WETS Station : BEDFORD, VA0551 Creation Date: 10/23/2002 Latitude: 3721 Longitude: 07931 Elevation: 980 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 51515 County Name: Bedford 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 | 45.5 | 27.1 | 36.3 | 3.46 | 2.37 | 4.38 | 7 | 5.7 | February | 49.4 | 28.7 | 39.1 | 3.13 | 2.20 | 3.96 | 6 | 5.2 | March | 59.3 | 35.9 | 47.6 | 3.76 | 2.47 | 4.41 | 7 | 2.4 | April | 69.3 | 44.2 | 56.8 | 3.91 | 2.55 | 4.50 | 6 | 0.0 | May | 75.5 | 52.8 | 64.2 | 4.60 | 3.15 | 5.28 | 7 | 0.0 | June | 82.0 | 61.1 | 71.5 | 4.30 | 2.64 | 5.32 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 85.5 | 65.4 | 75.4 | 4.54 | 3.30 | 5.70 | 7 | 0.0 | August | 84.0 | 63.9 | 74.0 | 3.51 | 2.49 | 4.17 | 6 | 0.0 | September | 77.6 | 57.9 | 67.7 | 3.99 | 1.87 | 4.75 | 6 | 0.0 | October | 67.7 | 46.3 | 57.0 | 3.62 | 1.69 | 4.29 | 5 | 0.0 | November | 58.4 | 37.3 | 47.8 | 3.26 | 2.20 | 3.74 | 6 | 0.4 | December | 49.1 | 30.4 | 39.7 | 3.12 | 2.06 | 3.69 | 6 | 1.7 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 39.84 | 48.66 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 66.9 | 45.9 | 56.4 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 45.19 | ------ | ------ | 75 | 15.3 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 * | 3/15 to 11/19 | 3/28 to 11/ 4 | 4/ 9 to 10/24 | 249 days | 221 days | 198 days | | | 70 percent * | 3/ 8 to 11/25 | 3/23 to 11/ 9 | 4/ 5 to 10/29 | 262 days | 232 days | 207 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : VA0551, BEDFORD ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 10.25 2.98 2.51 5.92 7.78 29.44 49 4.88 2.43 5.19 5.36 4.56 5.08 6.21 5.20 2.33 2.71 1.26 2.34 47.55 50 2.35 2.88 3.77 1.89 9.14 3.73 6.91 M2.79 6.78 1.78 1.85 3.98 47.85 51 1.71 2.90 4.33 M5.30 M2.25M10.36 5.42 3.22 1.68 2.28 4.51 5.96 49.92 52M5.01 2.85 M2.60 M1.36 1.29 2.46 2.77 18.34 53 3.57 2.50 4.81 3.03 4.66 3.40 2.15 1.73 1.45 1.90 0.56 5.05 34.81 54 4.45 1.80 3.60 1.53 4.73 3.55 5.86 2.67 1.69 7.56 6.42 3.45 47.31 55 1.08 4.43 4.96 4.63 3.66 4.73 2.73 6.12 1.53 0.91 1.34 0.78 36.90 56 0.81 4.25 3.38 1.20 3.04 4.39 3.29 4.87 5.36 2.37 2.38 35.34 57 3.89 5.25 2.29 4.79 3.62 3.78 1.74 2.34 7.39 2.21 3.88 2.70 43.88 58 3.75 3.44 4.96 3.53 4.62 6.89 M6.66 3.80 2.51 1.66 1.82 3.26 46.90 59M1.94 1.24 3.37 4.61 1.60 3.54 5.57 3.31 5.61 3.88 2.48 2.53 39.68 60 2.22 5.12 5.43 2.42 5.00 1.62 2.25 3.34 4.13 2.54 1.07 1.92 37.06 61 1.77 5.51 4.16 3.82 1.73 6.92 3.77 6.10 3.43 4.12 3.50 4.84 49.67 62 3.16 3.78 4.80 3.38 3.09 7.19 4.72 2.08 3.14 1.53 5.45 3.12 45.44 63 1.32 2.13 4.42 0.92 2.29 1.14 2.38 0.84 3.89 0.80 5.56 1.48 27.17 64 5.03 4.83 2.49 2.92 2.24 0.82 5.56 3.59 2.13 2.68 3.31 3.51 39.11 65 2.98 4.35 4.71 2.21 3.69 2.05 3.34 1.78 1.33 5.02 1.76 0.23 33.45 66 4.03 5.53 0.83 2.05 3.70 2.87 2.14 4.51 8.55 4.80 1.88 M3.35 44.24 67 2.25 2.34 3.28 1.98 3.46 1.95 2.93 12.12 2.78 2.05 1.18 5.37 41.69 68 2.88 3.52 3.37 2.17 4.09 2.53 1.23 3.12 2.25 25.16 69 2.72 2.29 4.00 6.04 5.84 3.03 1.67 1.27 6.03 32.89 70 1.31 3.18 2.13 4.25 2.74 0.76 2.84 5.86 2.54 7.44 3.95 2.10 39.10 71 1.70 5.21 2.74 2.22 8.90 4.89 5.39 3.62 4.96 5.58 2.15 0.96 48.32 72 2.57 4.93 1.61 3.16 6.38 7.27 6.89 3.94 3.27 5.10 5.65 5.80 56.57 73 2.97 3.07 5.94 4.37 1.83 3.75 3.71 1.63 6.05 1.56 5.87 40.75 74 4.99 2.67 2.82 2.86 5.18 4.04 5.20 5.94 4.34 0.48 1.72 3.00 43.24 75 3.75 3.03 8.96 2.73 4.07 3.26 4.95 2.70 5.78 2.19 1.87 1.67 44.96 76 3.20 1.46 2.25 1.42 6.27 5.49 0.84 1.66 2.77 10.44 1.37 3.27 40.44 77 1.87 0.69 2.79 3.39 3.15 5.47 1.02 3.57 2.36 3.85 4.68 3.69 36.53 78 5.83 0.58 4.97 4.44 6.12 3.89 2.90 3.70 1.18 0.49 2.91 3.38 40.39 79 5.26 5.33 2.78 4.61 2.11 5.48 7.82 1.99 9.26 4.85 4.01 1.37 54.87 80 4.53 1.15 6.13 4.57 3.56 1.47 4.86 1.51 1.25 2.52 3.06 0.93 35.54 81 0.38 3.71 2.16 2.67 3.02 4.85 4.24 2.37 3.70 4.05 1.25 2.89 35.29 82 4.22 4.56 2.21 2.70 3.80 7.18 4.74 3.00 2.24 2.50 3.91 2.34 43.40 83 1.14 M4.18 3.82 7.41 3.17 2.89 2.39 2.49 0.75 6.65 4.33 6.73 45.95 84 1.83 4.43 5.83 4.62 5.69 1.50 7.79 5.68 1.39 2.67 2.48 1.40 45.31 85 2.72 3.32 1.32 1.38 7.67 1.26 4.57 7.59 0.28 3.01 9.49 1.15 43.76 86 1.32 3.78 1.37 1.39 3.19 0.68 2.22 4.05 3.99 2.65 4.34 5.72 34.70 87 4.65 2.27 5.82 12.21 2.02 2.56 3.60 0.85 9.64 0.85 3.68 3.30 51.45 88 1.91 1.15 1.12 3.13 3.53 2.00 3.49 4.78 3.78 1.05 4.12 1.65 31.71 89M1.65 2.77 4.89 3.48 10.19 8.06 7.54 1.87 6.62 4.04 1.99 2.48 55.58 90 3.98 3.54 M4.48 M2.87 8.00 3.00 5.63 5.44 2.10 13.86 52.90 91 5.18 M6.36 2.09 1.13 2.95 17.71 92M3.26 M2.87 5.77 3.55 3.75 5.31 5.23 M3.14 32.88 93 3.72 M4.51 M7.11 3.95 M2.83 5.41 3.36 2.70 2.87 2.07 2.42 5.08 46.03 94 2.45 5.73 2.96 1.68 4.47 8.31 6.82 0.81 1.55 2.50 2.06 39.34 95 5.73 2.85 1.91 M1.12 4.73 13.12 5.77 2.17 2.68 7.61 3.96 51.65 96 5.30 M2.75 2.10 1.16 5.70 5.38 3.70 3.56 11.19 2.69 3.60 5.51 52.64 97M2.62 M2.46 3.82 3.65 2.60 4.42 3.90 2.10 4.96 2.00 3.67 3.00 39.20 98 8.68 6.77 4.84 6.86 5.91 4.96 1.61 3.35 1.35 0.99 1.17 2.82 49.31 99 4.26 2.62 2.81 2.80 2.13 0.89 3.01 2.52 11.27 1.48 2.48 3.39 39.66 0M2.04 M2.42 3.04 6.73 2.52 5.29 6.46 4.34 8.05 0.00 1.69 M1.84 44.42 1 3.15 M1.78 5.75 M1.33 4.52 M6.40 M2.54 M2.05 M1.87 M0.72 0.61 2.91 33.63 2 ----------