Area Precipitation Statistics so far for June 2010

June 2010 rainfall amounts are already on the way to setting new records in some areas. Some interesting statistics are beginning to be gathered at our office. Below is a table, which is a work in progress, of the numbers available so far. In the days ahead we will update and extend the table to cover more sites and include up-to-date information. The data depicted currently is from June 1st to June 15th. An asterisk (*) in the ranking column indicates the current rainfall amount does not fall within the top 20.

Precipitation Statistics for June 1-15, 2010	June Preciptation to Date	Preliminary Record Ranking	Current Record for June	Normal Precipitation June to Date	Normal Precipitation for June	Precipitation this Year to Date	Normal Precipitation Year to Date

SOUTH DAKOTA
Brookings 2NE	5.89	20	10.21 in 1994		4.23	12.75
Gregory	8.10	2	9.37 in 1944		3.75	19.50
Huron	4.47	*	11.56 in 1914	1.65	3.28	14.00	9.67
Menno	6.37	7	10.70 in 1984		3.43	13.99
Mitchell	8.27	4	11.11 in 1984	1.80	3.52	13.90	10.64
Sioux Falls	4.29	*	8.43 in 1984	1.80	3.49	12.53	10.67
Vermillion 2SE	4.26	16	9.13 in 1999		3.61	10.18
White Lake	4.45	13	9.09 in 1962		3.19	14.00
Yankton 2SE	4.75	*	9.25 in 1984		3.91	15.00

IOWA
Sanborn	4.51	*	9.54 in 1983		4.32	13.86
Sheldon	3.98	*	10.49 in 1953		4.48	12.06
Sioux City	5.21	*	8.78 in 1967	1.83	3.61	11.79	11.54