Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5038

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Table 14. Monthly precipitation and dual-coefficient FAO Penman-Monteith recharge using daily values, 1995–2005, Priest River Experiment Station, Idaho.

[Western Regional Climate Center (2006a, 2006b), U.S. Department of Commerce (2006). Mean precipitation values are through December 31, 2005. Abbreviations: in., inch; ratio, recharge to precipitation ratio]

    1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Period of record mean
January Precipitation (in.) 7.7 3.3 4.9 2.9 3.1 4.7 3.9 4.9 4.7 4.0 4.8 1.2 4.5 4.9 3.6 2.7 4.0
    Recharge (in.) 7.0 2.9 4.2 2.2 2.6 4.1 3.4 4.2 4.0 3.3 4.1 .63 3.7 4.3 3.0 2.1
    Ratio (percent) 90 89 86 76 85 87 86 87 85 82 85 52 83 87 84 77
February Precipitation (in.) 3.9 1.8 1.9 1.0 2.3 2.6 5.3 2.0 2.1 6.7 2.8 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.7 .2 3.0
    Recharge (in.) 3.3 1.0 1.1 .52 1.3 2.0 4.2 1.2 1.3 5.5 1.7 .57 1.4 1.0 .68 .00
    Ratio (percent) 84 55 57 54 56 79 80 57 61 82 59 44 68 72 40 0
March Precipitation (in.) 1.3 2.3 .7 2.4 2.0 4.9 1.4 5.4 3.3 1.7 3.2 2.3 1.7 4.9 1.6 5.0 2.7
    Recharge (in.) .44 1.6 .00 .64 .85 3.2 .23 3.7 1.2 .15 1.6 .05 .40 3.0 .40 3.1
    Ratio (percent) 34 72 0 27 42 65 17 69 37 9 50 2 24 62 24 62
April Precipitation (in.) 1.8 2.9 2.0 3.9 2.2 1.9 4.5 2.9 1.2 1.0 2.8 4.5 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.1
    Recharge (in.) .23 .89 .10 .31 .06 .20 1.3 .18 .00 .00 .70 2.0 .55 .00 .00 .16
    Ratio (percent) 13 30 5 8 3 11 28 6 0 0 25 44 26 0 0 11
May Precipitation (in.) 4.6 2.3 .8 1.9 2.0 1.8 4.4 3.6 7.2 2.0 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.5 4.0 3.6 2.3
    Recharge (in.) .53 .00 .00 .00 .02 .20 1.3 1.2 3.7 .00 .00 .47 .49 .00 .82 .63
    Ratio (percent) 11 0 0 0 1 11 29 35 52 0 0 25 20 0 21 17
June Precipitation (in.) 3.7 1.7 4.5 1.7 2.5 4.2 3.3 1.8 1.8 2.3 3.6 2.6 2.0 1.8 1.8 3.0 2.3
    Recharge (in.) 1.4 .00 2.7 .00 .00 1.4 1.4 .06 .00 .00 .76 .14 .13 .00 .00 .10
    Ratio (percent) 38 0 60 0 0 33 42 3 0 0 21 6 6 0 0 4
July Precipitation (in.) 1.2 .89 2.3 4.0 .06 .77 .63 2.0 2.2 .53 .81 1.0 .71 .00 .55 1.6 1.0
    Recharge (in.) .09 .00 .39 .54 .00 .00 .00 .00 .35 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .14
    Ratio (percent) 7 0 17 14 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
August Precipitation (in.) 1.7 .85 .53 1.1 .23 1.5 .89 .55 .86 1.7 .29 .35 .23 .64 4.1 .84 1.2
    Recharge (in.) .18 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.7 .00
    Ratio (percent) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
September Precipitation (in.) .01 .17 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.4 3.5 1.4 .35 1.6 .42 .79 2.1 1.8 .86 1.6
    Recharge (in.) .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .01 .00 1.70 .00 .00 .09 .00 .00 .44 .34 .00
    Ratio (percent) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 48 0 0 6 0 0 22 19 0
October Precipitation (in.) 3.4 1.0 1.3 .79 2.9 4.0 4.7 3.9 .99 2.5 2.0 3.9 .72 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.6
    Recharge (in.) 1.4 .30 .00 .00 1.0 2.1 2.9 1.6 .00 .65 .52 1.8 .00 .55 1.1 .47
    Ratio (percent) 41 29 0 0 35 54 62 40 0 26 27 45 0 20 39 17
November Precipitation (in.) 3.1 3.7 3.5 1.3 5.0 4.3 8.2 2.4 6.6 4.4 2.4 5.0 3.3 3.9 3.4 2.9 4.0
    Recharge (in.) 2.1 2.7 2.9 .31 4.2 2.8 7.5 1.4 5.0 3.4 1.7 4.0 2.2 2.7 2.2 2.2
    Ratio (percent) 69 74 83 23 85 65 91 59 75 77 73 80 65 68 65 75
December Precipitation (in.) 2.4 3.1 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.6 8.8 2.1 7.4 5.7 2.1 5.1 6.1 3.6 2.1 3.9 4.4
    Recharge (in.) 1.8 2.5 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.0 8.3 1.6 6.8 5.1 1.6 4.5 5.4 3.0 1.5 3.5
    Ratio (percent) 75 80 87 90 89 87 94 78 91 90 78 88 88 83 74 90
Annual Precipitation (in.) 35 24 28 27 28 37 47 35 40 33 29 29 27 30 29 29 31
    Recharge (in.) 18 12 15 8.5 14 20 30 17 22 18 13 14 14 15 12 12
    Ratio (percent) 53 50 55 32 51 54 64 48 57 55 45 48 54 50 41 43

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