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Latitude:  4230      Longitude:  09412        Elevation:  01120 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  19187     County Name: Webster 
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   |  26.3 |   7.1 |  16.7 |   0.83 |   0.40 |   1.01 |  2 |  7.2 |
February  |  32.1 |  12.3 |  22.2 |   0.88 |   0.45 |   1.08 |  2 |  8.3 |
March     |  44.6 |  24.6 |  34.6 |   2.15 |   1.29 |   2.61 |  4 |  7.5 |
April     |  60.6 |  37.1 |  48.8 |   3.21 |   2.34 |   3.77 |  6 |  1.8 |
May       |  73.2 |  48.6 |  60.9 |   4.06 |   3.05 |   4.74 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  82.2 |  58.1 |  70.1 |   4.89 |   3.35 |   5.82 |  7 |  0.0 |
July      |  85.6 |  62.8 |  74.2 |   4.51 |   2.98 |   5.40 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  82.7 |  59.9 |  71.3 |   4.33 |   2.79 |   5.22 |  5 |  0.0 |
September |  75.1 |  50.9 |  63.0 |   3.94 |   2.22 |   4.80 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  63.2 |  39.6 |  51.4 |   2.48 |   1.37 |   3.02 |  4 |  0.2 |
November  |  46.1 |  26.8 |  36.5 |   1.56 |   0.71 |   1.93 |  3 |  3.4 |
December  |  30.3 |  12.5 |  21.4 |   1.11 |   0.68 |   1.35 |  3 |  8.4 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  29.92 |  36.76 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  58.5 |  36.7 |  47.6 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
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  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  33.95 | ------ | ------ | 55 | 36.7 |
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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/ 5 to 10/26 |   4/18 to 10/10 |   4/30 to 10/ 2  
                     |     204 days    |     176 days    |     155 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/ 1 to 10/30 |   4/14 to 10/14 |   4/26 to 10/ 6  
                     |     211 days    |     183 days    |     163 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1948-1999  prcp

Station : IA2999, FORT DODGE
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
48                   2.68  2.38  3.71  2.80  3.08  0.98  1.91  3.97  1.74 23.25
49 2.69  0.35  1.79  1.58  2.26  4.71  2.53  1.60  2.58  1.77  0.25  0.51 22.62
50 0.87  1.76  0.94  2.11  6.59  7.62  2.83  1.68  1.94  2.59  0.27  0.57 29.77
51 0.47  2.79  4.52  5.35  3.39  6.74  4.99  5.43  2.77  1.98  0.56  0.99 39.98
52 2.00  0.73  3.02  1.54  3.52  5.23  5.67  2.87  0.28  0.04  2.30  0.80 28.00
53 0.88  1.39  2.72  4.39  2.01  5.21  3.73  1.76  0.39  0.21  2.19  1.02 25.90
54 0.39  1.82  2.13  4.65  3.54 10.92  2.38 10.36  2.78  3.51  0.08  0.40 42.96
55 0.42  1.18  1.29  3.06  2.01  1.72  7.05  2.36  1.87  2.54  0.26  0.57 24.33
56 0.71  0.36  1.12  1.34  2.46  3.40  3.70  1.63  2.91  1.74  2.59  0.49 22.45
57 0.62  0.45  1.50  1.23  5.36  4.82  4.46  5.31  2.68  2.46  3.26  1.03 33.18
58 0.50  0.21  0.67  2.81  1.34 10.28  5.74  1.62  1.82  0.73  0.79  0.32 26.83
59 0.74  1.75  3.69  2.31  5.79  4.54  0.85  4.05  4.86  1.17  2.17  1.36 33.28
60 1.48  0.90  1.71  2.24  4.71  4.02  2.57  5.62  3.03  0.74  0.26  0.91 28.19
61 0.20  2.42  4.10  2.07  2.52  3.64  6.49  4.01  6.69  2.91  1.45  1.69 38.19
62 0.22  2.25  1.74  2.90 M4.12  3.45  5.86  4.59  1.50  1.46  0.13  0.12 28.34
63 0.69  0.90  2.24  4.88  3.43  2.85  4.16  3.88  2.13  1.06  1.08  0.57 27.87
64 0.77  0.17  1.59  7.97  3.55  2.70  5.64  4.82  3.94  0.59  0.74 M1.07 33.55
65 0.91  2.04  3.47  3.34  7.06  3.98  1.39  4.85 13.65  0.91  0.90  1.22 43.72
66 1.06  0.41  3.35  1.24  3.31  4.15  4.16  3.55  0.37  1.33  0.17  0.97 24.07
67 1.02  0.31  0.84  1.79  3.16 12.06  1.20  3.88  2.94  1.06  0.14  0.63 29.03
68 0.69  0.18  0.46  3.95  1.99        6.02  3.12  5.02  6.14  1.15  2.06 30.78
69 1.72  1.44  1.52  3.11  2.91  8.92  8.38  6.39  3.15  3.18  0.25  2.39 43.36
70 0.34  0.15  2.06  1.90  4.03  2.91  1.94  2.83  3.28  5.11  2.51  1.03 28.09
71 0.98  3.08  1.40  1.03  2.51  2.86  3.31  1.12  2.44  4.76  3.27  1.33 28.09
72 0.93  0.98  0.94  2.80  6.15  2.72  5.69  8.31  3.86  3.43  1.93  1.61 39.35
73 2.12  1.21  3.48  4.44  6.61  3.89  3.75  3.61  9.04  1.94  2.85  1.95 44.89
74 0.55  0.37  1.01  3.02  3.88  5.95  4.34  3.88  2.32  1.63  1.36  0.76 29.07
75 1.65  0.75  2.74  4.17  3.81 10.86  1.17  3.81  1.57  0.14  4.50  0.86 36.03
76 0.06  1.11  3.82  3.32  5.26  4.06  1.10  0.52  1.58  1.68  0.00  0.68 23.19
77M0.62  0.51  3.22 M2.60  2.48  1.82  5.75  9.21  5.97  3.85  0.83  0.67 37.53
78 0.82  0.41  0.49  2.97  3.66  5.03  5.85  5.92  5.08  1.10  1.48  0.74 33.55
79 1.49  0.37  5.68  2.73  2.88  3.79  7.68  3.79  0.89  3.11  2.30  0.18 34.89
80 1.05  0.64  0.78  1.32  2.71  4.76  2.62  7.71  1.24  1.54  0.26  0.38 25.01
81 0.03  0.76  0.38  3.84  4.39  4.07  3.51  4.77  2.05  2.59  1.32  0.52 28.23
82 2.64  0.36  1.58  2.61  9.32  2.41  6.85  4.17  1.55  3.84  2.41  2.88 40.62
83 0.23  2.01  2.34  2.13  4.55  6.36  2.78  5.19  3.32  3.88  3.64  0.90 37.33
84 0.42  0.77  1.62  7.36  4.46  7.97  5.86  0.49  3.38  5.29  1.92  1.53 41.07
85 0.60  0.31  2.14  2.72  2.27  2.62  1.74  7.75  6.49  2.05  2.66  1.27 32.62
86 0.25  0.57  3.07  4.94  5.22  6.16  4.60  2.70  9.26  4.16  1.33  0.72 42.98
87M0.23  0.51  2.65  2.85  2.83  2.42  7.99  5.70  4.13  0.55  1.66  1.42 32.94
88 1.04 M0.53  0.92  2.94  1.70  2.31  2.51  4.59  4.89  0.64  3.32  1.45 26.84
89 1.10  0.31  0.93  3.00  3.36  6.35  4.88  1.56  4.91  2.66  0.48  0.40 29.94
90 0.38  0.62  3.99  2.26  7.67M10.62 M7.98  3.28  1.67  1.85  0.65 M1.42 42.39
91 0.39  0.26 M6.14  7.32  6.11  6.14  2.03  5.21  2.69  2.94  5.33  1.13 45.69
92 1.21  0.79  2.55  3.15  2.35  3.01 11.22  1.67  2.70  2.24  4.17  2.16 37.22
93 1.13 M1.57  1.34  5.20  5.33  8.60  8.14 11.41  2.68  0.83  0.95  1.03 48.21
94 1.28  0.83  0.05  2.21  1.91  6.01  2.41  4.44  4.38  2.37  1.00  1.21 28.10
95 0.70  0.19  4.20  2.82  5.81  5.20  2.15  2.92  3.79  2.59  1.33  0.52 32.22
96 1.79  0.23  3.45  1.45  6.94  6.23  3.47  5.64  1.90  1.42 M1.97  1.68 36.17
97 1.06  1.15  1.99  2.19  3.78  3.30  2.59  0.50  1.92  1.74  0.86  0.77 21.85
98 1.43 M1.06  2.17  6.16  4.23  7.71  4.20        0.82  3.40  0.40  0.47 32.05
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