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The Tuttle Creek Lake area experiences warm summers and moderately cold winters. Typical of the central plains, the variations from season to season and from year to year can be great. Average annual rainfall is 34 inches. Precipitation is heaviest in late spring and early summer. About 70 percent of the annual precipitation falls during the growing season.
The average frost-free season is about 172 days, April 23 to October 15. Relative humidity averages about 55 percent. Prevailing summer winds are from the south, and from the northwest during the winter. Periods of high winds can be expected in March, April and May; May and June are months of greatest severe storm frequency. Wind velocity averages 11 mph. The lake area receives about 66 percent of the possible annual sunshine with an average of 130 clear days.
| January - | 0.23" | February - | 1.36" | March - | 3.86" | April - | 2.50" | |||
| May - | 5.33" | June - | 9.74" | July - | 3.03" | August - | 5.71" | |||
| September - | 5.39" | October - | 2.81" | November - | 1.18" | December - | 0.52" |
| January - | 0.82" | February - | 1.04" | March - | 2.96" | April - | 2.98" | |||
| May - | 15.08 | June - | 4.34" | July - | 4.52" | August - | 1.45" | |||
| September - | 1.85" | October - | 4.27" | November - | 0.07" | December - | 3.94" |
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Year |
Total |
Year |
Total |
Year |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1962 |
32.78 |
1978 |
24.21 |
1994 |
25.63 |
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1963 |
17.74 |
1979 |
30.74 |
1995 |
37.36 |
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1964 |
29.52 |
1980 |
24.55 |
1996 |
29.18 |
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1965 |
40.12 |
1981 |
32.10 |
1997 |
26.78 |
|
1966 |
14.30 |
1982 |
33.21 |
1998 |
38.66 |
|
1967 |
37.75 |
1983 |
32.47 |
1999 |
31.28 |
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1968 |
33.91 |
1984 |
36.84 |
2000 |
24.98 |
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1969 |
30.74 |
1985 |
37.25 |
2001 |
36.75 |
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1970 |
35.49 |
1986 |
42.58 |
2002 |
23.28 |
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1971 |
31.85 |
1987 |
29.94 |
2003 |
28.95 |
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1972 |
33.95 |
1988 |
18.78 |
2004 |
32.90 |
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1973 |
50.53 |
1989 |
28.24 |
2005 |
35.40 |
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1974 |
28.74 |
1990 |
27.38 |
2006 |
29.41 |
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1975 |
29.98 |
1991 |
22.46 |
2007 |
43.32 |
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1976 |
23.80 |
1992 |
33.34 |
2008 |
41.66 |
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1977 |
44.18 |
1993 |
51.97 |
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Operations Manager, Tuttlecreek Project Office