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1967-98 Monthly and Annual Precipitation, Wolverine Glacier basin, Alaska

Introduction

This web page presents monthly and annual precipitation-catch measurements recorded at Wolverine Glacier basin from 1967 through 1998 hydrologic years (October 1 through September 30), as part of a long-term glacier-monitoring program. Additional Station Information is available on the Wolverine Glacier home page.


Precipitation-catch in millimeters at 990 meter elevation

Year Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Additional
record		 Annual
total
1967 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 46 106 414 -- N/A
1968 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 72 33 26 49 110 -- N/A
1969 51 92 64 12 94 57 95 79 21 44 27 128 -- 764
1970 365 142 246 22 163 143 48 37 20 50 109 33 -- 1378
1971 164 61 83 73 153 113 146 139 49 46 108 -- 34 1169
1972 94 86 59 30 34 24 32 51 29 19 124 108 -- 690
1973 81 68 53 55 63 62 111 99 34 63 45 130 -- 864
1974 70 24 127 36 54 38 79 26 32 31 19 209 -- 745
1975 161 148 66 50 138 64 53 62 20 10 31 159 -- 962
1976 72 13 138 96 29 50 128 32 21 13 128 426 -- 1146
1977 -- -- -- -- -- 51 75 49 29 26 94 127 703 1154
1978 180 13 25 54 276 62 -- -- -- -- -- -- 436 1046
1979 219 68 92 81 25 81 36 19 42 70 115 276 -- 1124
1980 292 313 153 253 276 142 132 74 45 55 63 213 -- 2011
1981 278 100 34 280 156 237 8 18 55 83 221 163 -- 1633
1982 99 126 100 28 28 32 54 17 51 49 42 207 -- 833
1983 71 89 165 77 78 12 60 49 28 58 82 27 -- 796
1984 91 138 46 170 93 44 50 16 31 34 55 240 -- 1008
1985 131 32 116 181 40 189 56 25 53 19 70 124 -- 1036
1986 28 31 169 175 113 13 18 18 -- -- -- 62 -- N/A
1987 224 90 178 261 120 88 52 13 135 31 17 207 -- 1416
1988 172 97 105 101 162 213 173 9 18 8 160 178 -- 1396
1989 92 42 210 59 4 11 19 32 45 37 105 156 -- 812
1990 171 57 131 114 -- -- 28 16 36 92 60 188 134 1027
1991 82 28 61 76 42 72 85 46 18 89 52 216 -- 867
1992 32 35 139 150 48 134 35 16 22 54 145 13 -- 823
1993 102 152 67 69 83 96 91 10 16 22 123 166 -- 997
1994 133 -- -- -- 10 87 29 47 33 37 28 178 309 891
1995 77 58 94 97 79 87 71 51 42 71 50 331 -- 1108
1996 46 -- -- -- 14 -- -- -- 32 23 47 181 260 603
1997 -- -- -- -- 109 21 49 25 44 36 76 264 80 704
1998 13 129 70 142 75 42 -- -- 20 41 124 79 178 913
1967-98
Average		 128 86 107 105 91 81 67 41 36 43 83 177   1032

Because the gage is a storage type gage, valid annual precipitation catch can be measured for those years that have missing monthly data, provided that the gage was operational and periods of missing data do not overlap the beginning or ending months of a separate hydrologic year. The Additional record column includes precipitation-catch storage values measured for 1971, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

 

Maintainer: Rod March
Last update: Thursday, January 15, 2004 04:44 PM
URL: http://ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/wolverine/met/monthsumprecip.htm