WSP09225

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1975
• Author: Kansas Water Resourc
• Title: Temperatures of Kansas Streams - Technical Report Number 12
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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06867000 SALINERIVERNEARRUSSELl,KS
lOCATION.~-Lat 38058'00", long 98051'20", in SWl:iiSWVlW\ sec.35, T.12 S., R.14 W.. Russell County, at downstream side of bridge on U.S.
Highway 281, 2.0 mf downstream friXl1 Salt Creek, 5.0 mi north of Russell, and at mile 190.6.
DRAINAGE AREA.--l,502 mil.
WATER TEMPERATURE RECORD AVAIlABlE.-_Spot observations at times of discharge measurements during period Hay 1949 to Septe/l'ber 1953, July
1959 to September 1972.

PERIOD OF RECORD TEMPERATURES I"CI MONTHLY TEMPERATURES fOe)
MEAN S.D. RANGE N MO~TH "N ... RANGE MEAN S.D. N
14.9 ... 35.5 251
JANUA,RY 0.0 '.S '.S 0.8 1.2 "
FEBRUARY 0.0 ,.0 ,.0 J.O 3.0 21
MARCH 300 16.5 13.5 '.1 '.3 18
MINIMUM TEMPERA TURfS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES APRil 10.5 2'4.5 14.0 16.3 '.S 20
HAY 8.S 26.0 17.5 18.5 '.7 22
TEMP TIME OSCHRG . 0 Y TEMP TIME OSCHRG . 0 Y J\lN,E 16.0 31.0 15.0 23.4 3.. 25
JULY 20.0 31.5 11.5 26.3 3.2 "
1 0.0 1045 21 010950 1 35.5 1625 Z4 081549 AUGUST 18.5 35.5 11.0 26.4 '.2 2S
2 0.0 1610 .. 122950 2 34.0 1550 2. 081759 SEPTEM8ER 15.0 30.0 15.0 20.3 3.. 20
3 0.0 1600 .. 011151 3 33.5 1545 .. OB2565 OCTOBER I.S 21.0 19.5 12.5 ... 21
. 0.0 1620 54 122851 . 31.5 1150 3 070664 NOVEMBER 0.0 11.5 11.5 S.3 3.2 I.
S 0.0 1400 68 010952 . 31.5 1525 3' 072760 OECEMBER 0.0 '.0 '.0 1.8 2.' I.

TIME Of OBSERVATION
fREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

DISCHARGE ICF"SI
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF" OBSERVATIONS
2S 50 15 100 N

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fREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

NUMBER Of OBSERVATIONS
25 50 75 100 N

NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS
15 30 45 60 N

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