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Latitude:  4306      Longitude:  09441        Elevation:  01240 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19147     County Name: Palo Alto 
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   |  24.3 |   5.3 |  14.8 |   0.78 |   0.34 |   0.95 |  2 |  6.9 |
February  |  30.2 |  11.1 |  20.6 |   0.85 |   0.29 |   1.07 |  2 |  6.3 |
March     |  42.3 |  23.5 |  32.9 |   2.32 |   1.35 |   2.82 |  4 |  8.7 |
April     |  59.1 |  36.3 |  47.7 |   2.88 |   1.87 |   3.46 |  6 |  2.0 |
May       |  72.8 |  47.9 |  60.4 |   3.46 |   2.69 |   4.00 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  81.7 |  57.8 |  69.7 |   4.17 |   2.60 |   5.04 |  6 |  0.0 |
July      |  85.0 |  62.2 |  73.6 |   4.18 |   2.68 |   5.03 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  82.2 |  59.0 |  70.6 |   3.75 |   2.53 |   4.49 |  5 |  0.0 |
September |  74.1 |  50.4 |  62.2 |   3.48 |   1.94 |   4.24 |  5 |  0.1 |
October   |  62.4 |  38.6 |  50.5 |   2.21 |   1.26 |   2.69 |  4 |  0.2 |
November  |  43.9 |  25.3 |  34.6 |   1.44 |   0.58 |   1.77 |  3 |  3.1 |
December  |  28.5 |  11.3 |  19.9 |   1.11 |   0.56 |   1.35 |  2 |  8.0 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  25.49 |  32.76 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  57.2 |  35.7 |  46.5 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  30.62 | ------ | ------ | 52 | 35.2 |
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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/ 6 to 10/25 |   4/16 to 10/14 |   4/29 to 10/ 6  
                     |     202 days    |     181 days    |     160 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/ 2 to 10/29 |   4/12 to 10/17 |   4/25 to 10/ 9  
                     |     211 days    |     188 days    |     167 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1948-1999  prcp

Station : IA2689, EMMETSBURG
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
48                   3.27  1.10  4.58  2.89  3.17  0.78  1.16  2.47  1.58 21.00
49 1.22  0.22  2.78  1.73  3.04  4.52  6.28  2.58  4.17  0.81  0.20  0.33 27.88
50 1.08  1.35  1.80  1.03  6.16 M3.54M10.30  0.36  7.09  1.18  0.30  0.86 35.05
51 0.31  3.66  3.64  4.17  5.48  5.64  3.46  7.68  3.35  1.50  0.75  0.37 40.01
52 2.19  0.67  2.91  0.98  2.70  5.72 M4.63  5.59  0.38  0.00  0.74  0.76 27.27
53 1.24  1.27  3.13  2.63  2.37  7.36  2.55  5.65  1.07  0.37  1.60  1.28 30.52
54 0.17  1.58  2.32  3.10  3.30  8.07  3.07  5.66  1.88  3.58  0.34  0.28 33.35
55 0.19 M1.62  0.42  3.70  1.51  3.58  2.40  1.06  1.75  1.15 M0.31  0.89 18.58
56 0.32  0.25  1.51  2.10  3.11  3.44  4.88  2.90  0.28  0.83  3.09  0.26 22.97
57 0.13  0.20  1.44  1.43  4.49  3.44  1.71 M2.98  2.78  2.78  2.91  0.44 24.73
58 0.35  0.29  0.61  3.52  1.97  2.53  1.96  0.71  1.01  1.26  0.65  0.34 15.20
59 0.32  2.47  1.99  1.18 11.80  3.73  0.28  4.76  3.61  2.03  2.42  1.35 35.94
60 0.38  0.62  1.26  2.51  5.92  3.20  1.79  3.68  4.23  0.68  1.13  1.07 26.47
61 0.14  2.05  7.64  1.81  3.55  3.44  4.89  3.66  3.67  1.84  1.11  1.61 35.41
62 0.23  3.98  2.91  1.16  2.55  5.74  7.31  6.60  2.91  1.35  0.16  0.48 35.38
63 0.41  1.16  1.98  1.92  3.39  2.48  6.53  2.66  2.30  1.97  0.12  0.32 25.24
64 0.49  0.00  2.77  6.96  3.25  2.81  7.21  3.66  9.82        1.32  0.79 39.08
65 0.45  2.25  3.55  3.40  6.29  3.13  1.29  1.94  8.53  1.16  0.80  0.90 33.69
66 0.89  0.83  2.62  1.95  4.02  1.89  2.09  2.45  0.69  1.00  0.52  2.13 21.08
67 1.51  0.41  0.72  2.52  3.89  8.96  1.45  1.66  1.53  1.22  0.04  0.91 24.82
68 1.11  0.24  0.74  4.80  1.72  5.31  7.05  2.26  6.06  3.21  0.47  3.66 36.63
69 2.49  2.04  0.69  1.92  4.85  9.79  8.10  4.49  0.72  3.56  0.44  2.15 41.24
70 0.20  0.00  4.39  1.23  4.46  0.94  2.06  3.88  2.82  4.58  1.91  1.59 28.06
71 3.15  3.30  2.18  1.01  3.16  7.38  5.15  2.56  1.12  6.02  2.62 M0.37 38.02
72 0.34  0.43  1.06  3.63  3.72  4.73  5.14  2.74  3.98  2.28             28.05
73       1.00  2.82  3.52  5.60  3.82  2.76  1.88  6.73  1.59  4.67  1.20 35.59
74 0.14 M0.00  1.40  2.96  3.53  4.15  2.68  3.58  1.42  1.07  0.81  0.56 22.30
75 1.82  0.50  2.62  6.54  3.58  5.47        7.58        0.36  3.11  0.78 32.36
76 0.03  0.55  4.70  0.95  1.73  5.09 M0.79  2.06  2.00  1.31  0.00 M0.25 19.46
77 0.52  0.66 M2.67  3.31  1.38  2.38  3.23  5.10  3.12  3.91  2.18 M0.08 28.54
78 0.56  0.69  0.51  3.07  2.91 M0.83  4.37 M1.72  4.23  1.16  1.59  0.65 22.29
79 1.26 M0.25  4.14  1.75 M1.25  3.09  3.59  7.82  1.61  3.46 M0.87       29.09
80 0.97  1.02  0.59  0.90  2.82  1.27  2.40  7.75  2.54  1.35             21.61
81                        M1.84  5.50  3.47  4.48        3.24  0.55  1.25 20.33
82 1.37  0.40  1.16  2.00  5.20  1.98  5.09  5.76  4.08  2.69  2.06  3.15 34.94
83 0.54  0.79  3.26  2.39  3.06  8.58  4.30  0.97  7.73 M1.49  4.16  0.64 37.91
84 0.52  0.65  1.13  4.58  4.07  8.19  2.74  1.03  1.03  4.90  2.38  1.53 32.75
85 0.41  0.07  2.64  5.32  2.22  2.88  1.59  5.40  6.92  1.46  1.79  1.02 31.72
86 0.13  0.26  1.73  5.81  4.43  3.24  7.39  6.35  3.74  4.06  1.10  0.31 38.55
87 0.22  0.05  1.81  1.50  4.15  1.51  9.68  3.42  1.56  0.71  1.47  1.10 27.18
88 0.75  0.55  0.51  3.30  3.05  1.72  1.60  3.64  3.07  0.42  3.22  0.64 22.47
89 0.38  0.33  1.10  1.29  2.12  2.91  2.79  2.23  2.78  0.47  0.31  0.14 16.85
90 0.73  0.25  3.31  2.05  4.28  5.90  4.43  3.26  0.71  1.44  0.49  1.64 28.49
91 0.67  0.68  4.96  6.46  6.53  5.07  4.21  3.21  1.44  1.18  4.96  0.94 40.31
92 0.98  0.97  2.41  2.90  2.62  3.05  6.84  5.35  1.58  4.14  2.42  1.70 34.96
93 0.80  1.13  1.29  4.11  7.47  8.16  7.00  7.50  3.39  1.27  1.63  1.40 45.15
94 1.66  0.63  0.07  2.64  2.06 11.60  4.80  2.12  3.63  3.10  1.80  1.11 35.22
95 0.23  0.25  2.74  5.61  4.96  6.91  3.80  9.75  3.99  2.69  0.61  0.54 42.08
96 1.80  0.12  2.04  0.87  2.77  4.38  4.27  6.89  2.04  1.94 M3.47 M0.03 30.62
97M1.24 M1.12  0.98  2.52  5.20  4.80 M9.70  3.16  3.80 M2.31  1.31  0.57 36.71
98M1.60  0.91  2.39  4.16  3.76  6.84  3.84        0.58 M4.52  1.39 M0.08 30.07
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