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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
South Dakota State Climate Office Weather Station data
sheets
Dates:
1893-2002
Creator:
South Dakota State Climate Office
Physical Description:
47.46 linear feet—47 containers, 2 photographs
Collection number:
MA 37
Language:
Collection material in English.
Repository:
South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs
Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection is composed
of material from 1893 to 2002, including selected data sheets from South
Dakota as well as Iowa and Minnesota weather reporting stations.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
This material was transferred to the archives in April 2003 by Dennis
Todey, State Climatologist. The material previously was housed in file
cabinets in the Agricultural Engineering Building on the campus of South
Dakota State University.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restrictions.
Items in this collection do not
circulate and may be used in-house only.
This collection is housed at an off-site facility. Requests to view
this material must be made at least 24 hours in advance.
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives.
Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from
this finding aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material
to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if
necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information
on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received
before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP
2003)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. South Dakota State Climate Office Weather
Station data sheets, MA 37, South Dakota State University Archives,
South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.
Processing Information:
Photocopies were made of reports that were in degrading condition or
printed on unsafe paper (i.e. photostat). Also included were two
photographs of the Belle Fourche Sugar Refinery. These photographs were
removed to the MA Photograph Archives.
This collection was processed by Krystal Maras & Crystal
J. Gamradt with the assistance of Megan C. Sikkink, Erica Gitis-Miles on
28 June 2004 with revisions on July 9, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have
been used to index the description of this collection in the
subject guide.
They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or
location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
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Climatology—Observations.
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Meteorology—South Dakota—Statistics.
-
Precipitation (Meteorology)—South Dakota—Statistics.
-
South
Dakota—Climate—Statistics.
-
South
Dakota State Climate Office.
-
South
Dakota State Climate Office. Climatology report.
BACKGROUND NOTE
The South Dakota State
Climate Office strives to be the main resource for South Dakota climate
and weather data. It provides current and historic information for
agriculture, industry, education, and the public good. The South Dakota
State Climatology Research is a branch of the US Department of Commerce.
SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE
The SD State Climatology Records consists of material
from 1893 to 2002, including selected data sheets from South Dakota as
well as Iowa and Minnesota weather reporting stations. Information for
the various weather data reporting sheets is obtained from daily
observations recorded by volunteers in communities throughout the
state. This weather station reports consist of records of
precipitation, air temperature, soil temperature, and various other
forms of climatological information. The information gathered is varied
based on the complexity of the observation equipment based at each
station.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by station
name and there under chronologically within each station.
|
Description |
Box |
Dates |
|
Aberdeen |
1 |
1892-1902 |
|
|
|
1903-1915 |
|
|
|
1916-1925 |
|
|
|
1926-1935 |
|
|
|
1936-1945 |
|
|
|
1946-1948, 1954-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1973, 1977-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-1996, 1999-2001 |
|
Errors in Estimated Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Soil Temperature Observations |
|
2000-2002 |
|
Academy |
1 |
1898-1910 |
|
|
|
1911-1922 |
|
|
|
1923-1935 |
|
|
|
1936-1946 |
|
|
|
1947-1961 |
|
|
|
1962-1976 |
|
|
|
1977-2002 |
|
Akron, Iowa |
1 |
1984-1986 |
|
Alexandria |
1 |
1896-1914 |
|
|
|
1915-1928 |
|
|
|
1929-1947 |
|
|
|
1948-1954 |
|
|
|
1955-1965 |
|
|
2 |
1966-1976 |
|
|
|
1977-1987 |
|
|
|
1988-2002 |
|
Alva, Wyoming |
2 |
1982-1985 |
|
Andover |
2 |
1937-1947 |
|
|
|
1948-1961 |
|
|
|
1962-1975 |
|
|
|
1996-2001 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Angostura Dam |
2 |
1947-1950 |
|
|
|
1954-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1965 |
|
|
|
1966-1971 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Antelope Range |
2 |
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1973 |
|
|
|
1992-2001 |
|
Ardmore |
2 |
1908-1918 |
| |
|
1919-1928 |
| |
|
1929-1939 |
| |
|
1940-1950 |
| |
|
1951-1961 |
| |
|
1962-1972 |
| |
|
1973-1983 |
| |
|
1984-1994 |
| |
|
1995-2002 |
|
Arlington |
2 |
1928-1941 |
|
|
|
1942-1955 |
|
|
3 |
1956-1965 |
|
|
|
1966-1973, 1975-1977 |
|
|
|
1978-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2003 |
|
Armour |
3 |
1896-1914 |
|
|
|
1915-1929 |
|
|
|
1930-1946 |
|
|
|
1947-1957 |
|
|
|
1958-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1985 |
|
|
|
1986-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Artichoke Lake, Minnesota |
3 |
1995 |
|
Ashton |
3 |
1924-1935 |
|
|
|
1936-1955 |
|
|
|
1956-1966 |
|
|
|
1967-1985 |
|
|
|
1986-2001 |
|
|
|
1995-1996 |
|
Bad Nation |
3 |
1900-1902 |
|
Belle Fourche |
3 |
1906-1918 |
|
|
|
1919-1929 |
|
|
|
1930-1940 |
|
(Center of the Nation) 20NNW |
4 |
1962-1969 |
|
(KBFS) |
|
1966-1984, 1985-2002 |
|
22NW |
|
1980-1989, 1990-2002 |
|
25NNE, 23N |
|
1951-1955 |
|
27NNW |
|
1955-1961 |
|
29NW |
|
1962-1979 |
|
2NE |
|
1941-1950, 1951-1966 |
|
Belle Fourche Utah Idaho Sugar Company |
4 |
1948-1955, 1956-1964 |
|
Belvidere |
3 |
1924-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1951 |
|
Big Stone Plant |
4 |
1998 |
|
Bison |
4 |
1921, 1931-1940 |
| |
|
1941-1950 |
| |
|
1951-1960 |
| |
|
1961-1970 |
| |
|
1971-1980 |
| |
|
1981-1990 |
| |
|
1991-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Blunt |
4 |
1913-1915 |
|
|
|
1950-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Bonesteel |
5 |
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Bonesteel/Fairfax |
5 |
1948-1960 |
|
Bonilla |
5 |
1945-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
Bowdle |
5 |
1898-1905 |
|
|
|
1906-1910 |
|
|
|
1923-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1976 |
|
Bridgewater |
5 |
1948-1957 |
|
|
|
1958-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1982 |
|
|
|
1983-1992 |
|
|
|
1993-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Britton |
5 |
1896, 1898 |
|
|
|
1911-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
(Ridder) |
|
1903-1910 |
|
9NW |
|
2001-2002 |
|
Instructions |
|
1950, 1954 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Brookings |
6 |
1896-1908 |
|
|
|
1909-1919 |
|
|
|
1920-1929 |
|
|
|
1930-1939 |
|
|
|
1940-1949 |
|
|
|
1950-1959 |
|
|
|
1952-1960 |
|
|
|
1960-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
(Ag En) |
|
1961-1970, 1971-1976 |
|
5SSW |
|
1963-1970, 1971-1980, 1981-1988 |
|
Hemispheric Solar Radiation |
|
1969-1973 |
|
Supplementary Records |
|
1977-1998 |
|
Buffalo |
6 |
1941-1944 |
|
Buffalo Gap |
6 |
1951-1965 |
|
|
|
1966-1977 |
|
|
|
1978-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Bulkley |
7 |
1901 |
|
Buskala Ranch |
7 |
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1982 |
|
|
|
1988-1998 |
|
(Harvey's Ranch) |
|
1909-1920, 1921-1930, 1931-1940, 1941-1950 |
|
Canistota |
7 |
1922-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1986 |
|
Carthage |
7 |
1951-1960 |
|
Cascade Springs |
7 |
1908-1913 |
|
Castle Rock |
7 |
1941-1951 |
|
Castlewood |
7 |
1896-1898, 1905-1912 |
|
|
|
1913-1923 |
|
|
|
1924-1937 |
|
|
|
1938-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Cavite |
8 |
1903-1905 |
|
Cedar Canyon |
8 |
1914-1919 |
|
Cedar View |
8 |
1927-1939 |
|
Centerville |
8 |
1897-1913 |
|
|
|
1914-1924 |
|
|
|
1925-1934 |
|
|
|
1935-1944 |
|
|
|
1945-1954 |
|
|
|
1955-1964 |
|
|
|
1965-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-1997 |
|
|
|
1998-2002 |
|
CET S2 |
|
1988-1989, 1991, 1993-1996 |
|
Chamberlain |
8 |
1896-1906 |
|
|
|
1907-1918 |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
1958-1968 |
|
|
|
1969-1978 |
|
|
|
1981-1991 |
|
|
|
1992-2002 |
|
Chamberlain/Pukwana Missing Data |
8 |
[n.d.] |
|
Chester |
8 |
1960-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2002 |
|
Cheyenne Agency |
8 |
1904-1905 |
|
|
|
1940-1950 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
(Gettysburg 16W) |
|
1951-1955, 1957-1960 |
|
Clark |
8 |
1986 |
|
Climatological Data |
8 |
1953 |
|
Colome |
8 |
1918-1924 |
|
Colton |
8 |
1986, 1989 |
|
Compiled Station Report |
8 |
1965 |
|
Corsica |
8 |
1966-1973 |
|
Cottonwood |
9 |
1909-1921 |
|
|
|
1922-1935 |
|
|
|
1936-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1952, 1954-1966 |
|
|
|
1967-1971 |
|
|
|
1972-1977 |
|
|
|
1978-1984 |
|
|
|
1985-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-1995 |
|
|
|
1996-2002 |
|
Cresbard |
9 |
1951-1957 |
|
Crooks |
9 |
1960-1966, 1968-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1978 |
|
Cross (Keystone) |
9 |
1896-1897 |
|
Crow Creek |
9 |
1910-1911, 1916-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1923, 1927-1929 |
|
Custer |
9 |
1911-1923 |
|
|
|
1924-1934 |
|
|
|
1935-1946 |
|
|
|
1947-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1957 |
|
|
|
1958-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1981 |
|
|
|
1982-1992 |
|
|
|
1993-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
8SW, 6SW, 7SW |
|
1949-1957 |
|
Danforth Store |
9 |
1940-1943 |
|
|
|
1951-1956 |
|
Daviston |
9 |
1909-1920 |
|
De Smet |
10 |
1895-1918 |
|
|
|
1919-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1973 |
|
|
|
1974-1986 |
|
|
|
1987-1992, 1995 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Deadwood |
10 |
1909-1923 |
|
|
|
1942-1954 |
|
|
|
1955-1964 |
|
|
|
1965-1976 |
|
|
|
1977-1988 |
|
|
|
1989-2002 |
|
Missing Data and Punched Cards |
|
[n.d.] |
|
2NE |
|
1999-2002 |
|
Deerfield |
10 |
1909-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Dell Rapids |
10 |
1988-1990 |
|
Dewey |
10 |
1948-1957 |
|
15NE |
|
1948-1950 |
|
15NE |
|
1951-1960 |
|
15NE |
|
1961-1971 |
|
9NE |
|
1948-1950 |
|
Dumont |
11 |
1909-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1969 |
|
Dupree |
11 |
1921-1934 |
|
|
|
1935-1949 |
|
|
|
1950-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1975 |
|
|
|
1976-1988 |
|
|
|
1989-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
15SSE |
|
1975-1985 |
|
15SSE |
|
1986-2002 |
|
15SSE (Formerly 16S) |
|
1963-1974 |
|
16S |
|
1951-1963 |
|
16S (15SSE) Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Eagle Butte |
11 |
1911-1919 |
|
|
|
1951-1959 |
|
|
|
1960-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2002 |
|
Eales |
11 |
1911-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1931 |
|
Edgemont |
11 |
1896-1898 |
|
|
|
1948-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1957 |
|
|
|
1960-1968 |
|
|
12 |
1969-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2002 |
|
23NNW |
|
1988-2002 |
|
Edson |
12 |
1911-1912 |
|
Elk Mountain |
12 |
1909-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1925 |
|
Elk Point |
12 |
1898-1904 |
|
|
|
1905-1911 |
|
|
|
1986-2000 |
|
Ellingson |
12 |
1909-1920 |
|
|
|
1949-1959 |
|
Ellingson/Lodgepole 10NW |
12 |
1960-1969 |
|
Elm Springs |
12 |
1923-1928 |
|
3E |
|
1950-1959 |
|
3E |
|
1960-1969 |
|
3E |
|
1970-1979 |
|
3E |
|
1980-1989 |
|
3E |
|
1990-2002 |
|
Englewood |
12 |
1909-1913 |
|
Eureka |
12 |
1897-1898, 1908-1910 |
|
|
|
1911-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1989 |
|
|
13 |
1990-1994 |
|
|
|
1995-2002 |
|
Error Data |
|
1941-1947 |
|
Fairfax |
13 |
1902-1913 |
|
|
|
1914-1925 |
|
|
|
1926-1936 |
|
|
|
1937-1947 |
|
Faith |
13 |
1913-1929 |
|
|
|
1930-1939 |
|
Faith |
|
1940-1949 |
|
|
|
1948-1949 |
|
|
|
1950-1959 |
|
|
|
1960-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
(Bixby Dam) |
|
1949 |
|
(Bixby Dam) |
|
1950 |
|
(Bixby Dam) Correspondence |
|
1949 |
|
Farmingdale |
13 |
1896-1899 |
|
|
|
1900-1909 |
|
|
|
1950, 1954-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1982 |
|
Faulkton |
13 |
1896-1897, 1899-1900 |
|
|
|
1901-1910 |
|
|
|
1911-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
14 |
1971-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2002 |
|
Flandreau |
14 |
1896-1900 |
|
|
|
1901-1910 |
|
|
|
1911-1913, 1915-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Forest City |
14 |
1896-1900 |
|
Forestburg |
14 |
1891 |
|
|
|
1891-1900 |
|
|
|
1901-1910 |
|
|
|
1911-1920 |
|
|
|
1921-1930 |
|
|
|
1931-1940 |
|
|
|
1941-1950 |
|
|
|
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Fort Sully |
15 |
1959-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1983 |
|
Fort Thompson |
15 |
1951-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1964 |
|
Frederick |
15 |
1906-1913 |
|
|
|
1950-1958 |
|
Freeman |
15 |
1992-1996 |
|
Ft. Meade |
14 |
1896-1909 |
|
|
|
1910-1919 |
|
|
|
1949-1959 |
|
|
15 |
1960-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2002 |
|
Ft. Pierre
(Van Metre) |
15 |
1940-1949 |
|
(Van Metre, Wendte) |
|
1950-1959 |
|
(Wendte) 17WSW |
|
1960-1969 |
|
7WSW |
|
1970-1979 |
|
7WSW |
|
1980-1985, 1987-1989 |
|
7WSW |
|
1990-2002 |
|
3S |
|
1991 |
|
Ft. Randall |
15 |
1900-1902 |
|
Galena |
15 |
1964-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1973, 1978 |
|
Gann Valley |
15 |
1897-1913 |
|
|
|
1916-1925 |
|
|
|
1926-1935 |
|
|
|
1936-1945 |
|
|
|
1949-1950, 1954-1960 |
|
|
|
1961-1970 |
|
|
|
1971-1980 |
|
|
|
1981-1990 |
|
|
|
1991-2002 |
|
Missing/Error Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
Gary |
15 |
1892, 1894-1903 |
|
Geddes |
15 |
1932-1941 |
|
|
|
1942-1953 |
|
Gettysburg |
16 |
1902-1904, 1931-1939 |
|
|
|
1940-1949 |
|
|
|
1950-1959 |
|
|
|
1960-1969 |
|
|
|
1970-1979 |
|
|
|
1980-1989 |
|
|
|
1990-2001 |
|
Missing Data |
|
[n.d.] |
|
14W |
|
1963-1970 |
|
14W |
|
1971-1979 |
|
16WSW, 15W, 13W |
|
|
