WETS Station : CHEROKEE 2 S, IA1442 Creation Date: 09/05/2002 Latitude: 4245 Longitude: 09532 Elevation: 01180 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 19035 County Name: Cherokee 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 | 25.8 | 5.0 | 15.4 | 0.61 | 0.30 | 0.75 | 1 | 7.2 | February | 32.3 | 11.2 | 21.7 | 0.58 | 0.29 | 0.71 | 2 | 5.5 | March | 44.2 | 23.2 | 33.7 | 1.95 | 0.99 | 2.38 | 4 | 5.0 | April | 59.2 | 34.9 | 47.0 | 2.82 | 1.69 | 3.42 | 5 | 1.6 | May | 71.9 | 46.8 | 59.3 | 3.69 | 2.97 | 4.22 | 7 | 0.0 | June | 81.3 | 56.9 | 69.1 | 4.53 | 3.03 | 5.42 | 7 | 0.0 | July | 84.9 | 61.6 | 73.3 | 3.80 | 2.34 | 4.60 | 6 | 0.0 | August | 82.7 | 59.1 | 70.9 | 3.55 | 2.02 | 4.32 | 5 | 0.0 | September | 75.1 | 48.3 | 61.7 | 3.08 | 1.93 | 3.72 | 5 | 0.0 | October | 62.5 | 35.6 | 49.0 | 1.95 | 1.05 | 2.38 | 3 | 0.2 | November | 43.6 | 23.2 | 33.4 | 1.68 | 0.79 | 2.08 | 3 | 5.1 | December | 29.7 | 10.3 | 20.0 | 0.78 | 0.43 | 0.95 | 2 | 7.2 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 25.52 | 31.90 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 57.8 | 34.7 | 46.2 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 29.02 | ------ | ------ | 50 | 31.9 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | 4/11 to 10/20 | 4/25 to 10/ 7 | 5/ 3 to 9/28 | 192 days | 165 days | 148 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/ 7 to 10/24 | 4/21 to 10/11 | 4/29 to 10/ 1 | 200 days | 173 days | 155 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : IA1442, CHEROKEE 2 S ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 3.59 1.00 4.41 3.90 5.43 0.34 1.75 1.85 0.72 22.99 49 1.58 0.08 2.96 1.27 4.16 4.19 2.13 1.00 5.39 2.22 0.00 0.36 25.34 50 0.66 0.81 0.72 1.03 4.15 4.13 7.54 1.13 2.19 1.67 0.38 0.45 24.86 51 0.19 3.47 2.43 4.16 4.32 5.91 3.89 7.84 3.51 1.88 0.48 0.79 38.87 52 1.73 0.59 2.22 1.26 3.48 3.46 6.28 4.43 0.55 0.00 0.60 0.68 25.28 53 0.70 1.38 2.96 3.60 3.46 11.52 4.94 4.93 0.52 0.37 1.68 1.25 37.31 54 0.26 1.91 1.05 2.70 4.52 8.63 0.77 5.33 2.14 2.11 0.16 0.30 29.88 55 0.34 0.99 0.75 2.88 1.15 1.64 4.44 0.11 1.86 1.46 0.21 M0.81 16.64 56 0.48 0.26 0.70 1.50 3.06 1.13 2.23 2.31 0.26 0.87 2.87 0.20 15.87 57 0.26 0.28 1.20 0.64 3.87 M7.33 6.04 3.39 4.16 3.99 2.58 0.43 34.17 58 0.36 0.71 0.40 2.09 M1.16 2.54 2.09 1.11 0.55 0.02 0.52 0.36 11.91 59 0.26 1.23 1.47 1.91 11.51 4.94 1.49 7.02 3.24 2.72 1.44 1.68 38.91 60 0.31 0.58 0.86 2.34 9.23 1.92 2.92 6.31 2.26 1.02 0.78 0.23 28.76 61 0.10 1.20 2.88 0.84 4.10 5.83 4.57 3.98 3.70 2.20 0.76 0.82 30.98 62 0.21 1.12 1.29 2.58 3.33 5.18 7.54 5.17 3.14 0.99 0.24 0.16 30.95 63 0.37 0.53 1.36 1.64 2.62 2.51 4.18 2.83 2.63 1.57 0.03 0.47 20.74 64 0.35 0.13 1.03 3.63 6.00 2.62 5.30 2.33 8.00 0.47 0.33 0.91 31.10 65 0.29 1.58 1.87 3.55 6.00 2.02 1.40 2.52 9.32 0.73 0.60 0.74 30.62 66 0.58 0.86 1.54 0.93 2.61 3.20 2.67 M1.40 0.08 0.45 14.32 67 0.75 0.12 0.46 2.66 2.95 9.64 1.34 2.63 0.95 0.99 0.12 0.44 23.05 68 0.49 0.44 2.53 2.39 5.93 5.49 4.15 6.67 4.30 0.55 1.49 34.43 69 1.18 1.73 0.66 M1.08 2.31 8.19 3.22 4.44 1.76 2.14 0.28 1.54 28.53 70 0.16 0.06 1.19 1.09 4.13 2.37 4.70 1.41 4.77 6.37 1.78 0.52 28.55 71 0.08 2.46 0.62 0.82 2.23 7.21 2.96 0.66 1.04 3.80 1.82 0.47 24.17 72 0.20 0.76 0.98 3.32 3.97 1.37 4.47 2.94 4.31 2.29 1.45 1.56 27.62 73 0.52 0.67 2.21 1.19 4.04 1.76 5.05 1.76 5.12 1.88 3.05 0.76 28.01 74 0.13 0.05 1.17 1.44 3.35 4.68 1.67 5.40 0.94 1.00 0.45 0.22 20.50 75 1.72 0.47 1.59 5.82 3.62 5.38 0.41 4.56 1.41 0.27 3.31 0.50 29.06 76 0.09 0.80 3.74 1.15 3.58 1.51 0.77 0.41 2.12 0.57 0.00 0.41 15.15 77 0.19 0.50 4.21 2.83 3.64 4.55 4.55 3.62 3.80 3.34 2.68 0.39 34.30 78 0.42 0.81 0.32 3.24 2.05 3.94 7.05 5.94 3.07 0.70 1.26 0.61 29.41 79 0.99 0.35 M3.35 2.56 2.79 3.66 4.74 8.65 1.87 4.37 2.48 0.38 36.19 80 1.12 0.64 0.97 1.12 3.10 1.68 2.56 7.41 3.02 1.46 0.04 0.31 23.43 81 0.00 0.47 1.81 1.00 3.49 5.39 4.71 3.31 1.43 2.88 0.61 1.08 26.18 82 1.36 0.29 1.35 0.88 7.21 1.16 5.81 2.33 5.00 3.97 2.72 2.53 34.61 83 0.50 0.94 4.90 2.72 3.95 12.88 3.09 1.59 4.28 1.65 4.54 0.48 41.52 84 0.20 1.03 1.27 7.12 4.75 6.99 2.73 1.39 0.48 4.45 2.42 2.30 35.13 85 0.23 0.04 3.46 6.16 5.09 2.48 0.60 5.01 4.78 1.82 1.24 1.08 31.99 86 0.09 0.45 2.46 6.13 3.96 3.97 2.62 1.75 5.19 4.21 1.06 0.40 32.29 87 0.24 0.08 4.02 0.83 3.60 2.97 10.45 5.02 5.08 0.51 1.19 0.82 34.81 88 0.90 0.39 0.39 2.54 2.34 3.92 2.08 6.65 5.09 0.48 2.33 0.64 27.75 89 0.82 M0.28 1.14 1.80 1.63 2.38 3.78 1.65 5.45 0.31 0.26 M0.19 19.69 90 0.45 0.20 2.50 2.06 6.18 7.54 4.49 1.22 1.78 2.01 0.62 1.20 30.25 91 0.45 0.44 3.19 3.81 4.63 4.20 4.95 2.80 3.23 0.82 4.39 0.81 33.72 92 0.79 0.57 3.33 2.86 M4.20 2.34 7.41 5.45 1.96 4.46 1.78 1.10 36.25 93 0.83 1.42 1.48 3.90 5.13 5.34 5.32 7.25 2.21 1.54 1.11 1.15 36.68 94 1.54 0.78 0.04 1.94 1.83 6.49 4.08 2.39 5.23 1.16 1.90 1.13 28.51 95 0.42 M0.23 2.12 4.42 4.97 4.28 1.38 3.30 4.70 1.61 0.38 0.17 27.98 96 1.13 0.09 1.66 0.72 3.40 6.39 2.47 5.10 3.18 1.42 2.40 0.86 28.82 97 0.68 0.28 0.61 2.25 3.01 5.61 3.24 1.16 3.27 1.15 0.64 0.13 22.03 98 0.60 0.65 2.15 3.69 3.55 6.38 3.64 3.23 1.83 2.25 0.89 0.20 29.06 99 0.74 0.45 0.55 5.04 2.36 6.36 4.34 0.67 0.76 0.46 0.35 0.41 22.49 0 0.73 0.90 0.81 1.21 3.18 3.08 2.71 3.82 0.84 1.61 2.94 1.20 23.03 1 1.26 0.69 0.37 5.27 5.39 2.59 5.05 4.63 3.29 1.22 2.15 0.33 32.24 2 ----------