3.37

5.07

3.06

18.93

2nd

20.49 in 1993

Gregory

9.87

3.75

4.82

3.37

1.40

2.41

16.09

4th

19.72 in 1944

Huron Airport

7.52

3.28

6.43

2.86

1.60

2.07

15.55

5th

16.85 in 1984

Madison 2SE

6.03

3.78

6.43

3.12

7.40

3.19

19.86

 

 

Marion

8.14

3.59

12.74

2.85

5.44

2.94

26.32

1st

21.98 in 1944

Menno

8.50

3.43

5.77

3.15

5.50

2.44

19.77

2nd

21.04 in 1944

Mitchell Airport

9.96

 

10.22

 

3.63

 

23.81

1st

20.31 in 1993

Mitchell COOP

8.98

3.52

9.75

2.64

3.62

2.32

22.35

1st

20.31 in 1993

Montrose

8.46

3.53

7.23

2.90

4.29

2.40

19.98

2nd

20.51 in 1993

Salem 5NE

9.21

3.41

9.45

2.94

4.21

2.92

22.87

2nd

22.99 in 1944

Sioux Falls Airport

7.83

3.49

8.55

2.93

6.26

3.01

22.64

1st

17.39 in 1993

Tyndall

8.40

3.12

7.21

3.53

4.69

2.68

20.30

3rd

22.20 in 1944

Vermillion 2SE

7.26

3.61

11.99

3.40

2.69

2.82

21.94

1st

19.47 in 1944

Wessington Springs

10.43

3.12

10.78

2.82

3.95

2.22

25.16

1st

15.52 in 1962

White Lake

6.45

3.19

7.44

2.88

2.54

2.21

16.43

5th

19.32 in 1944

Winfred 2S

10.36

 

8.04

 

3.54

 

21.94

 

 

Yankton 2E

6.69

3.91

10.21

3.36

3.40

2.93

20.30

1st

20.27 in 1944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa

Akron 11E

8.92

 

11.19

 

3.40

 

23.51

 

 

Battle Creek 3NE

10.87

 

12.88

 

2.93

 

26.68

 

 

Brunsville

8.02

 

9.79

 

3.03

 

20.84

 

 

Cherokee

13.11

4.53

8.30

3.80

4.25

3.55

25.66

1st

21.39 in 1953

Hawarden

10.91

3.76

10.11

3.55

3.32

3.15

24.34

1st

20.45 in 1983

Holstein

11.84

4.66

9.06

3.92

2.26

3.86

23.16

1st

22.15 in 1951

Lake Park

7.61

4.63

8.35

3.66

3.27

3.76

19.23

2nd

27.27 in 1993

LeMars

9.38

3.97

8.39

3.31

3.10

3.40

20.87

1st

18.62 in 1945

Milford 4NW

5.23

4.67

8.97

3.61

2.67

3.83

16.87

6th

26.34 in 1993

Ocheyedan

6.61

4.40

9.72

3.42

3.92

3.72

20.25

2nd

28.42 in 1993

Orange City

N/A

4.18

9.34

3.73

3.96

3.32

13.30

N/A

19.92 in 1944

Primghar

12.35

4.94

10.50

4.45

3.18

4.33

26.03

1st

22.70 in 1900

Remsen COOP 2

8.28

 

7.49

 

2.42

 

18.19

 

 

Rock Rapids

7.34

4.31

8.99

3.58

3.84

3.89

20.17

3rd

22.66 in 1944

Sanborn

9.91

4.32

10.98

3.62

5.55

3.96

26.44

1st

20.50 in 1951

Sheldon

7.67

4.48

8.64

3.87

4.88

3.95

21.19

3rd

21.98 in 1900

Sibley 3NE

5.65

4.35

7.76

3.29

5.73

4.29

19.14

5th

22.27 in 1979

Sioux Center 2SE

9.08

4.59

10.23

3.79

4.52

3.42

23.83

1st

19.93 in 1900

Sioux City Airport

6.40

3.61

9.23

3.30

4.50

2.90

20.13

1st

17.37 in 1993

Sioux City COOP

4.78

 

9.27

 

4.23

 

18.28

1st

17.37 in 1993

Sioux Rapids 4E

8.35

4.65

8.83

3.85

9.02

4.71

26.20

1st

22.03 in 1993

Spencer 1N

12.81

4.04

6.96

4.02

4.82

4.22

24.59

1st

23.76 in 1993

Spirit Lake

6.50

 

7.53

 

3.05

 

17.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota

Lakefield 2NE

6.79

 

6.28

 

2.77

 

15.84

1st

15.69 in 1998

Marshall

7.12

3.73

5.39

3.55

4.88

3.09

17.39

4th

23.95 in 1993

Minneota

8.98

4.15

3.34

3.65

6.15

2.88

18.47

3rd

20.88 in 1993

Pipestone

7.78

3.93

6.02

3.31

5.06

3.10

18.86

2nd

19.07 in 1993

Windom

8.33

4.47

3.74

3.88

2.14

3.46

14.21

17th

21.23 in 1993

Worthington 2NNE

7.65

4.60

3.87

3.56

3.16

3.48

14.68

8th

27.21 in 1993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nebraska

Emerson

7.68

4.25

5.89

3.57

1.86

2.84

15.43

9th

18.78 in 1966

Wakefield

9.18

4.14

7.77

3.35

2.03

2.77

18.98

3rd

23.35 in 1923