WETS Station : MENNO, SD5481 Latitude: 4314 Longitude: 09735 Elevation: 1320 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 46067 County Name: Hutchinson 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 | 28.0 | 6.9 | 17.5 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.54 | 1 | 6.1 | February | 35.1 | 14.0 | 24.6 | 0.51 | 0.21 | 0.60 | 1 | 5.8 | March | 47.0 | 24.8 | 35.9 | 1.66 | 0.78 | 1.95 | 3 | 6.5 | April | 61.8 | 36.0 | 48.9 | 2.50 | 1.39 | 3.05 | 5 | 2.9 | May | 73.7 | 48.1 | 60.9 | 3.51 | 2.35 | 4.08 | 7 | 0.0 | June | 83.5 | 57.4 | 70.5 | 3.43 | 2.17 | 3.97 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 87.4 | 62.2 | 74.8 | 3.15 | 1.91 | 3.63 | 5 | 0.0 | August | 85.4 | 60.2 | 72.8 | 2.44 | 1.62 | 3.10 | 4 | 0.0 | September | 77.6 | 49.9 | 63.7 | 2.32 | 1.21 | 2.87 | 4 | 0.0 | October | 64.2 | 38.0 | 51.1 | 1.72 | 0.81 | 2.03 | 3 | 1.1 | November | 43.7 | 23.7 | 33.7 | 1.23 | 0.47 | 1.67 | 2 | 6.5 | December | 30.8 | 11.3 | 21.0 | 0.47 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 1 | 6.9 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 20.06 | 26.46 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 59.9 | 36.0 | 47.9 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 23.37 | ------ | ------ | 42 | 35.8 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 10/15 | 4/21 to 10/ 5 | 5/ 1 to 9/27 | 188 days | 167 days | 149 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/ 6 to 10/19 | 4/17 to 10/ 9 | 4/27 to 9/30 | 196 days | 175 days | 156 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : SD5481, MENNO ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48M0.15 0.93 0.44 2.09 1.53 7.20 4.55 2.14 1.46 1.74 M1.81 0.40 24.44 49 1.37 0.08 3.25 0.95 2.08 1.55 1.45 3.00 M0.03 1.50 0.22 0.43 15.91 50M0.36 0.82 1.75 0.98 6.21 2.55 4.06 2.49 3.30 1.61 0.31 0.12 24.56 51 0.06 0.73 2.65 2.24 4.28 5.87 2.93 M3.78 2.90 1.61 0.31 1.30 28.66 52 0.37 0.62 1.50 1.18 2.75 4.86 2.46 2.00 0.92 0.00 0.72 0.25 17.63 53 0.44 M1.59 1.06 4.29 3.80 4.94 2.41 3.20 1.42 0.33 1.19 1.67 26.34 54 0.10 1.50 1.97 2.07 1.75 8.27 2.27 1.91 1.43 1.34 0.48 0.12 23.21 55 0.35 0.84 0.20 1.06 1.58 3.04 3.71 1.51 1.58 0.59 0.11 1.20 15.77 56 0.41 0.54 0.80 2.98 2.42 1.00 2.22 3.19 0.55 1.57 0.93 0.20 16.81 57 0.23 0.23 1.18 2.09 5.17 5.57 4.49 1.52 1.92 1.56 1.91 0.14 26.01 58 0.21 1.83 1.26 3.26 1.30 1.67 2.71 1.17 1.35 0.03 0.86 0.17 15.82 59 0.24 0.84 0.54 0.56 5.68 1.61 0.69 2.74 5.29 4.05 2.06 1.20 25.50 60M0.77 0.23 1.34 3.67 5.75 4.98 2.11 5.55 2.31 0.67 1.68 1.11 30.17 61 0.20 0.63 0.82 0.99 4.03 3.44 3.24 2.01 2.19 1.17 1.26 0.69 20.67 62 0.18 2.17 1.97 1.95 5.53 5.91 5.61 6.97 3.92 0.31 0.13 0.43 35.08 63 0.51 0.37 0.96 1.92 1.48 1.81 9.12 0.87 2.89 1.05 0.35 0.58 21.91 64 0.42 0.39 1.88 2.96 1.48 2.07 1.75 2.51 4.15 0.09 0.22 0.72 18.64 65 0.32 0.98 1.26 2.94 4.61 7.60 7.03 3.18 6.23 0.25 0.36 0.77 35.53 66 0.49 0.70 0.69 1.44 2.20 2.33 3.36 4.99 3.10 1.94 0.08 0.55 21.87 67 0.42 0.27 0.10 2.07 1.04 4.24 2.80 2.09 1.63 0.84 0.01 0.50 16.01 68 0.33 0.07 0.59 3.72 1.76 4.89 3.73 2.47 4.43 0.51 2.62 25.12 69 1.47 1.84 1.01 0.66 5.08 3.39 5.18 1.75 2.26 3.33 0.68 0.91 27.56 70 0.40 0.18 2.35 2.36 2.02 3.00 1.93 0.38 2.37 2.18 2.21 0.55 19.93 71 0.04 1.86 0.90 1.65 3.44 6.80 4.01 1.35 2.23 2.81 2.24 1.02 28.35 72 0.25 1.06 0.86 2.56 9.84 3.33 3.30 1.40 1.28 1.73 1.85 1.33 28.79 73 1.29 0.45 4.14 1.75 2.59 2.36 1.46 0.91 6.50 2.71 1.62 0.80 26.58 74 0.16 0.57 0.99 1.14 3.57 3.74 1.75 2.67 0.61 0.49 0.35 0.27 16.31 75 1.62 0.30 1.57 3.03 2.36 5.87 1.03 5.60 2.28 0.37 2.58 0.44 27.05 76 0.52 0.80 1.87 2.74 2.64 2.88 1.50 1.23 1.62 0.66 0.05 0.33 16.84 77 0.16 0.75 3.89 1.65 2.63 3.81 3.41 3.07 3.49 2.15 1.61 1.00 27.62 78 0.41 0.81 0.46 4.12 2.07 1.33 7.76 1.79 2.42 0.29 0.36 0.56 22.38 79 0.83 0.23 2.83 3.51 3.01 3.55 2.41 2.32 1.85 2.41 1.33 M0.12 24.40 80M0.16 M0.29 M0.48 0.99 1.49 1.85 0.86 3.03 0.29 1.52 0.02 0.37 11.35 81 0.01 0.63 1.60 0.60 0.89 3.20 3.30 3.74 1.57 1.63 0.96 0.55 18.68 82M0.43 0.06 0.71 1.11 8.39 3.51 3.27 3.80 2.01 5.12 3.24 1.83 33.48 83 0.76 0.10 3.52 1.04 2.82 6.29 3.76 0.24 1.18 0.58 2.86 0.34 23.49 84M0.16 1.10 M1.21 7.80 3.74 10.70 3.85 0.87 0.85 3.71 0.08 M0.67 34.74 85M0.40 M0.08 2.13 4.54 2.88 2.11 1.22 5.26 2.97 0.66 M0.97 0.34 23.56 86 0.36 M0.11 1.82 6.32 4.58 4.03 2.18 2.27 7.88 1.41 0.42 0.00 31.38 87 0.13 0.47 5.12 0.24 2.61 1.44 6.35 2.35 1.71 0.36 0.95 M0.44 22.17 88 0.92 0.19 0.29 2.06 3.38 1.10 2.65 2.53 2.99 0.35 0.91 M0.12 17.49 89 0.11 M0.37 0.89 0.69 2.25 2.68 3.11 1.14 1.23 0.51 0.35 0.47 13.80 90 0.07 M0.22 0.79 1.94 6.51 2.49 1.69 1.20 0.37 1.61 1.80 M0.31 19.00 91 0.12 0.31 0.76 2.10 4.48 1.87 2.73 1.86 1.69 1.22 1.33 0.13 18.60 92 0.70 1.06 1.86 2.20 1.46 1.98 5.89 3.92 2.95 2.24 1.69 0.52 26.47 93 0.43 0.83 1.32 2.09 3.84 4.90 9.40 2.02 2.86 1.30 1.60 0.27 30.86 94 0.32 0.22 0.13 2.44 1.25 2.93 3.56 1.53 2.31 1.38 0.61 0.28 16.96 95 0.44 0.06 M4.51 5.69 5.04 0.76 2.32 2.96 3.40 2.77 0.36 0.14 28.45 96 0.39 0.08 0.96 0.65 4.41 2.16 1.45 3.60 3.94 1.92 2.77 0.51 22.84 97 0.41 0.73 0.32 1.87 4.12 2.73 2.34 1.91 2.16 1.49 0.12 0.18 18.38 98 0.19 0.38 2.54 2.69 1.80 6.78 2.21 3.12 0.34 5.79 1.55 0.18 27.57 99 0.29 M0.10 0.60 3.87 4.23 2.64 5.00 1.10 4.27 0.21 0.17 0.31 22.79 0 0.48 1.12 0.78 1.85 3.10 3.07 0.86 4.47 0.36 2.10 2.19 M0.41 20.79 1 1.91 0.69 0.76 5.81 2.44 2.84 4.08 1.28 3.43 0.62 3.39 0.05 27.30 2 ----------