November and Fall 2019 snow around the Black Hills Region

November 2019 was one of the snowiest Novembers for several stations around the Black Hills region. Stations that had some of the highest snowfall on record are listed below.

Station	Nov Snow (inches)	Rank	Record (amount & year)
Bison	16.0	2	18.0 / 2008
Dupree	16.1	2	27.0 / 1985
Ft Meade	16.5	4	22.0 / 1978
Interior (Badlands Nat'l Park)	9.3	6	17.6 / 1985
Milesville	15.5	3	33.7 / 1985
Mount Rushmore	12.6	8	30.0 / 1985
Newcastle	13.0	5 (tied)	21.0 / 1985
Newell	19.0	2	31.0 ./ 1985
Opal	9.0	8	26.0 / 1985
Pactola	18.6	4	32.0 / 1956
Rapid City NWS (downtown)	26.0	1	22.4 / 2003 *
Sundance	24.4	4	36.2 / 1929

* The NWS office at Rapid City Regional Airport measured 33.6" of snow in November 1985.

In addition, the fall (months of September, October, November) also had top ten highest snowfall.

Station	Fall Snow (inches)	Rank	Record (amount & year)
Bison	25.0	1 (tied)	25.0 / 2013
Dupree	23.1	2	27.0 / 1985
Ft Meade	26.1	2	33.1 / 2013
Hot Springs	15.7	5	23.5 / 1919
Interior (Badlands Nat'l Park)	15.0	3	25.0 / 2013
Lemmon	20.0	4	28.3 / 1986
Milesville	23.5	4	33.7 / 1985
Mission 14S	13.0	7	39.0 / 1985
Mount Rushmore	26.2	3	35.5 / 1985
Newell	25.1	3	31.0 ./ 1985
Opal	15.0	3	26.0 / 1985
Pactola	34.1	2	51.8 / 2013
Rapid City NWS (downtown)	33.8	1	29.8 / 2013 *
Spearfish	29.1	7	76.9 / 1919
Sundance	34.4	3	38.7 / 1929
Wood	16.0	8	28.0 / 1920

* The NWS office at Rapid City Regional Airport measured 35.6" of snow in the fall of 1985.