WETS Station : LEWES, DE5320 Latitude: 3846 Longitude: 07508 Elevation: 00020 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 10005 County Name: Sussex Start yr. - 1971 End yr. - 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| January | 44.4 | 28.2 | 36.3 | 4.01 | 2.69 | 4.80 | 7 | 3.4 | February | 46.8 | 29.7 | 38.2 | 3.20 | 2.33 | 3.77 | 6 | 4.2 | March | 54.5 | 36.3 | 45.4 | 4.36 | 3.09 | 5.16 | 7 | 1.1 | April | 64.5 | 44.2 | 54.4 | 3.40 | 2.39 | 4.03 | 6 | 0.0 | May | 73.6 | 53.9 | 63.7 | 3.92 | 2.72 | 4.66 | 6 | 0.0 | June | 81.8 | 63.1 | 72.5 | 3.17 | 2.06 | 3.81 | 5 | 0.0 | July | 85.9 | 68.3 | 77.1 | 4.24 | 2.68 | 5.11 | 6 | 0.0 | August | 84.3 | 67.2 | 75.7 | 5.40 | 3.43 | 6.50 | 6 | 0.0 | September | 78.6 | 61.4 | 70.0 | 3.81 | 2.40 | 4.60 | 5 | 0.0 | October | 68.4 | 49.8 | 59.1 | 3.39 | 2.13 | 4.10 | 5 | 0.0 | November | 58.9 | 41.2 | 50.0 | 3.35 | 2.29 | 4.00 | 5 | 0.3 | December | 49.4 | 32.9 | 41.2 | 3.76 | 2.42 | 4.52 | 6 | 1.2 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 38.57 | 49.05 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 65.9 | 48.0 | 57.0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 46.01 | ------ | ------ | 70 | 10.2 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| GROWING SEASON DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Temperature ---------------------|----------------------------------------------------- Probability | 24 F or higher | 28 F or higher | 32 F or higher | ---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- | Beginning and Ending Dates | Growing Season Length | 50 percent * | 3/ 9 to 12/ 7 | 3/22 to 11/17 | 4/ 4 to 11/ 4 | 274 days | 240 days | 214 days | | | 70 percent * | 3/ 2 to 12/14 | 3/16 to 11/23 | 3/30 to 11/ 9 | 286 days | 253 days | 224 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : DE5320, LEWES ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 M6.01 1.33 4.79 7.68 5.61 25.42 49 5.20 5.16 4.22 2.55 3.59 1.45 M1.33 4.30 4.23 5.69 3.38 0.70 41.80 50 2.34 2.78 4.36 2.60 M3.10 3.44 M3.04 M2.94 5.13 0.82 5.62 3.02 39.19 51 1.88 2.41 4.50 2.40 3.41 5.11 2.76 3.72 2.57 3.16 4.64 4.55 41.11 52 5.67 2.75 6.38 4.42 4.89 2.62 4.01 6.62 2.23 1.74 6.81 3.84 51.98 53 4.13 3.99 5.70 5.05 6.12 2.80 2.92 11.06 2.02 M0.75 4.02 3.04 51.60 54 3.63 1.24 3.92 5.21 2.16 0.42 4.62 M3.14 M4.50 2.28 4.73 3.58 39.43 55 0.66 2.96 4.63 3.01 1.79 6.61 1.08 7.58 3.83 4.90 2.87 1.05 40.97 56 3.37 3.01 4.22 2.22 2.92 4.50 10.35 2.49 5.84 8.34 3.62 4.51 55.39 57 2.52 3.53 4.02 1.52 1.30 7.85 1.67 2.42 4.98 2.88 5.44 6.70 44.83 58 3.46 5.28 7.00 5.25 4.49 5.14 7.28 12.53 1.75 2.89 2.51 2.44 60.02 59 1.41 1.54 3.25 4.85 1.29 2.63 9.02 4.33 0.52 4.57 5.18 3.23 41.82 60 2.94 4.60 2.82 1.64 4.82 2.59 7.15 M5.60 M6.13 3.52 1.78 2.79 46.38 61 3.57 5.25 5.69 2.18 5.94 3.88 4.27 3.86 M2.54 6.44 1.85 4.31 49.78 62 4.97 4.05 3.54 3.70 1.69 3.69 6.26 1.53 2.83 1.39 5.49 4.15 43.29 63 2.75 2.16 6.64 1.71 3.28 2.49 1.83 3.01 5.71 0.26 6.00 2.74 38.58 64 5.11 5.18 3.82 5.67 0.20 1.31 5.88 0.94 4.77 2.33 1.41 2.74 39.36 65 4.13 1.79 4.26 2.46 0.92 3.10 5.99 5.88 2.57 1.03 0.78 1.06 33.97 66 3.61 3.43 1.24 5.03 6.21 5.62 1.25 1.53 6.41 3.73 1.19 3.68 42.93 67 1.29 2.17 2.00 4.69 3.93 3.08 13.73 1.50 2.09 2.19 5.60 42.27 68 2.91 1.68 4.00 1.74 3.12 3.62 1.45 1.20 1.12 2.07 2.88 3.50 29.29 69 2.54 3.25 3.91 3.95 1.40 2.21 8.18 6.73 3.01 0.73 3.74 6.72 46.37 70 2.49 3.82 4.68 4.40 2.77 6.03 4.80 4.00 0.76 2.97 2.59 4.20 43.51 71 2.45 5.30 2.57 3.08 4.61 0.29 4.69 5.15 2.49 6.85 3.32 2.39 43.19 72 3.12 5.96 2.24 4.30 5.47 5.82 2.21 5.84 3.25 4.20 7.17 4.49 54.07 73 2.76 3.17 3.82 3.58 3.52 3.24 10.37 2.71 1.67 1.80 6.63 43.27 74 2.37 2.24 4.41 1.83 5.45 6.03 0.65 5.96 2.33 2.56 0.87 4.77 39.47 75 5.32 3.40 4.68 5.51 3.89 3.23 6.99 5.86 5.37 2.75 3.39 3.66 54.05 76 3.41 1.78 1.74 1.04 3.35 3.47 2.53 6.15 4.89 5.89 1.24 3.59 39.08 77 2.84 1.94 2.18 2.39 1.86 2.76 1.59 3.71 3.21 3.79 4.90 7.33 38.50 78 6.95 1.87 6.57 2.87 6.88 1.95 4.64 4.95 0.53 2.69 4.32 4.77 48.99 79 7.58 6.84 5.58 3.68 5.75 3.96 2.55 6.50 4.48 3.01 5.29 1.61 56.83 80 4.25 1.24 6.68 M3.44 2.03 17.64 81 0.32 3.34 2.84 M3.73 5.30 2.76 1.77 5.39 5.53 3.42 1.31 6.44 42.15 82M3.64 M3.03 4.62 4.52 1.10 7.64 4.01 5.87 1.25 2.39 5.02 2.63 45.72 83 2.41 M3.25 8.71 5.07 4.39 2.18 6.48 4.09 4.31 5.43 5.00 51.32 84 5.77 3.98 7.86 4.54 8.36 1.68 3.90 0.78 2.53 3.18 3.04 1.80 47.42 85M2.71 2.56 2.36 0.54 3.87 2.27 4.09 12.54 4.07 2.23 4.30 M0.88 42.42 86 4.17 3.26 1.02 2.08 1.03 1.78 3.15 5.26 0.76 2.16 M3.85 6.10 34.62 87M8.79 1.71 4.05 3.45 2.63 1.84 2.52 2.39 0.86 3.69 2.56 3.65 38.14 88 4.02 3.92 3.21 2.61 4.06 1.06 6.42 3.08 1.59 2.87 3.57 0.39 36.80 89M2.76 3.10 7.85 5.23 6.04 11.26 8.45 6.42 4.94 3.57 1.27 60.89 90 3.74 2.31 3.27 3.15 M5.03 1.41 6.12 7.99 2.16 3.04 2.63 3.53 44.38 91 5.68 1.01 7.08 4.24 1.82 1.97 6.86 4.87 4.00 2.51 M0.95 4.54 45.53 92 0.80 3.72 2.63 1.39 3.19 2.93 4.78 11.64 3.85 1.75 M3.24 3.61 43.53 93 3.38 2.96 7.32 M3.54 3.62 1.63 1.89 5.19 M6.16 5.18 3.32 4.76 48.95 94 4.60 5.68 6.46 2.62 2.39 3.49 7.03 3.72 4.38 1.95 3.61 1.99 47.92 95 3.13 1.90 2.20 2.40 4.18 3.93 6.00 0.59 4.88 4.82 M3.37 2.71 40.11 96 4.99 2.76 M2.90 4.23 7.24 3.89 6.29 5.44 7.35 4.84 1.54 8.60 60.07 97 2.65 3.41 4.78 3.71 2.90 1.73 2.23 2.56 4.58 4.16 7.31 3.47 43.49 98 6.90 5.92 5.08 3.65 3.10 2.12 1.60 2.26 2.44 1.47 3.46 38.00 99 4.79 2.50 5.21 2.55 1.37 2.55 1.79 3.44 8.12 5.05 2.02 2.77 42.16 0 4.12 2.05 5.87 3.41 3.62 4.76 9.42 4.69 6.46 0.04 2.84 M2.11 49.39 1 2.86 3.45 5.21 1.76 1.74 4.64 7.44 6.29 1.97 1.46 0.57 2.41 39.80 2 ----------