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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06868400 WOlFCREEKNEARLUCAS,KS
lOCATION.--Lat 39"03'30". long 98"33'10", in NWltHWlt sec.33, T.ll S., R.ll W.o Russell County, at downstream side of highway bridge,
1.2 mf west of Lucas, 4.0 mf upstream from East Fork, and 15 mf upstream fl"all mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--163 mi2.
WATER TEMPERATURE RECORD AVAILABlE.--Spot observations at tfllMls of discharge measurements during period June 1959 to October 1971.

PERIOD Of REeOHO TEMPERATURES lOCI
MEAN S.D. RANGE N
14.8 10.2 36.0 152

MONTHLY TEMPERATURES ("CI
MONTH "'N ." RANGE MEAN S.O. N
JANUARY ... ... ... ... I.' 11
FEBRUARY ... 10.5 10.5 '.' 3.' "
HARCH '.5 11.0 10.5 5.' 3.' "
APRIL ... 21.0 12.0 14.2 '.5 13
"AY 10.5 26.5 16.0 21.1 '.5 14
JIlNE 20.0 28.5 '.5 24.0 ,.. 17
JUlY 21.0 36.0 15.0 28.0 '.5 "
AUGUST 23.5 35.0 11.5 27.0 3.7 "
SEPTEMBER 13.5 27.0 13.5 20.6 3.5 14
OCTOBER 10.0 21.0 11.0 15.6 3.' 15
NOVEMBER '.5 12.0 II.S 5.' 3.7 .
DECEMBER ... '.5 '.5 '.5 '.7 11

MINIMUM TEMPERATURES

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
TEMP TIME DSCHRG H D Y
2 071067
I OB0564
1 070964
o 080868
3 072065

TEMP TIME DSCHRG M D Y

. ... 1105 " 011262 I 36.0 1450
, ... 1245 5 121063 , 35.0 1540
3 ... 1130 . 011064 3 34.5 1600
. ... 1240 3 020166 . 33.0 1400
5 ... 1150 . 010467 5 31.5 1715
TIME OF OBSERVATION
FREOUENCY DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS
15 30 45 .. N

DISCHARGE ICf'S)
f'REQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER Of' OBSERVATIONS
25 50 75 100 M

TEMPERATURE {OCI
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS
10 20 30 40 N

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INT~RVAL 2 HOURS--REPRESENTS
LIP TO ~UT NOT INCLUDING NEXT TIME SHOtlN.

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