WETS Station : ARNOLD, NE0355                    
Latitude:  4125      Longitude:  10012        Elevation:  2750 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  31041     County Name: Custer 
Start yr. - 1971   End yr. - 2000
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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   |  37.1 |  10.9 |  24.0 |   0.48 |   0.21 |   0.58 |  1 |  5.6 |
February  |  42.5 |  16.7 |  29.6 |   0.56 |   0.18 |   0.72 |  1 |  4.9 |
March     |  51.2 |  24.1 |  37.7 |   1.59 |   0.81 |   2.02 |  3 |  6.2 |
April     |  62.8 |  33.7 |  48.2 |   2.26 |   1.36 |   3.04 |  5 |  1.8 |
May       |  72.4 |  46.2 |  59.3 |   3.53 |   2.41 |   4.59 |  6 |  0.0 |
June      |  82.6 |  55.4 |  69.0 |   3.40 |   2.60 |   4.41 |  6 |  0.0 |
July      |  87.3 |  59.9 |  73.6 |   3.36 |   1.81 |   4.34 |  5 |  0.0 |
August    |  85.7 |  58.2 |  72.0 |   2.67 |   1.49 |   3.23 |  5 |  0.0 |
September |  78.1 |  48.5 |  63.3 |   1.76 |   0.86 |   2.09 |  3 |  0.0 |
October   |  65.6 |  35.1 |  50.4 |   1.41 |   0.67 |   1.85 |  2 |  0.9 |
November  |  48.3 |  22.2 |  35.2 |   1.01 |   0.30 |   1.38 |  2 |  5.0 |
December  |  39.4 |  14.3 |  26.9 |   0.46 |   0.15 |   0.57 |  1 |  4.9 |
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----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  18.35 |  26.01 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  62.7 |  35.4 |  49.1 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  22.49 | ------ | ------ | 40 | 29.2 |
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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 *  |   4/21 to 10/15 |   4/28 to 10/ 1 |   5/ 5 to  9/26  
                     |     177 days    |     156 days    |     144 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/17 to 10/19 |   4/25 to 10/ 5 |   5/ 2 to  9/29  
                     |     185 days    |     163 days    |     150 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates.