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Heavy Precipitation This Month and a Possible Hail Record
Author: Natalie Umphlett - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2010-07-28 15:05:13
Updated: 2010-08-02 20:38:03
June was a wet month for many locations across the High Plains Region and July started off wet also! Within the first week of the month some places had already made it into the top 10 wettest Julys on record.
Last week storms brought more locations into the top 10 wettest Julys on record and a new hail record may have been set. According to the National Weather Service in Aberdeen, SD, a hailstone with a diameter of 8 inches fell in Vivian, SD. If verified, this hailstone would beat out the current record hailstone which fell in Aurora, NE June 22, 2003. The Aurora hailstone had a diameter of 7 inches.
Below is a list of the locations that have made it into the top 10 list for July. The High Plains Regional Climate Center will continue to monitor the precipitation totals and update this list through the end of the month. For questions or comments, please contact us.
| Location | Month to Date Precipitation (inches) | July Rank | Record/Year | Period of Record |
| Dodge City, KS | 8.40 | 2nd wettest | 9.13/1962 | 1875-2010 |
| Marion, SD | 8.12 | 2nd wettest | 9.47/1915 | 1901-2010 |
| Hay Springs 12 S, NE | 5.05 | 3rd wettest | 5.57/1962 | 1952-2010 |
| Independence, KS | 11.11 | 3rd wettest | 11.73/1950 | 1893-2010 |
| Iola 1 W, KS | 10.91 | 3rd wettest | 17.61/1992 | 1906-2010 |
| Miltonvale, KS | 10.67 | 3rd wettest | 13.31/1993 | 1948-2010 |
| Walthill, NE | 8.66 | 3rd wettest | 9.33/1972 | 1909-2010 |
| Bloomfield, NE | 6.83 | 4th wettest | 7.99/1999 | 1906-2010 |
| Brookings 2 NE, SD | 6.66 | 4th wettest | 12.10/1963 | 1893-2010 |
| Mount Hope, KS | 9.29 | 4th wettest | 12.63/1950 | 1893-2010 |
| Trinidad Perry Stokes AP, CO | 4.94 | 4th wettest | 6.55/1981 | 1948-2010 |
| Waterdale, CO | 4.65 | 4th wettest | 6.14/1982 | 1902-2010 |
| Camp Crook, SD | 4.84 | 5th wettest | 6.02/1989 | 1893-2010 |
| Effingham, KS | 8.83 | 5th wettest | 18.65/1993 | 1960-2010 |
| Herington, KS | 9.11 | 5th wettest | 13.11/1951 | 1918-2010 |
| Lemmon, SD | 4.83 | 5th wettest | 9.64/1993 | 1908-2010 |
| Sidney Municipal AP, NE | 4.89 | 5th wettest | 5.80/1982 | 1948-2010 |
| Wakefield, NE | 7.44 | 5th wettest | 10.28/1972 | 1894-2010 |
| White City, KS | 9.23 | 5th wettest | 13.57/1993 | 1961-2010 |
| White Lake, SD | 6.64 | 5th wettest | 7.49/1992 | 1909-2010 |
| Arthur, NE | 6.35 | 6th wettest | 7.14/1958 | 1929-2010 |
| Chanute Martin Johnson AP, KS | 10.29 | 6th wettest | 16.36/1992 | 1894-2010 |
| Eastonville 2 NNW, CO | 5.18 | 6th wettest | 6.41/1998 | 1956-2010 |
| Parsons 2 NW, KS | 9.42 | 6th wettest | 13.39/1992 | 1925-2010 |
| Yankton 2E, SD | 6.25 | 6th wettest | 8.86/1972 | 1932-2010 |
| Butte, NE | 6.40 | 7th wettest | 8.87/1993 | 1906-2010 |
| De Smet, SD | 7.05 | 7th wettest | 8.99/1921 | 1893-2010 |
| Bonner Springs, KS | 7.78 | 8th wettest | 16.24/1993 | 1938-2010 |
| Kennebec, SD | 4.95 | 9th wettest | 8.89/1915 | 1893-2010 |
| Ordway 2 ENE, CO | 3.78 | 9th wettest | 5.03/1941 | 1915-2010 |
| Osawatomie, KS | 7.38 | 9th wettest | 17.83/1958 | 1944-2010 |
| Columbia 8 N, SD | 4.34 | 10th wettest | 7.39/2000 | 1949-2010 |
| Gregory, SD | 4.67 | 10th wettest | 8.65/1981 | 1906-2010 |