WETS Station : PIEDMONT RESEARCH STN, VA6712 Creation Date: 10/23/2002 Latitude: 3813 Longitude: 07807 Elevation: 520 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 51137 County Name: Orange 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 | 43.3 | 23.8 | 33.5 | 3.32 | 2.13 | 4.10 | 6 | 6.8 | February | 46.9 | 26.2 | 36.5 | 2.82 | 1.72 | 3.60 | 5 | 5.9 | March | 55.6 | 33.8 | 44.7 | 3.72 | 2.56 | 4.38 | 6 | 2.7 | April | 66.6 | 43.0 | 54.8 | 3.26 | 2.17 | 3.94 | 6 | 0.3 | May | 74.5 | 52.6 | 63.5 | 4.33 | 2.94 | 5.41 | 7 | 0.0 | June | 82.4 | 61.4 | 71.9 | 4.06 | 2.17 | 4.87 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 86.3 | 65.9 | 76.1 | 4.82 | 3.24 | 5.84 | 8 | 0.0 | August | 84.6 | 64.3 | 74.4 | 3.77 | 2.47 | 4.72 | 6 | 0.0 | September | 78.4 | 57.4 | 67.9 | 3.86 | 2.11 | 4.30 | 6 | 0.0 | October | 67.9 | 44.7 | 56.3 | 3.93 | 2.59 | 5.48 | 5 | 0.1 | November | 57.5 | 36.1 | 46.8 | 3.71 | 2.26 | 4.38 | 5 | 0.9 | December | 47.2 | 28.1 | 37.6 | 3.08 | 1.91 | 3.85 | 5 | 2.7 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 39.84 | 48.16 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 65.9 | 44.8 | 55.4 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 44.65 | ------ | ------ | 71 | 19.5 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | 3/21 to 11/19 | 4/ 2 to 11/ 5 | 4/12 to 10/25 | 243 days | 216 days | 195 days | | | 70 percent * | 3/17 to 11/24 | 3/29 to 11/ 9 | 4/ 8 to 10/29 | 252 days | 225 days | 204 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : VA6712, PIEDMONT RESEARCH STN ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 M5.82 2.51 3.98 6.52 5.59 24.42 49 4.82 2.14 2.77 2.92 M2.60 5.18 6.93 6.26 3.25 M2.26 0.74 2.63 42.50 50M2.22 2.61 M2.60 M1.58 M4.91 2.11 2.83 1.33 6.61 2.50 1.89 M3.90 35.09 51 1.15 2.72 M4.43 4.20 1.54 9.37 2.90 5.25 1.35 1.55 4.97 4.45 43.88 52 4.56 2.28 5.61 5.63 5.70 3.93 M2.02 M3.78 3.09 1.12 6.98 2.17 46.87 53 3.27 2.40 5.40 3.79 3.66 3.70 1.01 1.70 0.62 2.50 0.65 3.78 32.48 54 1.85 1.12 4.05 3.51 3.06 1.27 3.18 1.25 0.79 M7.18 2.35 4.60 34.21 55 0.43 3.31 4.87 3.52 2.95 3.12 4.46 13.32 0.90 1.86 1.65 0.28 40.67 56 1.08 3.13 2.66 2.44 0.71 2.54 5.97 3.32 6.43 4.00 2.38 1.77 36.43 57 1.93 3.51 1.92 M4.11 1.12 4.59 1.10 1.28 4.57 4.85 3.80 4.01 36.79 58 3.52 2.54 4.53 2.99 2.71 5.90 3.46 5.55 2.49 2.22 2.10 2.53 40.54 59 2.19 1.08 3.05 4.07 3.09 3.65 4.06 4.82 2.18 5.54 2.53 2.88 39.14 60 2.56 4.73 2.47 3.59 4.59 3.00 2.00 3.72 5.40 1.17 1.01 1.89 36.13 61 2.21 5.04 2.97 4.17 3.99 2.26 5.75 6.91 1.63 4.84 1.91 M3.79 45.47 62 1.82 3.28 4.76 2.92 4.78 3.26 3.56 3.44 4.08 1.43 5.19 3.27 41.79 63 1.16 1.71 5.83 1.19 1.14 2.98 3.00 2.46 3.36 0.00 6.25 1.29 30.37 64M4.22 3.60 2.05 3.09 0.65 2.62 2.03 3.00 3.60 3.14 2.79 3.32 34.11 65 2.65 4.69 3.94 2.62 3.48 1.72 2.96 4.80 2.19 2.36 0.79 0.28 32.48 66 3.06 2.69 2.28 3.31 6.02 2.74 3.13 0.88 10.72 4.16 1.80 2.76 43.55 67 1.67 1.21 4.61 1.07 3.51 1.21 6.50 8.58 1.70 3.45 0.81 7.14 41.46 68 3.47 0.29 3.31 1.50 4.34 4.23 3.62 5.96 2.01 3.17 4.68 1.59 38.17 69 2.02 2.02 3.41 1.28 2.09 4.19 5.69 4.63 4.22 1.43 2.08 6.13 39.19 70 1.39 2.35 2.82 3.89 3.43 1.27 6.03 1.30 1.59 3.61 4.71 2.65 35.04 71 2.32 4.55 3.13 2.51 10.29 3.92 3.69 5.34 2.43 11.46 3.03 1.44 54.11 72 1.98 5.46 1.54 3.38 5.29 12.78 4.41 1.68 1.76 9.73 6.16 5.52 59.69 73 3.17 2.61 3.83 6.22 3.92 1.29 2.82 7.56 3.12 3.67 1.96 7.29 47.46 74 3.10 1.36 3.29 1.72 3.62 4.34 3.51 5.33 5.68 1.39 2.25 4.83 40.42 75 2.85 2.54 6.79 1.71 4.32 5.51 8.27 4.25 9.29 2.02 2.49 2.36 52.40 76 4.42 1.56 3.23 1.99 5.15 3.71 1.61 1.97 3.61 12.08 1.23 2.25 42.81 77M1.30 0.38 2.60 2.35 2.11 1.32 5.10 2.73 1.48 3.72 6.55 3.92 33.56 78 8.71 0.29 3.57 2.71 5.58 2.87 4.60 8.34 0.76 1.37 2.55 3.69 45.04 79 6.25 4.67 3.77 3.25 4.14 6.83 1.92 6.81 8.23 7.34 3.95 0.70 57.86 80 3.53 1.11 4.07 3.42 3.98 0.68 4.68 2.83 1.57 1.89 3.15 M0.46 31.37 81 0.41 3.95 1.11 2.05 2.79 2.12 6.49 5.43 2.81 3.91 0.70 3.00 34.77 82 2.92 4.97 3.54 3.33 4.85 6.43 5.58 2.28 2.35 2.32 2.94 2.28 43.79 83 1.22 M2.75 5.69 7.97 3.57 3.66 1.04 3.56 3.93 6.17 5.70 5.08 50.34 84 1.30 5.32 6.10 5.83 4.81 0.71 7.22 5.87 1.91 3.69 3.01 1.39 47.16 85 2.34 3.65 1.24 0.49 7.11 4.18 3.13 6.84 1.20 4.80 12.09 M0.65 47.72 86 1.18 2.75 1.58 3.29 2.13 1.20 7.00 4.50 1.84 1.83 3.69 4.79 35.78 87 5.22 1.58 2.88 7.62 4.65 2.13 1.74 2.79 11.15 1.53 6.41 2.84 50.54 88 2.72 1.75 1.58 1.55 5.27 3.50 6.20 3.37 1.68 1.43 4.63 0.91 34.59 89 1.72 2.20 4.10 2.75 8.72 6.83 7.43 2.32 4.31 4.31 3.00 1.59 49.28 90 3.64 1.98 3.00 4.52 7.11 2.15 5.42 2.78 1.87 8.43 2.46 4.11 47.47 91 3.40 0.83 4.48 2.41 1.20 4.73 6.34 0.88 2.81 1.83 1.53 4.98 35.42 92M1.62 2.44 3.19 2.64 5.36 4.84 2.73 2.75 4.03 1.29 5.68 5.22 41.79 93 3.70 2.60 8.39 4.42 3.45 2.22 2.17 3.47 2.44 2.24 6.37 3.70 45.17 94 4.17 4.63 8.19 1.98 0.88 1.87 9.36 4.48 3.67 1.32 1.51 1.93 43.99 95 2.79 1.42 2.50 1.44 4.79 11.49 4.54 0.49 3.49 6.16 4.04 2.21 45.36 96 7.17 3.80 2.44 2.84 5.27 6.26 8.24 5.64 9.19 4.09 3.04 5.49 63.47 97 2.61 2.13 4.27 0.92 2.73 9.92 1.52 3.36 3.03 5.62 1.98 38.09 98 6.05 7.52 5.52 3.52 4.71 4.68 3.25 1.49 1.31 2.81 1.03 2.45 44.34 99 5.26 1.94 3.70 1.51 1.66 0.73 2.69 2.97 9.34 2.03 2.81 2.67 37.31 0 2.47 1.77 2.31 5.16 2.15 5.95 3.44 2.72 5.12 0.01 1.64 2.54 35.28 1 1.84 1.10 4.33 0.72 4.69 8.40 4.08 3.00 0.84 1.20 0.48 1.99 32.67 2 ----------