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Latitude:  4255      Longitude:  09521        Elevation:  01230 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19041     County Name: Clay 
Start yr. - 1961   End yr. - 1990
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          |       Temperature     |           Precipitation              |
          |       (Degrees F.)    |              (Inches)                |
          |-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
          |       |       |       |        |   30% chance    |avg |      |
          |       |       |       |        |    will have    |# of| avg  |
          |-------|-------|-------|        |-----------------|days| total|
  Month   |  avg  |  avg  |  avg  |   avg  | less   | more   |w/.1| snow |
          | daily | daily |       |        | than   | than   |  or| fall |
          |  max  |  min  |       |        |        |        |more|      |
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January   | ----- | ----- | ----- |   0.42 |   0.21 |   0.52 |  1 |  6.6 |
February  | ----- | ----- | ----- |   0.78 |   0.23 |   0.92 |  1 |  7.6 |
March     | ----- | ----- | ----- |   1.89 |   1.07 |   2.30 |  3 |  8.1 |
April     | ----- | ----- | ----- |   2.72 |   1.67 |   3.29 |  5 |  1.9 |
May       | ----- | ----- | ----- |   3.52 |   2.88 |   4.00 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      | ----- | ----- | ----- |   4.45 |   3.04 |   5.31 |  7 |  0.0 |
July      | ----- | ----- | ----- |   3.92 |   2.01 |   4.79 |  5 |  0.0 |
August    | ----- | ----- | ----- |   3.88 |   2.48 |   4.67 |  5 |  0.0 |
September | ----- | ----- | ----- |   3.54 |   2.08 |   4.30 |  5 |  0.0 |
October   | ----- | ----- | ----- |   2.09 |   1.02 |   2.56 |  3 |  0.3 |
November  | ----- | ----- | ----- |   1.30 |   0.45 |   1.58 |  2 |  3.5 |
December  | ----- | ----- | ----- |   0.88 |   0.51 |   1.08 |  2 |  6.9 |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  24.98 |  32.13 | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Average |   0.0 |   0.0 |   0.0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  29.39 | ------ | ------ | 46 | 34.9 |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
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GROWING SEASON DATES 

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                     |                     Temperature
---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
      Probability    | 24 F or higher  | 28 F or higher  | 32 F or higher  | 
---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
                     |              Beginning and Ending Dates
                     |                Growing Season Length
                     |
       50 percent *  |    ----------   |    ----------   |    ----------    
                     |     ------      |     ------      |     ------          
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |    ----------   |    ----------   |    ----------    
                     |     ------      |     ------      |     ------          
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1954-1994  prcp

Station : IA6590, PETERSON
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
54 0.31  2.34  1.28  2.84  3.64 10.70  1.85  6.49  2.25  2.22  0.03  0.20 34.15
55 0.15  1.19  0.76  2.85  0.84  2.63  4.10  1.33  1.73  2.00  0.09  0.58 18.25
56 0.49  0.35  0.82  1.86  3.82  1.30  2.55  3.02  0.15  1.20  2.94  0.31 18.81
57 0.43  0.34  1.25  0.66  5.10  7.31  5.04  3.49  3.96  4.37  2.73  0.42 35.10
58 0.35  0.63  0.37  2.55  0.55  3.85  1.70  0.71  0.89  0.03  0.46  0.23 12.32
59 0.38  1.46  1.82  1.66 10.36  4.53  0.88  5.16  3.06  2.65  1.85  2.48 36.29
60 0.93  0.54  1.60  2.12  8.59  1.88  1.69  6.25  2.54  0.64  0.91  0.75 28.44
61 0.14  1.86  3.57  1.35  3.46  3.26  3.09 M2.73  4.15  1.70  0.80  0.97 27.08
62 0.11  2.48  1.36  1.57  3.39  4.73  9.24  4.70  3.05  0.89  0.27  0.26 32.05
63 0.19  0.83  0.68  1.63  1.75  2.49  4.66  3.02  2.15  1.00  0.00  0.35 18.75
64 0.30  0.12  1.02  3.11  4.55  2.87  4.45  3.00  8.64  0.64  0.69  1.28 30.67
65 0.28  1.65  2.75  3.63  5.57  1.93  0.57  2.68  9.73  0.96  0.47  0.70 30.92
66 0.35  1.02  0.82  1.15  2.41  3.09  3.14  3.84  1.17  1.29  0.15  0.60 19.03
67 0.62  0.21  0.41  2.72  3.24  9.41  0.13  1.62  0.93  1.29  0.15  0.51 21.24
68 0.10  0.10  0.33  3.07  2.33  4.36        3.29  7.14  4.65  0.76  1.61 27.74
69      M2.13 M0.57  1.33  3.76  8.01        3.94  1.70  2.27  0.05  1.21 24.97
70 0.28  0.01  1.73  1.05  5.25  2.23  1.21  1.29  4.32  6.41  1.38  0.65 25.81
71 0.17  4.08  1.09  0.89  2.47  7.99  6.66  1.04  1.03  4.01  1.65  0.67 31.75
72 0.18  0.54  0.77  4.21  3.37  1.93  4.55  4.75  3.03  2.08  1.13  1.98 28.52
73 0.62  0.71  2.25  2.02  5.25  1.61  6.15 10.58  4.30  1.26  3.21  0.84 38.80
74M0.08  0.04  2.19  1.36  3.13  5.93  1.71  6.10  1.06  1.28  0.66  0.40 23.94
75 1.65  0.41  1.51  7.56 M3.34  5.85  1.52  7.26  1.45  0.25 M2.75  0.62 34.17
76 0.08  0.52  2.80  1.57  3.09        1.86  0.78  3.65  1.04  0.02  0.31 15.72
77 0.15  0.79  3.98  3.61  3.18  4.92  4.53  3.86  3.81  3.36 M3.39 M0.61 36.19
78 0.76  0.44  0.43  3.73  2.66  4.74  8.51  4.51  3.59  0.57  1.10 M0.68 31.72
79M0.83  0.47  4.30  2.84  2.77  3.71  3.86  4.12  2.95  3.90  1.99  0.15 31.89
80M0.95  0.76  1.14  1.25  3.08  2.14  2.35  8.57  2.17  1.37  0.11  0.48 24.37
81 0.00  0.39  1.35  1.21  3.20  5.49  2.86  3.11  1.34  3.31  0.64 M1.50 24.40
82 0.99  0.11  1.18  1.27  6.44  2.78  7.49  3.67  4.49  4.64  2.76  3.31 39.13
83 0.68  1.42  4.70  3.21  3.33  9.10  5.42  3.21  7.64  1.84  4.17  0.67 45.39
84M0.53  1.05  1.12  7.44  4.35  8.10  1.36  1.20  0.74  4.71  2.76  2.28 35.64
85 0.31  0.13  3.57  5.23  3.73  1.88  0.69  5.86  5.82  1.69  1.51  0.84 31.26
86 0.19  0.18  1.97  6.21  3.30  4.61  5.34  3.30  5.82  3.54  1.03  0.21 35.70
87 0.23  0.01  3.98  0.82  3.41  2.18  8.99  3.48  1.66  0.74  1.85  0.91 28.26
88 0.91  0.48  1.05  2.80  1.60  4.06  1.64  7.25  3.05  0.33  2.57  0.75 26.49
89 0.46  0.20  0.86  1.81  2.92  2.55 M2.72  1.89  3.88  0.10  0.41  0.32 18.12
90 0.51  0.18  3.10  1.90  5.33  7.13  5.04  1.61 M1.80 M1.72  0.55 M0.87 29.74
91M0.31  0.60 M1.61  5.87 M4.84  4.54 M2.92  2.48  2.00 M0.67  4.51 M0.10 30.45
92M0.47  0.39 M2.11 M3.15  4.97 M1.60  8.18  4.83 M2.10  5.55 M1.94 M0.50 35.79
93M0.81 M1.21  1.43 M4.56  3.11 M9.80 M6.49 M6.28  1.58  1.87  0.67       37.81
94                                                                             
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WETS Station : SPENCER 1 N, IA7844                Creation Date: 08/26/1999
Latitude:  4310      Longitude:  09509        Elevation:  01330 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19041     County Name: Clay 
Start yr. - 1961   End yr. - 1990
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          |       Temperature     |           Precipitation              |
          |       (Degrees F.)    |              (Inches)                |
          |-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
          |       |       |       |        |   30% chance    |avg |      |
          |       |       |       |        |    will have    |# of| avg  |
          |-------|-------|-------|        |-----------------|days| total|
  Month   |  avg  |  avg  |  avg  |   avg  | less   | more   |w/.1| snow |
          | daily | daily |       |        | than   | than   |  or| fall |
          |  max  |  min  |       |        |        |        |more|      |
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January   |  24.6 |   4.6 |  14.6 |   0.50 |   0.27 |   0.61 |  1 |  4.0 |
February  |  29.7 |  10.0 |  19.8 |   0.65 |   0.25 |   0.79 |  1 |  8.6 |
March     |  41.3 |  22.1 |  31.7 |   2.01 |   1.19 |   2.44 |  4 |  5.5 |
April     |  58.4 |  35.2 |  46.8 |   2.66 |   1.65 |   3.22 |  5 |  0.6 |
May       |  71.5 |  47.1 |  59.3 |   3.59 |   2.79 |   4.16 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  80.8 |  57.2 |  69.0 |   3.89 |   2.67 |   4.64 |  7 |  0.0 |
July      |  84.8 |  61.6 |  73.2 |   4.16 |   2.07 |   5.09 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  81.8 |  58.4 |  70.1 |   3.86 |   2.43 |   4.66 |  6 |  0.0 |
September |  72.9 |  49.0 |  61.0 |   3.30 |   1.82 |   4.03 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  61.7 |  37.0 |  49.4 |   1.96 |   0.96 |   2.39 |  4 |  0.0 |
November  |  42.6 |  23.5 |  33.1 |   1.18 |   0.47 |   1.44 |  2 |  1.9 |
December  |  27.6 |   9.3 |  18.5 |   0.72 |   0.38 |   0.88 |  2 |  6.5 |
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----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  21.09 |  29.24 | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Average |  56.5 |  34.6 |  45.5 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  28.50 | ------ | ------ | 51 | 27.1 |
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GROWING SEASON DATES 

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                     |                     Temperature
---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
      Probability    | 24 F or higher  | 28 F or higher  | 32 F or higher  | 
---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
                     |              Beginning and Ending Dates
                     |                Growing Season Length
                     |
       50 percent *  |   4/13 to 10/15 |   4/24 to 10/ 7 |   5/ 1 to  9/28  
                     |     185 days    |     166 days    |     150 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/ 8 to 10/19 |   4/20 to 10/10 |   4/27 to 10/ 2  
                     |     194 days    |     173 days    |     157 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1900-1999  prcp

Station : IA7844, SPENCER 1 N
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
 0       0.00  1.00  1.81                                                  2.81
11                        M2.00  1.17  0.66  2.05  4.19  2.21  0.20  2.30 14.78
12             1.75 M3.84        1.97  3.16 M3.40  2.54  1.78  1.15       19.59
13 0.25  0.65  1.75  5.27        1.60  2.76  5.71  2.78        0.77  0.08 21.62
14 0.70  1.10  1.39  2.80  6.11  4.42  1.45  3.20        1.79  0.04  1.49 24.49
15 0.78  3.16  0.70  1.02 M4.29  2.57  3.68  1.94  4.59  1.22             23.95
16       0.71        2.72                                                  3.43
19M0.00  2.38  0.81  4.61  3.47  6.36  4.17  2.06  4.09  1.28  2.90  0.40 32.53
20 0.42  0.40  3.20  4.34  3.82  2.01  5.55 M4.83  3.57  2.12  2.18  0.85 33.29
21 0.30  1.30  0.93  2.26  5.38  2.02  0.75  3.50  4.16  1.08  0.73  0.45 22.86
22 2.00  0.40  0.76  4.17  1.23  1.32  4.95  5.55  0.96  2.15  4.15  0.15 27.79
23 0.60  0.70  1.65  3.21  2.66  4.66  0.57  5.20  4.12  1.34  0.12  0.72 25.55
24 0.40  0.90  2.45  0.93  1.46  4.75  0.69  5.49  4.72  0.28  0.29  1.50 23.86
25 1.06  1.22  0.74  1.70  0.33  3.55  1.75  2.41  7.37  1.75  0.74  1.55 24.17
26 1.10  0.39  0.72  1.09  3.51  3.53  6.45  2.56  9.69  0.59  1.44  2.03 33.10
27 0.16  0.98  1.70  6.60  5.02  1.84  0.47  2.09  5.62  0.59  0.64  1.52 27.23
28 0.17  1.20  1.55  3.02  3.91  5.45  1.48  6.04  1.66  1.74  1.23  0.60 28.05
29 1.60  1.32  1.09  3.20  2.05  2.19  2.30  2.03  3.80  2.30  1.41  0.42 23.71
30 0.92  0.35  0.29  2.91  4.31  2.48  0.32  2.77  3.35  1.28  2.50  0.13 21.61
31 0.17  0.05  0.97  1.56  2.47  3.38  2.00  4.38  5.83  3.35  3.69  2.38 30.23
32 2.40  0.94  1.48  1.24  4.24  2.53  2.43  4.30  2.34  1.28  1.33  0.53 25.04
33 0.83  0.50  3.77  0.79 M1.27  0.59  5.04  4.06  3.26  0.98  0.68  1.30 23.07
34 0.74  0.13  0.86  1.97  0.24  7.80  5.47  2.83  3.04  1.57  2.43  0.58 27.66
35 0.60  1.02  1.34  3.13  2.63  6.28  3.88  3.12  1.94  2.25  0.67  1.61 28.47
36 1.38  2.22  1.16  0.55  3.48  3.21  0.60  4.41  2.90  1.45  0.64  1.26 23.26
37 1.75  0.38  2.09  3.32  6.41  5.16  1.05  7.28  2.20  2.71  0.29  1.11 33.75
38 0.49  1.08  1.51  2.89  6.08  5.39  4.84  1.31 12.00  0.65  1.28  0.73 38.25
39 0.88  1.52  0.57  1.20  2.79  4.52  2.74  6.94  0.49  1.17  0.03  0.41 23.26
40 0.44  1.14  1.49  3.58  1.27  7.53  1.55  3.36  0.09  2.99  2.02  1.07 26.53
41 1.04  0.50  1.24  3.52  2.02  7.49  2.75  1.71  6.43  3.19  3.18  1.14 34.21
42 0.40  0.83  2.07  0.47  7.14  5.78  4.13  4.04  3.33  0.76  0.87  1.10 30.92
43 0.94  0.62  1.56  0.91  4.67  8.92  5.31  4.08  1.18  1.68  1.66  0.07 31.60
44 1.03              1.56  4.78  5.97  5.69  8.71  2.02  0.47  1.00  0.13 31.36
45 0.45  1.21  1.58  2.86  4.95  6.29  3.61  1.66  1.59  0.07  0.32  1.76 26.35
46M0.01  0.77  3.12  1.42  4.56  3.56  1.05  2.40  3.56  3.03  2.91  0.47 26.86
47 0.82  0.19  0.23  4.70  2.87  5.12  1.83  0.45  4.87  3.28  3.14  0.65 28.15
48M0.05  1.32 M0.37  3.39  3.16  5.61  3.35  3.03  0.76 M1.30  1.74  0.62 24.70
49 1.73  0.38  1.58  1.41 M4.43 M1.97  2.97  2.35  4.89  1.23  0.01  0.42 23.37
50M0.92  0.47  0.94       M2.06 M0.30  6.42  0.69  3.18  0.97  0.24  0.35 16.54
51 0.51  2.64  4.29 M4.41  5.17 M5.84  6.77  6.52  3.59  1.74  0.33  0.71 42.52
52 1.66  0.43  1.55  1.19  2.73  4.24  3.90  4.44  0.95  0.00  0.52  0.36 21.97
53 0.77  1.36  2.94  3.33  1.91  7.75  2.27  3.39  0.98  0.46  1.46  1.03 27.65
54 0.20  1.81  1.67  3.18  3.20  7.85        6.65  2.62  3.99  0.19  0.26 31.62
55 0.27  1.27  0.34  2.63  1.83  3.26  4.68  0.60  1.80  1.31  0.27  0.80 19.06
56 0.59  0.35  0.85  1.81  2.63  2.67  4.22  5.62  0.38  1.29  2.74  0.33 23.48
57 0.16  0.23  1.29  0.79  5.84  4.47  2.18  3.45  2.72  2.72  2.61  0.46 26.92
58 0.34  0.27  0.46  3.22  1.27  3.77  2.17  1.13  0.78  0.17  0.63  0.20 14.41
59 0.29  1.59  2.14  0.73 11.40  3.24  0.17  3.65  3.47  1.92  1.77  1.75 32.12
60 0.73  0.49  1.40  2.47  6.99  2.22  2.80  3.43  4.02  0.59  1.03  0.90 27.07
61 0.20  2.27  3.67  1.65  3.41  1.51  6.26  1.93  4.04  1.47  0.77  1.10 28.28
62 0.32  3.11  1.68  1.13  2.85  6.10  6.87  5.59  1.71  1.02  0.39  0.25 31.02
63 0.56  0.77  1.31  1.05  2.20  2.92  4.93  2.31  2.15  2.28  0.04  0.45 20.97
64 0.36  0.06  1.05        3.94  3.73  6.00  4.62  8.77  0.69  0.27  1.24 30.73
65 0.56  1.74  2.70  3.59  5.15  2.10  1.54  4.15  7.96  0.61  0.68  0.47 31.25
66 0.60  0.59  0.80  1.54  3.04  2.39  2.00  2.71  0.78  1.65  0.10  0.79 16.99
67 0.95  0.32  0.41  2.93  3.35  7.92  0.45  0.89  0.44  1.24             18.90
68 0.54             M2.35  2.45  3.06  5.90  2.35        4.67  0.54  1.29 23.15
69 1.44  1.77  1.47  1.34  5.05        7.54  6.03  1.41  2.48  0.24  1.53 30.30
70 0.15  0.23  1.89  1.73  5.57  2.67  1.48  1.30  3.87  6.06  2.04  0.48 27.47
71             1.18  1.00  2.27  5.46  6.31  1.06  1.50  4.39        0.47 23.64
72 0.35  0.58  1.09  3.30  3.43  2.49       M1.23  3.04        1.30  1.54 18.35
73       0.54        4.70                    4.03  6.21  2.03  3.39  1.06 21.96
74 0.13  0.10  1.20  1.56  2.38  2.64  0.84  4.07  1.51  1.31  0.67  0.32 16.73
75 1.61  0.40  2.15  6.87  4.31  6.54  0.22 12.13  0.79  0.37  2.75  0.22 38.36
76 0.14  0.68  3.71  1.05        2.72  1.22  0.56  2.61  1.15  0.13  0.58 14.55
77 0.29  0.75  5.86  3.95  2.44  2.21  2.61  5.18  4.20  3.50  3.11       34.10
78       0.27  0.57  3.95  2.60  1.99  8.91  3.02  1.52  0.37  1.08       24.28
79 1.15  0.72  3.47        2.58        6.21  5.90  2.90        1.48  0.09 24.50
80 0.85  0.69  0.90  0.77  3.48                          1.14              7.83
81 0.27  0.43  1.19  1.27  4.21  5.24        5.42  5.42                   23.45
82       0.18        1.50  6.58 M2.58  6.36  4.81  5.70  3.76  2.73  1.82 36.02
83 0.47  0.59  4.08  1.98  2.92  7.70  3.95  1.74  3.95  2.34  1.84  0.47 32.03
84 0.52  0.45  1.51  4.60  4.34  9.10  2.68  2.62  0.45  3.59  1.37  1.51 32.74
85 0.19  0.05  3.67  5.36  4.57  3.56  0.68  5.45  7.06  1.41  1.33  0.68 34.01
86 0.12  0.03  1.59  6.10  5.39  5.44  5.70  3.89  2.93  2.90  1.06  0.23 35.38
87M0.13  0.30  3.07  1.00  4.69  1.99 10.11  3.57  2.80  0.34  0.74  0.56 29.30
88 0.41  0.24  0.74  3.10  1.50  1.50  3.61  4.59  3.62  0.37  2.24  0.19 22.11
89 0.35  0.19 M0.59  3.65  1.26  2.94  2.69  3.29  3.83  0.17  0.16 M0.09 19.21
90 0.29  0.16  2.64  1.51  4.66  4.71  3.21  4.95  1.36  1.59  0.29 M0.62 25.99
91 0.50  0.47  3.16  6.89  4.88  3.38  4.97  2.11  2.06  1.57  3.15  0.67 33.81
92 0.72  0.69  2.06  5.16  3.39  1.40  5.90                    1.20  0.70 21.22
93 0.88  0.81  1.44  4.19  6.89  9.34  6.54  7.88  2.31  0.94  0.42  0.84 42.48
94 0.60  0.19  0.09  2.40  1.49  8.13  3.96  1.69  3.56  1.43  1.15  0.64 25.33
95 0.13  0.21  2.73  3.51  5.34  2.63  2.76  6.20  3.04  2.61  0.41  0.48 30.05
96 0.99  0.11  1.14  0.79  3.77  3.80  3.13  5.42  2.55  1.90  3.17  0.65 27.42
97 0.98  0.73  0.33 M1.61  3.58  2.94  2.08  2.26  2.78  1.45  0.87  0.25 19.86
98 0.64  0.52  2.00  2.86  4.23  4.42  3.08  6.22  0.91  3.33  1.00  0.08 29.29
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