Allendale County
Temperature Summary (1981-2006)
Highest Maximum: 106 F August 22,1983, June 30, 1998, July 12, 2000
Lowest Minimum: -2 F January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 76.8 F
Mean 52.0 F
Minimum 64.4 F
Precipitation Summary (1945-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8 Inches June 27, 1993
Annual Average Rainfall: 46.57 Inches
Wettest Year: 59.88 Inches in 1997
Driest Year: 33.20 Inches in 1996
Mean Snowfall: .2 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 3 inches in 1989
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
11 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost of Tornadoes= $577,000
6 Injuries from all the tornadoes
1 deaths from all the tornadoes
57 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
19 Hail Events
Total damage= $0
1 Lightning Events
Total damage= $5 million
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
3 Total Floods
2 Flash Floods
1 coastal Floods
0 Urban Floods
19 Ice, Sleet or Snow
16 Extreme Cold Events
155 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought severity index computed by regional drought monitor
