USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
434002103214500 PRECIP AT RACETRACK BUTTE NEAR FAIRBURN, SD
LOCATION - Lat 43°40'02", long 103°21'45" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.26, T.4 S., R.6 E., Custer County, SD, Hydrologic Unit 10120109, 100 ft east of Wildlife Loop Road CSP #1, 0.8 mi southeast of Racetrack Butte, and 7.0 mi west of Fairburn.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1983 to current year. Published as Custer State Park from October 1983 to September 1987, and as Precip at Custer State Park at Racetrack Butte, near Fairburn, SD, from October 1987 to September 1989.
Average precipitation, 38 years, 18.11 in.
INSTRUMENTATION - Precipitation recorder with shielded 6.0-in. orifice. Elevation of gage is 3,970 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.