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Huron is a city in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,592 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beadle County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University (known in its later years as Si Tanka University). Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair. The ''Huron Plainsman'', also referred to as the ''Plainsman'', is the newspaper. The city was named after the Huron Indians. It is currently the ninth largest city in South Dakota, but it once was the fourth.〔http://www.geonames.org/US/SD/largest-cities-in-south-dakota.html〕 Huron is home to the South Dakota State Fair, which is held six days before Labor Day Huron is home to a statue known as "The World's Largest Ringnecked Pheasant", which was refurbished in the summer of 2011. Huron hard rail service and is serviced by Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad ==Geography and climate== According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt )〕 Huron has been assigned the ZIP codes 57350 and 57399 and the FIPS place code 31060. Huron has a humid continental climate, with hot, humid summers, cold, dry winters, and wide temperature extremes; it is part of USDA hardiness zone 4b.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ )〕 The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from in January to in July.〔 On average, there are 2.3 days that reach or higher, 25 days that reach or higher, 64 days that do not climb above freezing, 27 days with a low of or below, and 3.1 days that do not rise above 0 °F annually.〔 The average window for freezing temperatures is September 30 through May 5,〔 allowing a growing season of 147 days. Extreme temperatures officially range from on January 12, 1912, and January 8, 1887, up to on July 10, 1966; the record cold daily maximum is on January 14, 1888, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is on July 11, 1936.〔 Precipitation is greatest in May and June and averages annually, but has ranged from in 1952 to in 2010.〔 Snowfall averages per season, and has historically ranged from in 1930–31 to in 2000–01;〔 the average window for measurable (≥) snowfall is November 3 through April 11, although snow in October occurs several times per decade and snow in May is a much rarer event.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Huron, South Dakota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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