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Latitude:  4106      Longitude:  09227        Elevation:  00840 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19179     County Name: Wapello 
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   |  29.6 |  12.0 |  20.8 |   0.98 |   0.50 |   1.20 |  2 |  6.7 |
February  |  34.9 |  17.0 |  25.9 |   0.91 |   0.62 |   1.09 |  2 |  6.4 |
March     |  47.5 |  28.8 |  38.1 |   2.28 |   1.35 |   2.76 |  5 |  3.9 |
April     |  61.9 |  41.0 |  51.4 |   3.29 |   2.21 |   3.94 |  6 |  1.5 |
May       |  73.1 |  52.2 |  62.6 |   3.95 |   2.73 |   4.71 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  82.4 |  61.6 |  72.0 |   3.81 |   2.63 |   4.53 |  6 |  0.0 |
July      |  86.6 |  66.3 |  76.4 |   4.49 |   2.83 |   5.42 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  83.9 |  63.5 |  73.7 |   3.90 |   2.19 |   4.75 |  5 |  0.0 |
September |  75.7 |  54.9 |  65.3 |   4.13 |   2.61 |   4.99 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  64.4 |  43.6 |  54.0 |   2.68 |   1.46 |   3.27 |  5 |  0.3 |
November  |  48.8 |  31.4 |  40.1 |   2.23 |   1.09 |   2.73 |  4 |  1.6 |
December  |  33.8 |  17.8 |  25.8 |   1.43 |   0.84 |   1.74 |  4 |  6.5 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  30.07 |  36.91 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  60.2 |  40.8 |  50.5 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
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  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  34.09 | ------ | ------ | 58 | 27.0 |
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GROWING SEASON DATES 

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                     |                     Temperature
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      Probability    | 24 F or higher  | 28 F or higher  | 32 F or higher  | 
---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
                     |              Beginning and Ending Dates
                     |                Growing Season Length
                     |
       50 percent *  |   4/ 1 to 11/ 6 |   4/ 7 to 10/28 |   4/17 to 10/14  
                     |     219 days    |     203 days    |     179 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   3/29 to 11/ 9 |   4/ 3 to 11/ 1 |   4/13 to 10/17  
                     |     225 days    |     211 days    |     187 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1948-1999  prcp

Station : IA6389, OTTUMWA AIRPORT
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
48                   2.46  1.87  1.49  3.52  0.96  3.67  1.25  2.61  2.58 20.41
49 3.12  1.49  3.45  1.48  3.55  6.41  2.87  4.24  3.29  1.56  0.99  2.06 34.51
50M2.37  1.83 M0.32  3.25  3.79  7.06  1.71  1.58  1.37  0.07  1.10  1.04 25.49
51 0.67  2.15  4.39  3.67 M4.18  7.25 M3.93  5.17  1.40  3.86  1.59  0.94 39.20
52 0.67  0.59  3.25  1.76  4.25  4.90  2.56  5.50  0.60  0.00  4.24  1.73 30.05
53 0.75  1.89  4.64  1.96  1.22  3.17  1.48  0.56  1.30  0.32  0.25  1.55 19.09
54 0.23  0.77  2.49  5.11  2.69  4.22  0.80  7.92  1.71  5.49  0.27  0.75 32.45
55 2.06  1.21 M0.89  4.91  3.56  3.05  5.26  2.70  3.15  1.01  0.16  0.15 28.11
56 0.21  0.78  0.60  0.76  1.68  2.51  5.73  5.67  0.66  0.50  1.19  0.62 20.91
57 0.75  0.18  2.30 M5.08  3.80  5.70 M7.68  2.08  2.48  2.13  2.46 M1.79 36.43
58 1.02 M0.40  0.29  2.27  3.65  3.27  9.38  3.30  2.85  0.84  1.72  0.48 29.47
59 1.69  1.53  4.50  3.47  6.71  3.02  4.69  3.84  5.87  4.71  0.72  2.48 43.23
60 3.39  2.23  2.00  4.44  6.96 M4.68  2.65  3.52  2.53  4.94  0.66  0.32 38.32
61 0.44  1.51  3.96  1.33  1.06  1.77  8.43  0.98  7.33  1.86  7.04  1.85 37.56
62M1.44  1.92  1.58  1.60  8.80  1.56  5.91  3.03  1.33  2.93  1.41  0.31 31.82
63 0.92  0.55  3.87  3.66  2.27  1.85  4.84  4.06  2.65  1.86  2.48  0.49 29.50
64 0.42  0.52  2.04  4.44  2.57  6.54        2.92  3.31  0.04  1.12  1.18 25.10
65 1.95  0.76  2.48  5.97  3.00  3.23  4.60  5.17 13.66  0.55  1.79  1.97 45.13
66 0.74  0.65  0.46  2.45  4.95  3.47  3.18  0.81  1.95  2.59  0.61  0.62 22.48
67 1.02  0.85  2.44  6.98  3.06  5.49  1.90  0.40  3.48  5.07  0.91  1.46 33.06
68 0.73  0.15  1.03  4.57  2.61  2.12  3.97  3.18  4.43  2.08  1.43  1.85 28.15
69 2.68  0.83  1.17  3.89  3.45  7.81  7.03  4.26  2.71  4.23  0.21  1.14 39.41
70 0.31  0.18  2.28  3.88  2.55  3.18  2.63  8.75  7.70  3.56  1.47  1.86 38.35
71 1.17  1.22  0.71  1.14  3.21  2.66  4.32  0.60  5.26  3.06  2.78  3.40 29.53
72M0.63  0.58  1.37  4.12  4.01  1.74  4.26  4.35  3.70  1.78  2.48  1.47 30.49
73 3.27  1.00  5.03  5.57  8.18  3.55  6.16  2.25  7.16  1.92  1.67  2.33 48.09
74 2.20  0.63  2.44  1.64  6.71  3.84  4.74  6.79  1.72  2.64  1.70  1.14 36.19
75 0.50  1.20  1.72  2.77  2.81  2.65  0.91  6.45  3.98  0.24  2.88  0.83 26.94
76 0.21  1.93  3.87  6.07  2.89  4.04  3.81  1.20  1.95  2.01  0.38  0.07 28.43
77 1.01  0.49  5.07  1.86  3.05  1.99  4.75  8.48  5.41  4.40  0.75  1.16 38.42
78 0.39  1.67  1.08  5.42  5.66  5.37  8.15  3.93  5.11  2.57  3.46  0.80 43.61
79 1.82  0.52  3.14  3.42  2.47  4.36  3.83  5.17  0.46  4.50 M1.46  0.48 31.63
80 1.35  0.75  1.25  1.36  1.00  7.98  2.23  7.11  2.50  2.24  0.62  3.14 31.53
81 0.12  1.02  0.43  6.10  1.76  6.19  6.95  2.01  3.70  3.67  3.90  0.77 36.62
82 1.57 M0.53  5.02  2.52  7.09  2.70 M8.12  5.70  4.70  2.59  2.77  3.05 46.36
83 0.47  0.78  2.23  3.61  3.45  2.31  0.62  2.29  5.56  2.96  6.89 M1.92 33.09
84 0.58  0.93  1.32  2.97  6.01  7.46  4.32  0.96  2.23  6.41  1.43  1.88 36.50
85 0.50  1.17  3.25  0.72  2.43  1.71  2.91  1.88  5.07  4.75  3.12 M1.56 29.07
86 0.07  1.20  1.84  2.17  5.57  3.25  5.50  4.37        2.99  0.70  1.08 28.74
87 0.41  1.03  2.11  2.54  4.92  2.38  1.41  6.63  2.39  1.80  4.21  2.41 32.24
88 0.45  0.74  0.72  1.58  2.61  1.60  0.85  3.64  4.48  0.53  3.91  0.86 21.97
89 1.04  0.62  0.48  2.31  4.18  5.93  6.05  6.57  4.04  1.81  0.10  0.43 33.56
90 1.09  1.42  3.90  2.03  6.24  5.55  7.78  2.93  1.86  2.85  3.23  1.49 40.37
91 0.83  0.35  4.18        4.76  5.34  0.80  3.90  3.22  2.85  3.99  1.74 31.96
92 0.89  1.87  1.34  3.52  0.69  0.78 11.18  2.30 10.03  1.55  5.49  1.25 40.89
93 1.43  0.99  3.78  4.42  8.34  8.93  9.72  4.11  3.94  0.40  1.03  0.55 47.64
94 0.46  1.62  0.40  2.17  2.15  6.99  3.12  2.47  2.39  1.61  3.67  1.23 28.28
95 0.92  0.60  2.07  5.54  6.74  2.47  3.42  2.20  3.77  1.05  1.40  0.24 30.42
96 1.83  0.82  2.54  1.63 10.72  4.05  2.58  2.13  3.58  3.20  1.41  0.39 34.88
97 0.78  3.77  1.30  3.99  3.84  6.17  2.86  5.00  3.61  5.05  1.61  2.39 40.37
98 1.41  2.08  4.92  4.90  4.64  7.63  5.48  9.76  3.62  6.63  2.57  0.88 54.52
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