Climate Analysis for Wetlands (WETS)
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Climate Analysis for Wetlands (WETS) |
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Wetlands have been identified as an important component to healthy ecosystems. Climate plays an important role in the genesis and identification of wetlands. With increased population, demands on the wetlands will also increase. Therefore, to identify the physical characteristics of wetlands adequately, specific tools and procedures are needed.
![[drawing of wetland]](/bbook/wetland2.gif)
The objective of the WETS Table is to define the normal range for monthly precipitation and normalrange for growing season required to assess the climatic characteristics for a geographic area over a representative time period.
WETS Station : APPOMATTOX, VA0243 CREATION DATE: 6/24/96
Latitude: 3722 Longitude: 07850 Elevation: 910
State FIPS/County(FIPS): 51011 County Name: Appomattox
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 | 43.8 | 23.3 | 33.6 | 2.80 | 1.91 | 3.34 | 6 | 6.3 |
February | 46.5 | 25.3 | 35.9 | 3.13 | 1.88 | 3.79 | 6 | 5.5 |
March | 56.7 | 33.8 | 45.2 | 3.82 | 2.67 | 4.53 | 7 | 2.7 |
April | 67.2 | 42.4 | 54.8 | 3.35 | 2.25 | 4.01 | 6 | 0.1 |
May | 75.6 | 51.5 | 63.6 | 4.21 | 2.88 | 5.02 | 7 | 0.0 |
June | 82.7 | 59.7 | 71.2 | 3.25 | 1.76 | 3.97 | 5 | 0.0 |
July | 86.5 | 64.1 | 75.3 | 4.30 | 3.11 | 5.07 | 7 | 0.0 |
August | 85.1 | 63.1 | 74.1 | 4.17 | 2.48 | 5.06 | 6 | 0.0 |
September | 78.7 | 55.9 | 67.3 | 3.45 | 1.65 | 4.21 | 4 | 0.0 |
October | 68.1 | 43.1 | 55.6 | 3.77 | 1.98 | 4.60 | 5 | 0.0 |
November | 58.7 | 35.9 | 47.3 | 3.38 | 2.10 | 4.08 | 5 | 0.6 |
December | 47.9 | 27.3 | 37.6 | 3.10 | 1.68 | 3.79 | 5 | 2.0 |
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Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 34.01 | 46.44 | -- | ---- |
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Average | 66.5 | 43.8 | 55.1 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
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Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 42.72 | ------ | ------ | 69 | 17.3 |
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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 |
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| Beginning and Ending Dates
| Growing Season Length
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50 percent * | 3/17 to 11/16 | 4/ 4 to 10/31 | 4/15 to 10/20
| 243 days | 210 days | 188 days
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70 percent * | 3/12 to 11/21 | 3/30 to 11/ 5 | 4/12 to 10/24
| 254 days | 220 days | 195 days
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* Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
and Ending dates.
total 1948-1996 prcp
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Climate Analysis for Wetlands (WETS) |
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