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Latitude:  4249      Longitude:  09125        Elevation:  00810 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19043     County Name: Clayton 
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   |  27.0 |   5.4 |  16.2 |   0.90 |   0.51 |   1.10 |  2 |  7.8 |
February  |  32.9 |  10.6 |  21.8 |   1.23 |   0.51 |   1.49 |  3 |  7.1 |
March     |  44.5 |  22.7 |  33.6 |   2.11 |   1.47 |   2.51 |  5 |  6.2 |
April     |  60.5 |  34.6 |  47.6 |   3.22 |   2.42 |   3.76 |  7 |  1.8 |
May       |  72.9 |  45.6 |  59.3 |   3.91 |   2.65 |   4.67 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  81.6 |  54.4 |  68.0 |   3.90 |   2.64 |   4.66 |  7 |  0.0 |
July      |  85.7 |  59.3 |  72.5 |   4.21 |   2.80 |   5.05 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  83.3 |  57.1 |  70.2 |   4.27 |   2.35 |   5.20 |  6 |  0.0 |
September |  74.7 |  48.6 |  61.7 |   3.58 |   2.16 |   4.34 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  63.3 |  37.4 |  50.4 |   2.46 |   1.48 |   2.98 |  5 |  0.0 |
November  |  46.4 |  25.7 |  36.1 |   2.01 |   0.95 |   2.45 |  4 |  3.2 |
December  |  30.5 |  11.3 |  20.9 |   1.40 |   0.90 |   1.68 |  3 |  9.8 |
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----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  29.80 |  35.79 | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Average |  58.6 |  34.4 |  46.5 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  33.18 | ------ | ------ | 61 | 35.9 |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
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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 *  |   4/16 to 10/14 |   5/ 1 to 10/ 4 |   5/11 to  9/23  
                     |     180 days    |     155 days    |     135 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/11 to 10/19 |   4/27 to 10/ 8 |   5/ 6 to  9/27  
                     |     191 days    |     164 days    |     144 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1948-1999  prcp

Station : IA2603, ELKADER 5 SSW
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
48                   3.01  4.56  3.12  2.32  3.12  2.50  2.42  2.09  1.61 24.75
49 2.67  0.67  2.72  2.00  1.59  5.99  2.37  1.97  1.83  0.85  0.82  0.76 24.24
50 1.99  1.50  2.07  2.83  5.09  7.44  5.71  1.37 M1.50  0.13 M0.51  2.03 32.17
51 0.84  2.67  5.71  7.03  5.44  5.56  5.82  4.79  2.32  4.61  1.84  1.11 47.74
52 1.81  0.49  3.15  2.00  4.84  3.43  3.35  5.66  0.92  0.00  2.47  2.18 30.30
53 0.70  1.91  2.90  3.48  2.81  5.23  8.00  3.60  0.93  0.54  1.11  1.94 33.15
54 0.30  0.81  1.12  5.60  3.38  3.80  2.98  2.31  3.84  4.02  0.17  1.18 29.51
55 0.69  0.98  1.49  3.62  2.78  4.05  4.69  0.47  2.46  3.39  0.24  0.70 25.56
56 0.43  0.58  1.87  3.41  3.72  1.38  4.58  4.01  2.72  2.41  2.15  0.65 27.91
57 0.41  0.20  0.90  2.37  5.67  5.00  5.82  3.57  2.28  2.14  2.65  1.13 32.14
58 0.46  0.00  0.53  2.55        3.42  4.48  2.86  2.37  1.97  1.41  0.46 20.51
59 0.87  1.77  3.50  1.61  8.29  6.12  2.42  7.38  3.32  2.61  2.59  1.79 42.27
60 2.43  0.77        5.45  8.02  5.57  4.61  3.47  3.63  4.17  1.18  0.65 39.95
61 0.34  1.80  4.68  2.72  2.29  1.83  7.52  2.54  8.76  4.99  5.15  1.60 44.22
62 0.32  2.94  2.78  2.79  6.53  1.23  7.76  3.94  3.17  2.93  0.02  0.45 34.86
63 0.50  0.72  2.15  2.12  2.55  3.21  3.54  3.46  2.91  0.87  1.41  0.69 24.13
64 0.11  0.09  1.77  4.67  4.95  2.51  1.02  4.06  2.91  0.22  0.78  0.81 23.90
65 1.53  0.96  2.55  4.13  4.35  3.08  3.66  4.44  6.62  1.93  1.96  2.04 37.25
66 1.10  1.70  2.30  2.82  2.48  4.14  6.14  2.37  1.27  0.96  0.12  1.46 26.86
67             1.49  1.27 M2.42  5.99  2.64  2.51  4.37  4.03  1.44  1.52 27.68
68 0.82 M0.00  0.85  1.85  3.80  5.72  7.79  2.74  5.21  3.63  1.33  3.28 37.02
69 2.78  0.10  1.49  3.06  3.97  8.52  3.42  0.15  2.81  3.16  0.61  1.99 32.06
70 0.29  0.04  1.58  1.95  7.74  3.22  5.93  4.84  5.47  3.30  1.05  1.64 37.05
71 1.30  3.33  1.82  1.53  4.08  5.30  5.40  0.46  3.05  1.75  4.28  2.23 34.53
72 0.39  1.10  1.69  3.03  5.98  3.19  6.52  5.64  6.19  4.48  1.49  1.04 40.74
73 1.01  1.02  3.68  5.05  5.62  4.82  1.85  2.64  4.94  1.30  1.67  1.92 35.52
74 0.80  1.01  2.84  3.95  5.38  8.21  4.06  4.91  1.32  2.58  1.26  1.91 38.23
75 0.93  2.44  2.72  4.41  2.35  4.87  1.16  8.34  1.54  0.34  2.42  1.10 32.62
76 0.24  2.35  3.29  5.21  2.27  2.27  4.15  1.71  0.95  1.81  0.23  0.53 25.01
77 0.56  0.99  3.18  3.74  2.34  1.08  9.37  6.76  3.23  2.59  2.44  1.36 37.64
78 1.06  0.46  0.69  7.25  3.60  5.67  3.24  2.55  3.52  1.90  3.09  0.60 33.63
79       1.38 M1.81  3.11  3.19  3.00  5.32  7.50  0.40  2.63  1.60  0.45 30.39
80 1.53  0.73  0.97  1.66  2.69  5.37  1.60  9.37  2.22  1.33  0.84  0.58 28.89
81 0.15  2.97  0.40  4.95  0.46  5.75  4.40  9.44  4.00  2.54  2.81  1.00 38.87
82 2.65  0.27  2.12 M2.75  6.10  2.38  5.34  3.07  2.29  3.29 M4.53  3.05 37.84
83 0.71  1.84  2.67  2.91  6.44  5.80  5.20  0.69  4.92  4.02  3.76  0.86 39.82
84M0.56 M1.26  1.14  5.27  4.23  3.87  2.42  1.96  1.18  5.31  2.71  1.88 31.79
85 0.82  1.35  3.03  2.30  1.57  1.22  2.23  4.08  6.25  2.44  3.11  1.91 30.31
86 1.01  2.07  1.71  2.59  5.92  4.21  3.93  3.35  6.66  2.71  1.55  0.48 36.19
87 0.65  0.05  2.39  1.74  4.29  2.54  3.93  7.45  3.70  0.46  2.80  2.75 32.75
88M1.09 M0.47  1.23  2.15  0.90  1.37  1.37  3.54  3.40  1.20  3.25  1.12 21.09
89 1.10 M0.50  0.94  3.36  3.52  1.84  1.62  5.58  3.50  2.90  0.80 M0.37 26.03
90 0.85  0.43  3.26 M2.15  5.22 M4.89  3.75  7.90  0.64  2.12  1.67 M1.30 34.18
91 1.01  0.12  4.24  7.25  3.58  4.73  4.29  4.80  3.74  3.92  6.30  1.68 45.66
92 1.11  0.76  1.29  3.56  1.74  1.28  6.50  2.95  4.62  0.84  4.28 M0.74 29.67
93 0.82  1.13  2.74 M4.07  4.39 M6.49  7.31  6.34  2.21  1.28  0.98  0.61 38.37
94 1.19  1.24  0.06  2.02  1.90 11.61  4.72  2.85  5.26  0.76  2.69  1.10 35.40
95 0.74 M0.05  1.99  4.19  7.15  1.72 M2.50  4.18 M1.42  2.68  3.07 M0.21 29.90
96M2.51 M0.09 M0.99  2.02  4.28  5.99  1.49  2.48  2.22  3.63 M1.90 M1.51 29.11
97 1.51  1.98  0.89  0.87  3.92 M8.43  4.19  3.90  3.59  3.28  0.29  0.77 33.62
98 1.09  1.29  5.48  5.28  3.78  8.19  1.84  8.55  2.94  5.53  1.49  0.08 45.54
99                                                                             
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WETS Station : GUTTENBERG L & D 10, IA3517        Creation Date: 08/26/1999
Latitude:  4247      Longitude:  09106        Elevation:  00620 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19043     County Name: Clayton 
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   |  26.7 |   8.3 |  17.5 |   0.88 |   0.52 |   1.07 |  2 |  8.0 |
February  |  32.3 |  13.0 |  22.6 |   1.06 |   0.50 |   1.31 |  2 |  6.0 |
March     |  44.4 |  26.0 |  35.2 |   1.93 |   1.30 |   2.32 |  5 |  4.2 |
April     |  59.4 |  38.8 |  49.1 |   3.00 |   2.23 |   3.52 |  6 |  1.1 |
May       |  71.8 |  50.3 |  61.1 |   3.48 |   2.38 |   4.16 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  80.7 |  59.6 |  70.1 |   3.98 |   2.57 |   4.79 |  6 |  0.0 |
July      |  84.6 |  64.1 |  74.3 |   4.22 |   2.94 |   5.01 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  82.3 |  61.8 |  72.0 |   4.04 |   2.31 |   4.92 |  6 |  0.0 |
September |  73.7 |  53.4 |  63.5 |   3.47 |   1.79 |   4.23 |  5 |  0.0 |
October   |  62.4 |  42.3 |  52.4 |   2.34 |   1.35 |   2.85 |  4 |  0.0 |
November  |  45.7 |  29.6 |  37.6 |   1.98 |   1.06 |   2.41 |  4 |  1.5 |
December  |  31.1 |  15.3 |  23.2 |   1.37 |   0.87 |   1.65 |  3 |  7.8 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  28.32 |  33.96 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  57.9 |  38.5 |  48.2 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  31.74 | ------ | ------ | 56 | 28.6 |
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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 *  |   3/31 to 11/ 3 |   4/11 to 10/22 |   4/23 to 10/ 8  
                     |     217 days    |     194 days    |     168 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   3/27 to 11/ 6 |   4/ 7 to 10/27 |   4/20 to 10/12  
                     |     224 days    |     203 days    |     175 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1948-1999  prcp

Station : IA3517, GUTTENBERG L & D 10
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
48                   2.65  3.95  2.10  4.53  2.95  1.81  1.80  2.06  1.33 23.18
49 2.14 M0.88  2.01  1.65  1.98  7.13  2.12  1.36  1.61  0.88  0.74  1.06 23.56
50 1.44  0.90  1.30 M3.30  3.55  5.84  4.73  2.25  4.18  0.39  0.58  1.78 30.24
51 0.95  1.46  5.13  6.00  4.38  5.98  5.11  4.67  1.06  4.45  1.87  0.99 42.05
52 1.34  0.43  3.37  1.49  3.91  3.27  5.30  5.38  0.88  0.00  2.77  1.93 30.07
53 0.40  1.94  2.38  2.95  3.27  4.11  8.67  3.24  0.82  0.62  0.82  1.74 30.96
54 0.33  0.66  1.07  5.47  4.12  7.34  3.07  1.87  2.73  3.25  0.41  1.19 31.51
55M0.56  1.19  1.30  4.21  3.72  2.38  4.21  0.64  2.06  1.62 M0.24  0.77 22.90
56 0.57  0.61  0.97  4.21  4.30  1.70  4.69  3.68  2.63  1.47  2.07  1.09 27.99
57 0.37  0.49  0.72  2.55 M5.27  6.17  4.73  4.42  1.48  2.12  2.09  0.88 31.29
58 0.53  0.02  0.50  2.73  0.97  5.18  3.16  3.21  1.44  2.90  1.16  0.40 22.20
59 0.97  1.51  2.47  2.33  5.57  4.75  2.68  6.56  2.72  3.00  3.20  2.15 37.91
60 2.28  0.76  1.12  3.82  6.53  2.39  2.06  2.22  2.79  2.41  1.25  0.57 28.20
61 0.22  1.63  3.80  1.88  1.36  1.79  6.71  1.82  9.97  4.15  5.22  1.21 39.76
62 0.45  2.05  1.74  4.21  5.44  1.72  8.98  2.54  2.91  3.11  0.17  0.36 33.68
63 0.37  0.48  2.50  2.17  1.64  2.66  4.12  1.83  2.38  0.47  2.62  0.47 21.71
64 0.15  0.10  1.01 M4.61  4.93  2.52  1.80  3.81  2.27  0.09  1.03  0.50 22.82
65 1.08  1.03  2.09  4.14  4.35  2.33  3.24  6.15 M6.32  1.03  1.77  1.20 34.73
66 0.97  0.82  1.24  1.75  2.12  6.00  5.22  2.98  0.52  1.86  0.64  1.29 25.41
67 1.32  0.86  1.91  2.05  1.85  4.65  2.00  2.78  3.56  5.19  1.38  1.66 29.21
68 0.68  0.19  0.74  3.62  2.53  6.74  8.90  3.45  3.93  2.30  0.80  2.68 36.56
69 1.95  0.23  1.05  3.32  2.75  7.49  2.90  0.14  1.53  3.68  0.61  1.51 27.16
70 0.42  0.31  1.62  1.52  6.58  4.64  5.39  3.27  6.68  2.27  1.43  1.73 35.86
71 1.11  3.58        1.33  3.13  6.74  4.03  1.23  3.35  2.41  3.70  2.53 33.14
72 0.30  0.65  1.57  1.99  4.61  1.62  8.63  6.63  6.86  3.40  1.37  2.25 39.88
73 1.18  0.82  3.50  7.27  5.31  3.23  3.38  3.72  4.19  0.77  1.40  2.22 36.99
74 1.12  0.74  2.81  3.44  6.86  6.54  3.49  4.49  1.07  2.71  1.14  1.68 36.09
75 0.85  1.99  2.66  3.26  2.76  7.15  2.63  3.63  1.24  0.50        0.56 27.23
76 0.37  2.55  3.57  4.51  1.95  1.95  5.30  1.65  0.67  1.97  0.11  0.65 25.25
77 0.77  1.10  3.49  3.35  2.26        8.38  7.37        2.42  2.48  1.27 32.89
78 1.28  0.40  0.63  4.83  3.71  6.31  3.80  1.84  4.43  1.71  3.17  0.63 32.74
79 3.10  1.03  2.49  2.20  2.57  3.07  4.60  7.18  0.20  2.15  2.27  0.37 31.23
80 1.05  0.67  0.56  1.46  2.34  4.88  2.08  8.88  2.57  1.59  1.00  0.70 27.78
81 0.18  2.12  0.35  4.46  0.49  3.93  3.81  7.91  4.01  2.92  1.83  1.03 33.04
82 1.63  0.15  2.17  2.36  5.52  2.74  4.56  2.78  1.49  2.75  4.43  2.18 32.76
83 0.48  1.81  1.25  2.51  4.75  2.46  4.01  1.82  4.60  2.95  4.34  2.13 33.11
84 0.54  1.18  1.59  4.20  3.61  6.05  3.07  0.81  1.70  5.13  2.80  1.90 32.58
85 0.57  1.62  3.14  1.71  3.14  1.14  1.82  3.85  5.89  2.60  2.89  1.64 30.01
86 1.10  2.30  1.82  2.05  4.13  5.70  3.02  3.46  5.94  2.68  1.18  0.68 34.06
87 0.49  0.00  1.73  1.80  3.96  3.20  3.73  7.33  4.47  0.52  3.18  2.53 32.94
88 0.62  0.39  1.21  1.76  1.05  0.45  1.03  4.31  4.24  1.20  1.99  0.84 19.09
89 0.95  0.41  1.44  2.98  3.35  2.60  2.05  4.37  3.14  3.37  0.69  0.38 25.73
90 1.05  0.49  2.43  3.34  5.47  5.09  3.84  9.20  0.39  2.30  1.70  2.18 37.48
91 0.84  0.17  4.57  5.15  4.65  7.29  2.32  3.53  2.93  3.65  4.11  1.40 40.61
92 1.11  1.00  1.14  3.11  1.42  0.52  6.86  2.60  4.89  0.77  5.10 M2.13 30.65
93 1.25  1.08  2.84  4.41  5.98  6.38  8.98  5.00  1.97  1.09  0.83  0.54 40.35
94 1.29  1.49  0.24  2.23  2.13  6.43  6.75  3.66  3.08  0.10  2.37  1.07 30.84
95M0.50  0.05  2.31  4.76  4.11  2.14  2.43  4.41  1.37  1.83  2.63 M0.38 26.92
96 2.69  0.02  1.11  1.48  4.89  5.47  1.20  1.93  2.33  3.90  1.81  1.59 28.42
97 1.30 M1.97  1.00  1.58  3.49  8.02  3.89  2.71  2.99  2.40  0.45  1.13 30.93
98 1.10  2.05  5.30  3.90  4.69  7.64  2.29  8.39  2.71  3.73  0.93  0.15 42.88
99                                                                             
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