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Latitude:  4318      Longitude:  08921        Elevation:  01080 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  55021     County Name: Columbia 
Start yr. - 1962   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   |  24.1 |   7.2 |  15.7 |   1.01 |   0.62 |   1.23 |  3 |  7.0 |
February  |  29.1 |  11.4 |  20.3 |   0.92 |   0.39 |   1.13 |  2 |  5.4 |
March     |  41.5 |  23.4 |  32.4 |   1.88 |   1.10 |   2.28 |  5 |  5.3 |
April     |  57.6 |  35.2 |  46.4 |   2.92 |   2.37 |   3.32 |  6 |  1.6 |
May       |  70.1 |  45.6 |  57.8 |   3.18 |   2.13 |   3.80 |  6 |  0.0 |
June      |  78.9 |  54.7 |  66.8 |   3.82 |   2.38 |   4.62 |  6 |  0.0 |
July      |  82.9 |  59.8 |  71.4 |   3.41 |   2.52 |   4.00 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  80.3 |  57.3 |  68.8 |   3.95 |   2.45 |   4.78 |  6 |  0.0 |
September |  72.3 |  49.4 |  60.8 |   4.11 |   1.99 |   5.03 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  60.4 |  39.1 |  49.7 |   2.32 |   1.41 |   2.81 |  5 |  0.1 |
November  |  44.1 |  27.5 |  35.8 |   2.04 |   1.13 |   2.49 |  4 |  2.7 |
December  |  29.2 |  13.5 |  21.4 |   1.45 |   0.84 |   1.76 |  4 |  8.5 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  26.58 |  33.83 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  55.9 |  35.3 |  45.6 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
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  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  31.00 | ------ | ------ | 59 | 30.7 |
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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 *  |   4/12 to 10/25 |   4/21 to 10/15 |   5/ 6 to 10/ 4  
                     |     197 days    |     177 days    |     151 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/ 8 to 10/29 |   4/16 to 10/20 |   5/ 2 to 10/ 8  
                     |     205 days    |     187 days    |     159 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1962-1999  prcp

Station : WI0308, ARLINGTON EXP FARM
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
62                               1.47  2.90  1.90  1.86  1.78  0.40  0.78 11.09
63 0.47  0.56  2.32  2.20  3.27  4.37  3.03  3.68  1.16  0.41  1.90  0.44 23.81
64 0.65  0.24  0.93  3.13  3.73  4.66  3.79  1.95  2.81  0.12  1.07  0.29 23.37
65 1.93  0.66  1.55  3.12  2.34  2.98  2.96  4.48 14.38  3.03  1.71  2.55 41.69
66 0.96  1.23  1.77  1.85  2.90  2.80  5.33  3.06  2.81  1.04  1.25  2.22 27.22
67 1.60  0.74  1.06  2.38  3.62  5.40  0.79  2.33  2.84  5.73  0.94  1.99 29.42
68 0.45  0.39  0.45  3.66  2.69  8.38  2.48  2.99  5.11  1.02  1.61  2.38 31.61
69 2.00  0.12  1.06  3.13  2.97  9.12  3.79  0.40  1.58  3.22  0.41  0.85 28.65
70 0.55  0.03  0.60  2.41  5.19  2.36  3.37  1.10 10.31  2.11  1.47  1.40 30.90
71 1.22  3.32  1.37  2.42  1.54  3.27  2.37  3.90  1.98  2.45  3.82  2.93 30.59
72 0.29  0.30  1.73  2.15  2.13  2.25  3.90  9.03  5.87  3.09  0.81  1.70 33.25
73 1.37  1.00  5.01  5.67  6.60  1.17  2.10  3.73  4.96  2.30  1.44  1.76 37.11
74M2.04  0.93  2.93  4.23  4.85  3.48  3.19  3.14  1.45  3.05  2.42  1.75 33.46
75 0.73  0.99  2.19  3.48  3.53  5.66  1.65  5.15  0.91  0.96  3.28  0.20 28.73
76 0.51  1.49  4.06  4.38  1.28  0.82  4.61  3.31  0.95  1.68  0.10  0.26 23.45
77M0.47  1.38 M3.12  2.58  2.36  2.73  5.37  2.74  2.59  2.27  2.30 M0.98 28.89
78 0.49  0.22  0.15  2.98  7.06  8.03  4.10  1.02  5.28  1.66  3.18  0.96 35.13
79 1.16  0.69  3.06  1.67  2.73  3.78  2.69  7.67  0.15  2.94  1.81  1.45 29.80
80 1.16  0.19  0.51  1.79  2.12  3.62  2.11 12.92  9.75  1.09  1.24  0.73 37.23
81 0.13  2.65  0.64  3.69  0.33  3.61  6.96  4.50  3.41  3.14  1.08  0.90 31.04
82 1.39  0.10  2.28  3.80  3.98  3.09  2.60  3.19  0.98  1.27  4.76  4.08 31.52
83 0.39  1.76  2.40  2.01  3.92  2.11  4.47  4.54  3.06  3.64  3.10  2.39 33.79
84 0.70  1.50  1.20  4.07  3.21  7.57  2.90  1.76  3.64  5.91  2.45  1.51 36.42
85 1.36  1.75  2.13  2.36  2.82  3.50  5.86  3.63  6.85  3.05  5.33  1.43 40.07
86 1.22 M0.99  1.51  2.73  2.07  4.18  4.63  4.94 10.73  1.88  1.27  0.50 36.65
87 0.50  0.00  1.94  2.64  4.70  0.61  4.02  4.94  4.91  1.56  4.92  1.41 32.15
88 2.11  0.65  1.33  3.27  0.97  1.53  1.55  2.91  3.90  2.18        1.24 21.64
89 0.72  0.85  1.49  1.36  1.76  2.01  3.78  4.34  3.83  2.37  1.31  0.48 24.30
90 1.84  0.90  3.74  2.49  4.25  6.32  1.57  5.36  1.22  2.29  1.73  2.44 34.15
91 0.95  0.40 M2.97  4.52  1.91  2.63  3.75  1.78  4.70  6.75  3.61  1.36 35.33
92M0.30  1.60  1.65  3.96  1.22  1.19  5.80  1.91  7.46  1.26  5.24  2.84 34.43
93 1.60  1.00  2.32  7.06  4.52  6.10  9.40  3.20  4.20  1.17  1.55 M0.13 42.25
94M0.87  2.00  0.10  2.28  1.99  7.93  6.08  4.03  4.65  0.50  2.81  0.75 33.99
95 1.30  0.05  2.18  3.37  5.95  2.15  2.81  5.02  1.78  4.19  2.39 M0.65 31.84
96 1.81  0.54  0.28  2.64  3.20  7.76  2.42  2.83  0.86  3.29  0.80  1.56 27.99
97M0.72  2.76  2.17 M0.65  3.30  4.86 M6.00  3.20  1.57 M1.32 M0.98 M0.80 28.33
98 1.23 M0.85  3.30 M3.71  4.06  6.81  2.13  6.65  2.95  3.38        0.30 35.37
99                                                                             
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WETS Station : PORTAGE, WI6718                    Creation Date: 08/31/1999
Latitude:  4331      Longitude:  08926        Elevation:  00800 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  55021     County Name: Columbia 
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   |  26.2 |   6.4 |  16.3 |   1.03 |   0.61 |   1.25 |  3 |  8.8 |
February  |  31.7 |  10.6 |  21.2 |   1.09 |   0.46 |   1.33 |  2 |  7.5 |
March     |  43.4 |  22.8 |  33.1 |   2.18 |   1.39 |   2.63 |  5 |  6.5 |
April     |  58.9 |  34.6 |  46.8 |   2.98 |   2.22 |   3.49 |  6 |  1.5 |
May       |  71.3 |  44.8 |  58.1 |   3.20 |   2.18 |   3.82 |  6 |  0.0 |
June      |  79.9 |  53.6 |  66.8 |   3.82 |   2.61 |   4.56 |  6 |  0.0 |
July      |  84.3 |  58.4 |  71.4 |   3.65 |   2.80 |   4.24 |  6 |  0.0 |
August    |  81.7 |  55.8 |  68.8 |   3.99 |   2.43 |   4.84 |  6 |  0.0 |
September |  73.3 |  48.0 |  60.6 |   4.08 |   1.94 |   4.98 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  61.8 |  37.9 |  49.8 |   2.40 |   1.34 |   2.93 |  5 |  0.1 |
November  |  45.7 |  26.9 |  36.3 |   2.18 |   1.07 |   2.66 |  5 |  2.5 |
December  |  30.7 |  13.1 |  21.9 |   1.51 |   0.97 |   1.82 |  4 |  9.0 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  28.47 |  35.15 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  57.4 |  34.4 |  45.9 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
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  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  32.12 | ------ | ------ | 60 | 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 *  |   4/19 to 10/16 |   5/ 1 to 10/ 5 |   5/12 to  9/26  
                     |     180 days    |     157 days    |     136 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/13 to 10/22 |   4/25 to 10/10 |   5/ 7 to 10/ 1  
                     |     192 days    |     168 days    |     148 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates. 
total  1948-1999  prcp

Station : WI6718, PORTAGE
-------   Unit = inches

yr  jan   feb   mar   apr   may   jun   jul   aug   sep   oct   nov   dec  annl
------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
48 0.44  2.29  2.14 M2.68  3.15  3.86  4.15  0.52  1.77  1.23  3.19  1.56 26.98
49 2.47  0.90  2.12  1.87  1.74  7.18  5.98  1.77  1.12  1.28  0.77  1.11 28.31
50 1.55  1.33  2.47  3.14  3.01  4.56  5.42  2.69  3.10  1.04  1.43 M2.53 32.27
51 1.58  1.80  4.43 M4.95  2.59  3.82  4.59  2.98  3.11 M1.92 M1.55  1.64 34.96
52 1.75  0.92 M2.65 M1.30  3.54 M5.39  8.46  4.39  0.37  0.10  2.55  1.19 32.61
53 0.56  2.57  1.20  3.41  1.50  2.80 M1.15  9.43  1.20  0.04  0.48 M0.86 25.20
54 1.15  0.90  1.01  4.52  2.74  7.40  5.46  2.71  5.74  4.17  0.68  1.46 37.94
55M0.32 M1.13  1.13  6.07  1.99  3.93  1.09  1.35  1.22  3.04  0.66 M1.03 22.96
56M0.49 M0.61  2.86  3.60  4.65  2.13  4.11  6.19  1.60  0.35  4.55  0.88 32.02
57M0.48 M0.25  0.55  2.64  5.12  3.57  3.34  2.75  2.15  1.68  3.01 M1.11 26.65
58 0.70 M0.07  0.47  3.24  1.37  2.50  3.62  2.05  1.99  1.84  1.58 M0.19 19.62
59M1.40 M2.26  2.55  3.32  3.72  2.13  4.05  4.13  3.66  5.95  2.16  2.35 37.68
60M1.18 M0.94 M0.62  3.85  6.25  3.01  2.45  7.33  4.84  3.26  1.43  0.34 35.50
61M0.18 M1.42  2.70  2.21  2.08  3.58  4.50  2.03  9.96  4.24  4.41 M1.70 39.01
62M0.88  1.91  1.86  2.07  4.02  2.63  3.56  1.85  1.44  2.01  0.14 M0.80 23.17
63M0.63 M0.89  2.18  1.68  1.99  3.82  2.97  2.86  1.55  0.37  2.15 M0.58 21.67
64M0.65  0.18  1.19  3.18  3.62  2.42  4.02  1.64  3.58  0.08  1.01  0.37 21.94
65 1.37  1.13 M2.58  3.91  1.76  2.38 M3.97  5.53 14.42 M3.97  2.37  2.64 46.03
66M1.38  1.80  2.82  1.43  1.56  2.75  3.47  3.39  0.44  0.65  0.57  2.02 22.28
67 1.95  1.07  1.36 M2.80  2.31  6.15  0.91  1.75  3.01  5.25  1.88  1.97 30.41
68 0.84  0.21  0.76  3.80  3.15  6.88  4.21  3.02  4.22  1.39  1.40  2.94 32.82
69 2.27  0.08  1.36  3.32  2.86  7.38  5.83  0.43  1.68  3.86  0.42  1.13 30.62
70 0.30  0.06  1.19  2.35  6.04  2.93  3.12  1.92  8.92  2.24  1.55  1.44 32.06
71 1.14  3.74  2.12  2.37  1.47  2.16  2.17  4.47  2.32  1.34  3.18  2.23 28.71
72 0.46  0.48  2.15  2.10  1.74  1.89  5.69  9.24  6.49  3.03  0.81  2.52 36.60
73 1.75  1.09  4.73  6.00  6.93  3.01  2.05  4.29  2.71  3.20  1.14  2.10 39.00
74 1.70  0.96  2.51  3.13  4.37  4.69  1.89  4.78  1.30  1.88  1.68  1.63 30.52
75 0.70  1.14  2.49  3.41  3.99  5.60  1.58  4.63  0.79  0.30  3.95  0.56 29.14
76 1.06  2.17  3.76  4.08  2.08  1.48  4.16  1.27  0.64  1.79  0.04  0.26 22.79
77 0.57  1.56  3.26  3.56  1.75  2.80  3.93  3.17  2.74  2.12  2.42  1.32 29.20
78 1.00  0.20  0.23  4.16  5.81  6.05  5.84  2.67  5.66  1.59  3.36  1.20 37.77
79 1.88  0.85  3.71  2.11  3.15  1.93  3.16 M5.35  0.62  3.15  2.43  1.37 29.71
80 1.39  0.47  0.81  2.20  2.22  4.18  4.48 16.09  5.79  1.44  1.04  0.79 40.90
81 0.08  3.03  0.27  3.67  0.58  4.73  3.18  5.18  7.35  3.35  0.99  0.63 33.04
82 1.46  0.20  2.46  3.51  4.67  2.31  3.78  3.44  1.12  1.60  4.88  2.36 31.79
83 0.41  1.90  2.14  2.37  5.75  3.44  4.78  2.95  3.18  2.69  3.84  1.87 35.32
84 0.32  1.35  1.02  5.01  3.16  8.20  3.42  1.39  3.74  6.30  2.98  1.76 38.65
85 1.01  1.78  3.34  2.87  3.16  2.69  6.34  3.82  5.52  2.48  6.07  2.01 41.09
86 0.64  1.17  2.18  1.81  2.09  4.50  4.39  2.73 10.05  2.36  1.35  0.64 33.91
87 0.69  0.04  2.76  3.39  4.05  2.60  3.75  5.94  5.25  1.60  3.78  2.54 36.39
88 2.20  0.53  1.54  3.43  1.01  0.83  2.38  5.64  4.58  1.88  2.59  1.21 27.82
89 0.57  0.61  2.69  0.38  4.01  2.12  4.07  4.06  0.70  3.46  1.22  0.48 24.37
90 1.31  0.75  3.27  3.03  4.58  8.58  1.99  4.23  2.63  2.51  1.74  2.27 36.89
91 0.87  0.36 M0.78  4.90  2.21  2.76  7.19  1.91  4.23  5.20  4.55  1.46 36.42
92 0.75  1.16  2.07  3.04  1.53  1.44  3.84  1.58  8.74  1.53  5.41  2.80 33.89
93M1.84  1.00  1.77  7.80  4.84  5.92 13.43  3.20  2.72  1.67  1.91  0.55 46.65
94 2.10  2.43  0.46  2.74  2.20  6.22  5.18  4.47  4.86  0.94  2.23  0.85 34.68
95 0.95  0.09  3.13  4.32  6.55  1.95  4.54  9.87  1.35  4.88 M2.84  0.85 41.32
96 2.78  0.51  1.12  2.56  3.57  8.71  4.87  1.22  0.90  2.63  1.22  1.54 31.63
97 1.66  2.05  3.13  1.44  3.43  5.56  6.48  3.46  1.76  1.42  0.52 M0.86 31.77
98 2.45  1.50 M5.87  4.02  4.38  6.45  1.56  2.53  2.77  3.27  2.33 M0.29 37.42
99                                                                             
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