Climate Stories 2013 KS COOP Precipitation

2013 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PRECIPITATION
(for 6 counties in the NWS Hastings coverage area)

(see bottom tables for winter 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 seasonal snowfall)

* The highest reported amount for the month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

According to 30-year data from NCDC 1981-2010, normal annual precipitation across this six-county area generally ranges from 24-27", with the highest amounts favoring the eastern counties of Jewell and Mitchell.

2013 Precipitation Summary: Although drought conditions were not as severe within this six-county portion of North Central Kansas during 2013 as they were in 2012, there was certainly a pronounced difference between western (drier) and eastern (wetter) areas. More specifically, much of Phillips and western Rooks counties again suffered notably below normal precipitation, while counties farther east such as Jewell and Mitchell fared considerably better, with near-normal to slightly above normal annual precipitation. As evidence of this, the driest cooperative observer site within the area during 2013 was Long Island 1N in Phillips County with only 13.57 inches (11.28" below normal), while the wettest site was Jewell in Jewell County with 28.39 inches (1.57" above normal). In general, however, most of the six-county area received somewhere between 75-100% of 30-year normal precipitation.

Station	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	2013
Alton 2SW	1.06	1.21	2.02	1.59	3.84	2.40	3.56	0.80	1.44	1.36	1.35	0.06	20.69
Beloit	0.93	0.55	1.31	4.01	3.52	4.08	7.22	1.86	1.48	1.02	1.70	0.09	27.77
Burr Oak 1N	0.79	0.62	1.61	1.75	3.49	2.26	2.64	3.60	3.87	1.48	2.02	0.31	24.44
Cawker City	0.84	0.32	1.85	1.85	2.56	3.95	8.54	1.96	1.45	1.01	1.40	0.03	25.76
Covert Rural	1.36	1.35	1.16	1.40	3.39	2.27	2.70	1.34	3.71	0.95	1.07	0.02	20.72
Glen Elder Dam	1.04	0.74	1.71	2.31	2.72	2.28	5.58	1.48	1.72	0.66	0.85	0.13	21.22
Hunter	0.81	0.30	0.78	2.27	2.20	3.39	6.01	0.40	1.65	0.45	1.57	0.08	19.91
Ionia	0.80	0.78	1.68	2.12	2.84	3.45	3.99	2.19	3.21	1.22	1.48	0.26	24.02
Jewell	0.52	1.05	2.01	3.59	4.52	1.55	5.29	3.01	4.22	0.88	1.42	0.33	28.39
Kirwin Dam	0.53	0.89	1.67	2.14	3.50	0.87	2.21	2.09	4.18	1.07	1.33	0.13	20.61
Lebanon	0.77	0.82	1.41	2.77	3.15	3.80	1.89	2.46	1.75	1.04	1.28	0.21	21.35
Logan	0.38	1.39	0.55	1.50	1.51	0.61	2.80	2.43	4.85	0.76	0.77	0.19	17.74
Long Island 1 N	0.48	0.86	0.92	1.42	1.45	0.34	1.68	1.66	2.88	0.86	0.89	0.13	13.57
Mankato	1.19	1.16	1.51	2.70	4.39	2.03	3.70	4.00	2.44	1.23	1.80	0.33	26.48
Natoma	1.09	2.26	0.88	2.00	3.54	2.66	3.89	2.41	3.10	1.16	1.36	0.09	24.44
Phillipsburg	0.50	1.68	1.15	1.26	1.59	0.74	2.16	1.49	3.81	0.76	0.85	0.18	16.17
Plainville 4 WNW	0.98	1.17	0.84	1.38	4.27	1.38	2.88	2.75	3.07	1.26	1.18	0.10	21.26
Smith Center	0.77	1.25	2.23	1.88	3.11	2.80	4.01	3.16	1.93	0.87	1.29	0.23	23.53
Webster Dam	0.80	1.39	0.51	1.54	3.91	2.12	3.51	0.96	1.92	1.33	1.11	0.14	19.24

WINTER 2012-2013 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
* The highest reported amount for the month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Season
Alton 2SW	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	8.0	13.0	5.8	1.5	0.0	31.3
Beloit	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	9.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	29.0
Burr Oak 1N	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	9.5	10.6	11.6	1.0	Trace	36.9
Cawker City	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.5	11.5	8.5	0.5	0.0	33.0
Covert Rural	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	13.5	18.0	9.5	4.0	Trace	48.0
Damar	0.0	Trace	0.0	5.0	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG
Glen Elder Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	7.5	9.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	25.5
Hunter	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	8.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	30.0
Ionia	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.5	8.6	10.1	Trace	Trace	28.2
Jewell	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	11.3	9.8	10.1	1.5	0.0	36.2
Kirwin Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	18.6	1.5	2.0	0.0	33.1
Lebanon	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	8.6	13.0	7.1	1.5	0.0	33.2
Logan	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	13.0	5.5	2.0	Trace	30.5
Long Island 1 N	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	19.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	39.0
Mankato	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	15.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	39.0
Natoma	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	10.0	18.5	7.0	6.5	Trace	45.0
Palco	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG	MSG
Phillipsburg	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	9.0	18.0	8.8	1.8	0.0	42.6
Plainville 4 WNW	0.0	0.5	0.0	3.7	8.7	12.5	5.5	6.3	0.5	37.7
Smith Center	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	7.6	16.4	10.0	0.8	Trace	40.0
Webster Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	8.7	14.0	1.2	3.4	0.0	29.4

WINTER 2013-2014 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
* The highest reported amount for the month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Season
Alton 2SW	0.0	0.0	Trace	4.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	Trace	0.0	18.0
Beloit	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	3.0	9.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	14.9
Burr Oak 1N	0.0	0.0	0.1	8.2	5.4	12.2	2.5	1.2	0.0	29.6
Cawker City	0.0	0.0	Trace	2.0	0.5	7.7	1.0	Trace	0.0	11.2
Covert Rural	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.5	13.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	23.5
Glen Elder Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	5.5	MSG	0.0	0.0	MSG
Hunter	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.0	1.0	10.4	1.0	Trace	0.0	14.5
Ionia	0.0	0.0	Trace	5.9	4.1	10.2	2.4	Trace	0.0	22.6
Jewell	0.0	0.0	Trace	7.0	4.9	11.9	5.6	1.6	0.0	31.0
Kirwin Dam	0.0	0.0	Trace	2.8	6.0	5.2	1.8	0.0	0.0	15.8
Lebanon	0.0	0.0	Trace	7.2	5.3	15.2	0.5	Trace	0.0	28.2
Logan	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	Trace	0.0	15.0
Long Island 1 N	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	6.0	9.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	25.0
Mankato	0.0	0.0	Trace	8.0	7.0	14.9	3.5	Trace	0.0	33.4
Natoma	0.0	0.1	1.0	3.7	3.2	8.7	0.8	Trace	0.0	17.5
Phillipsburg	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	5.0	7.7	1.8	Trace	0.0	21.3
Plainville 4 WNW	0.0	0.0	Trace	3.5	3.0	14.0	1.1	1.3	0.0	22.9
Smith Center	0.0	0.0	Trace	5.3	6.9	14.8	2.4	0.7	0.0	30.1
Webster Dam	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	MSG	0.0	0.0	MSG

( ) Partial month total due to some missing data

MSG...Missing due to no data available for month

(*Please Note: All climate data presented here are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at: WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV)

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