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2010 Precipitation Records

Author: Natalie Umphlett - High Plains Regional Climate Center

Published: 2011-01-07 23:03:19
Updated: 2011-02-07 21:20:35

2010 was a record setting year for many locations in the High Plains Region. Some places such as Sioux Falls, South Dakota had already beaten their annual precipitation records by October! At the end of the year, the total annual precipitation for 2010 for Sioux Falls was 38.62 inches. The old record was set in 1993 with 36.11 inches (period of record 1893-2010).

To see other precipitation records that were broken across the Region in 2010, check out the list below:

Nebraska Records Precipitation in inches
Location	New Record	Old Record/Year	Period of Record
Enders Lake, NE	32.08	29.40/2009	1951-2010
Lynch, NE	43.10	36.62/1951	1893-2010

North Dakota Records Precipitation in inches
Location	New Record	Old Record/Year	Period of Record
Bottineau, ND	29.27	28.33/1975	1893-2010
Carson, ND	25.86	25.49/1995	1912-2010
Center 4 SE, ND	28.53	26.82/1982	1938-2010
Edmore 1 NW, ND	28.69	25.59/2008	1905-2010
Garrison 1 NNW, ND	27.09	24.00/2005	1948-2010
Pembina, ND	32.78	29.76/2004	1898-2010

South Dakota Records Precipitation in inches
Location	New Record	Old Record/Year	Period of Record
Brookings 2 NE, SD	39.80	33.12/2005	1893-2010
Dupree, SD	26.30	25.24/1982	1922-2010
Flandreau, SD	39.47	37.95/2005	1893-2010
Forestburg 3 NE, SD	36.47	36.41/1914	1893-2010
Lemmon, SD	25.56	24.14/1982	1908-2010
Sioux Falls, SD	38.62	36.11/1993	1893-2010
Wessington Springs, SD	41.36	34.13/1995	1893-2010
Yankton, SD	38.84	38.20/1944	1932-2010