WETS Station : AMES 5 SE, IA0203 Creation Date: 09/05/2002 Latitude: 4158 Longitude: 09334 Elevation: 00870 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 19169 County Name: Story Start yr. - 1978 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 | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.89 | 0.44 | 1.09 | 2 | 7.5 | February | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.85 | 0.42 | 1.04 | 2 | 6.5 | March | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.36 | 1.11 | 2.89 | 4 | 4.4 | April | ----- | ----- | ----- | 3.06 | 1.86 | 3.71 | 6 | 1.4 | May | 71.0 | 50.9 | 61.0 | 4.16 | 2.70 | 5.01 | 7 | 0.0 | June | ----- | ----- | ----- | 5.14 | 3.31 | 6.19 | 7 | 0.0 | July | ----- | ----- | ----- | 4.90 | 3.03 | 5.93 | 6 | 0.0 | August | 80.5 | 60.3 | 70.4 | 4.65 | 2.49 | 5.68 | 6 | 0.0 | September | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.98 | 2.16 | 3.52 | 5 | 0.0 | October | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.32 | 1.27 | 2.83 | 4 | 0.4 | November | 52.3 | 30.7 | 41.5 | 2.36 | 1.29 | 2.88 | 4 | 2.4 | December | 31.1 | 17.0 | 24.1 | 1.12 | 0.63 | 1.37 | 2 | 7.0 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 28.44 | 38.33 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 19.6 | 13.3 | 16.4 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 34.81 | ------ | ------ | 55 | 29.5 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | | 70 percent * | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1978-2002 prcp Station : IA0203, AMES 5 SE ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 78 2.56 6.05 5.44 4.98 0.80 2.44 M0.82 23.09 79 1.56 0.30 3.97 3.36 2.68 5.10 4.25 11.49 2.60 4.55 2.27 0.75 42.88 80 1.12 0.45 0.56 2.02 3.06 4.52 1.91 4.02 1.91 1.30 0.45 0.16 21.48 81 0.02 1.04 0.55 3.21 1.03 4.08 4.10 4.67 2.08 2.14 1.57 1.44 25.93 82 2.13 3.68 2.40 8.13 2.94 5.41 2.81 3.44 2.53 5.77 3.58 42.82 83 0.82 1.15 4.52 3.25 6.16 6.07 3.81 2.84 4.24 5.39 5.81 0.52 44.58 84 0.52 1.27 1.40 6.84 6.49 11.18 3.87 0.12 3.19 3.38 2.26 2.09 42.61 85 0.43 0.93 2.41 0.39 1.23 3.10 2.16 6.97 4.65 2.35 1.21 1.06 26.89 86 0.04 1.31 2.19 4.76 4.49 7.76 4.07 4.29 6.17 4.36 1.41 0.86 41.71 87 0.24 0.01 2.78 2.08 4.03 2.30 6.89 12.20 1.75 1.29 3.15 1.93 38.65 88 0.44 0.39 0.26 1.25 1.91 1.65 3.14 4.15 2.96 0.27 2.42 0.56 19.40 89 1.16 0.42 1.12 2.41 3.71 2.47 3.10 2.75 2.99 2.63 0.10 0.18 23.04 90 0.48 0.67 6.26 2.20 7.78 8.19 9.16 3.20 1.08 1.66 1.94 1.67 44.29 91 0.90 0.15 4.31 7.87 4.79 7.15 1.09 2.90 2.55 3.63 4.77 1.72 41.83 92 1.09 1.66 3.06 3.06 0.89 0.89 13.09 1.87 2.48 0.35 4.81 2.00 35.25 93 1.15 1.21 3.81 3.08 6.17 8.57 15.40 11.29 3.81 1.73 1.15 0.69 58.06 94 1.06 0.76 0.06 2.14 1.57 5.28 1.60 5.33 4.29 1.23 1.73 0.93 25.98 95 0.80 0.46 3.09 5.40 4.04 2.50 3.93 3.64 2.49 0.91 1.99 0.46 29.71 96 1.86 0.37 1.15 1.01 6.47 3.98 3.49 4.90 4.06 2.57 3.88 1.03 34.77 97 0.92 1.23 1.51 M1.75 4.92 3.50 2.41 1.15 2.74 3.86 1.18 0.98 26.15 98 1.20 1.72 3.25 2.35 4.06 11.68 3.56 0.78 4.19 1.15 0.29 34.23 99 1.04 0.77 1.12 5.53 6.36 4.75 6.83 4.22 1.99 0.35 1.06 0.46 34.48 0 0.67 1.60 0.93 0.94 3.21 5.43 3.45 2.04 1.42 1.80 1.79 1.65 24.93 1 1.16 M1.97 1.03 2.76 5.96 3.24 1.66 2.66 6.50 2.47 1.35 0.57 31.33 2 ---------- WETS Station : COLO, IA1710 Latitude: 4201 Longitude: 09320 Elevation: 01000 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 19169 County Name: Story 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 | 7.6 | 16.7 | 0.87 | 0.42 | 1.06 | 2 | 6.6 | February | 31.8 | 13.8 | 22.8 | 0.94 | 0.46 | 1.19 | 3 | 5.6 | March | 44.3 | 25.3 | 34.8 | 2.02 | 1.03 | 2.47 | 4 | 4.3 | April | 58.5 | 36.4 | 47.4 | 3.16 | 1.95 | 3.82 | 6 | 1.7 | May | 70.6 | 48.5 | 59.5 | 4.25 | 2.83 | 5.09 | 8 | 0.0 | June | 79.9 | 58.4 | 69.2 | 5.24 | 3.26 | 6.33 | 7 | 0.0 | July | 83.5 | 62.7 | 73.1 | 4.96 | 3.14 | 5.99 | 7 | 0.0 | August | 81.0 | 60.0 | 70.5 | 4.52 | 2.39 | 5.52 | 6 | 0.0 | September | 74.0 | 50.8 | 62.4 | 3.17 | 1.91 | 3.84 | 5 | 0.0 | October | 62.0 | 38.6 | 50.3 | 2.59 | 1.33 | 3.16 | 5 | 0.4 | November | 44.4 | 26.0 | 35.2 | 2.05 | 1.13 | 2.54 | 4 | 2.7 | December | 30.1 | 13.5 | 21.8 | 1.17 | 0.66 | 1.43 | 3 | 6.8 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 29.77 | 38.68 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 57.2 | 36.8 | 47.0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 34.95 | ------ | ------ | 60 | 28.1 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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/ 6 to 10/28 | 4/12 to 10/13 | 4/26 to 10/ 3 | 205 days | 184 days | 160 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/ 2 to 11/ 1 | 4/ 8 to 10/17 | 4/23 to 10/ 7 | 213 days | 192 days | 167 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1965-2002 prcp Station : IA1710, COLO ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 65 1.05 1.22 3.29 5.32 4.01 3.78 3.88 3.96 6.17 1.17 1.47 1.13 36.45 66 1.34 0.50 2.69 1.91 6.87 8.09 1.29 1.50 0.26 0.41 0.39 0.46 25.71 67 0.96 0.21 1.46 3.58 2.31 11.47 1.03 2.48 1.54 1.87 0.74 0.52 28.17 68 1.02 0.04 1.85 5.70 2.15 4.33 3.84 2.82 2.60 3.48 1.19 2.03 31.05 69 1.27 1.12 0.82 4.16 4.96 7.90 7.06 2.03 2.70 3.21 0.01 M1.03 36.27 70 0.19 0.04 3.00 1.71 8.19 M2.43 8.20 6.01 3.26 1.21 0.97 35.21 71 0.70 2.81 0.83 1.16 3.13 2.79 3.40 1.03 2.09 3.51 2.30 1.00 24.75 72 0.30 0.77 0.91 3.01 3.95 8.24 5.04 5.95 3.59 3.54 1.92 1.90 39.12 73 1.57 1.94 2.71 M1.29 6.45 3.02 5.18 2.06 5.95 3.91 2.08 2.50 38.66 74 1.06 0.57 1.33 3.19 8.99 7.46 4.56 4.34 1.49 4.54 1.49 1.56 40.58 75 1.20 0.86 2.98 4.93 3.27 11.68 1.23 7.96 1.24 0.28 2.94 0.33 38.90 76 0.03 2.14 3.21 7.23 3.86 4.99 2.60 1.14 0.71 0.78 0.00 0.23 26.92 77M0.15 0.16 3.84 1.95 2.38 M0.48 2.39 10.98 3.97 7.04 0.94 1.30 35.58 78M0.49 M0.42 0.21 4.89 2.71 4.36 7.41 3.66 7.64 M0.57 2.97 1.25 36.58 79 1.25 0.27 2.78 3.76 3.41 3.03 3.53 8.21 1.60 4.22 1.92 0.28 34.26 80 1.03 0.55 0.62 1.04 1.83 4.87 2.23 4.98 2.73 2.33 0.30 0.43 22.94 81 0.02 1.70 0.75 3.70 1.13 3.22 4.46 4.40 2.45 2.20 1.85 0.91 26.79 82 2.43 0.66 2.75 3.98 6.05 3.82 9.24 4.23 2.19 3.05 2.69 3.48 44.57 83 0.96 1.00 M2.86 3.24 7.42 6.63 6.06 4.06 5.56 4.84 5.90 0.65 49.18 84 0.52 1.66 1.38 6.11 7.43 8.31 4.44 0.16 1.52 4.11 2.36 1.94 39.94 85 0.42 1.11 2.60 0.52 1.08 3.21 1.80 5.49 5.48 2.53 1.07 1.66 26.97 86 0.20 1.43 2.30 M4.34 5.93 6.78 5.90 4.80 8.42 3.33 0.95 1.00 45.38 87 0.36 0.00 2.68 1.85 3.82 2.03 6.04 12.16 1.26 0.65 3.23 2.07 36.15 88 0.53 0.24 0.60 1.27 1.85 1.16 2.03 3.79 4.06 0.45 3.58 0.51 20.07 89 1.03 0.46 0.38 2.18 3.49 2.44 2.77 3.92 3.87 2.51 0.05 0.27 23.37 90 0.40 0.52 6.26 3.35 8.18 8.87 12.00 3.11 0.94 1.79 1.82 1.47 48.71 91M0.79 M0.11 2.88 6.24 4.80 6.88 2.29 2.21 M4.29 2.44 3.32 1.55 37.80 92M1.11 1.22 1.31 3.42 0.92 1.86 12.75 1.69 2.59 0.48 4.47 1.63 33.45 93 1.04 M1.00 3.97 3.35 6.57 9.35 14.00 12.86 3.91 2.01 1.06 0.62 59.74 94 1.21 0.87 0.10 1.57 1.98 6.51 2.01 5.88 4.60 1.01 1.99 1.30 29.03 95 1.15 M0.00 2.71 5.94 4.17 2.21 4.99 2.80 2.52 1.47 1.89 0.31 30.16 96 2.07 0.09 M1.08 1.24 5.73 4.52 3.88 3.32 3.30 2.46 3.44 1.44 32.57 97 0.92 1.40 1.16 2.05 4.20 6.04 3.47 0.87 3.63 4.56 1.07 1.09 30.46 98 0.95 2.04 3.68 2.36 4.25 10.50 2.65 0.63 4.61 1.35 0.25 33.27 99 1.24 0.72 1.09 4.90 4.93 5.71 6.62 2.94 1.93 0.18 0.90 0.40 31.56 0 0.63 1.10 0.75 0.65 3.62 6.23 3.96 2.03 0.89 2.22 1.65 1.80 25.53 1 1.29 1.69 1.21 3.25 6.51 4.14 M6.49 4.11 6.41 2.07 1.33 0.70 39.20 2 ---------- WETS Station : ZEARING, IA9750 Creation Date: 09/05/2002 Latitude: 4209 Longitude: 09318 Elevation: 01050 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 19169 County Name: Story Start yr. - 1978 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 | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.79 | 0.45 | 0.96 | 2 | 6.1 | February | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.71 | 0.32 | 0.87 | 2 | 5.5 | March | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.08 | 1.13 | 2.54 | 4 | 4.1 | April | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.85 | 1.76 | 3.45 | 6 | 1.2 | May | ----- | ----- | ----- | 4.00 | 2.73 | 4.78 | 7 | 0.0 | June | ----- | ----- | ----- | 5.60 | 3.65 | 6.72 | 7 | 0.0 | July | ----- | ----- | ----- | 4.98 | 2.94 | 6.05 | 6 | 0.0 | August | ----- | ----- | ----- | 4.43 | 2.46 | 5.39 | 5 | 0.0 | September | ----- | ----- | ----- | 3.02 | 1.96 | 3.62 | 5 | 0.0 | October | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.17 | 1.35 | 2.62 | 4 | 0.2 | November | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2.12 | 1.20 | 2.58 | 4 | 2.1 | December | ----- | ----- | ----- | 0.99 | 0.52 | 1.20 | 2 | 6.8 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 27.71 | 37.45 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 33.73 | ------ | ------ | 54 | 26.1 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | | 70 percent * | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates total 1978-2002 prcp Station : IA9750, ZEARING ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 78 2.73 5.68 4.49 6.36 6.50 1.28 2.66 0.76 30.46 79 1.34 0.22 3.02 3.61 3.71 4.98 5.76 5.01 1.04 M3.65 1.77 0.78 34.89 80 1.26 0.52 0.71 1.29 2.57 6.34 2.21 3.64 1.83 1.95 0.41 0.26 22.99 81 0.07 1.46 0.46 3.97 1.31 2.96 3.94 5.34 2.80 1.82 1.37 0.99 26.49 82 0.49 2.78 2.26 7.17 3.68 7.32 3.60 3.45 2.84 4.57 3.67 41.83 83 0.93 1.07 2.51 2.84 7.22 6.90 7.28 3.01 3.58 4.75 4.98 0.52 45.59 84 0.39 1.23 1.07 4.98 4.89 7.32 6.36 0.16 2.54 3.03 1.97 1.44 35.38 85 0.48 0.82 1.93 0.42 2.63 2.39 3.09 5.99 5.45 2.46 1.34 0.74 27.74 86M0.15 2.10 2.02 3.60 5.79 7.81 4.81 4.20 6.95 3.34 1.37 1.03 43.17 87 0.29 0.07 3.09 2.01 3.16 2.35 5.51 11.95 1.33 0.91 3.01 1.46 35.14 88 0.40 0.32 1.66 1.44 1.61 0.99 1.15 M2.41 3.23 0.41 2.60 0.56 16.78 89 1.17 0.39 0.44 3.18 2.46 2.07 2.10 2.55 3.07 2.49 0.13 0.15 20.20 90 0.71 0.43 5.32 3.32 8.01 8.97 12.12 7.23 1.27 1.64 1.85 1.97 52.84 91 0.88 0.18 3.80 7.33 4.75 8.05 1.33 2.69 2.21 2.82 4.00 1.69 39.73 92 1.14 1.30 1.59 3.72 1.06 1.57 10.26 3.01 2.65 0.46 4.08 1.57 32.41 93 1.02 0.83 4.63 2.63 6.73 7.40 15.65M11.82 2.95 1.46 0.96 0.66 56.74 94 1.14 0.71 0.10 1.36 2.15 7.94 2.16 6.46 5.50 1.25 1.80 0.56 31.13 95 1.18 0.14 2.63 3.81 3.40 4.06 4.36 2.68 2.02 1.19 1.64 0.32 27.43 96M2.09 0.02 1.63 0.88 6.09 5.45 3.78 1.71 4.72 2.27 3.47 0.98 33.09 97 0.59 0.58 1.61 1.67 3.99 6.13 1.92 1.41 2.72 2.97 1.23 0.72 25.54 98 0.56 1.29 2.55 2.34 2.24 13.80 2.19 0.72 4.43 0.98 0.14 31.24 99 0.24 0.28 0.95 5.36 5.12 5.14 4.03 2.35 1.48 0.49 0.68 0.25 26.37 0 0.53 1.23 1.37 0.72 3.29 6.74 2.72 3.79 1.35 2.00 1.80 M1.45 26.99 1 0.00 3.50 1.92 3.04 5.71 1.80 1.57 0.64 18.18 2 ----------