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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />\ .1/, <br />;'1 <br />I}")/ <br /> <br /> TABLE 4-1 <br /> (Concluded) <br /> " TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATAl <br /> , <br /> PER{Op OF RECORD, 1957 TO 1974 AT PAONIA, COLORADO <br /> \) . <br /> f. .! <br /> I <br /> .J T~oerature Precipitation <br /> Ave~ge~riaily , Maximum Minimum <br /> Average Daily I Te~ratu~ of Teif6ratu~ of Average Number of Averafe Ave~e <br /> MaxJ.murn MtnllltUrn, Averas:e Daily d- eeord eeoed Growing gegree Tola Soo all <br />Month of ?F F ' of of Davs (inches) (inches) <br />January 385 IIA 25.0 63 -31 12 Ll5 125 <br /> , <br /> , <br />February 45.4 18.8 ~U 68, .17 38 LlO 73 <br /> , <br />March 53.3 25.0 39.2 77/ -4 92 1.27 7.7 <br />April 623 31,6 47.0 8S I 7 223 1,47 3.7 <br />May 73,7 40.3 57.1 91 I 15 530 1.24 0.2 <br /> i <br />June 82.8 485 65,7 ,101 i 31 771 0.89 0,0 <br />July 885 55.0 7L8 1O~' 42 986 1,06 0.0 <br />August 86.4 53,1 70.1 100 39 933 1.46 0.0 <br />September n.7 45.0 61,4 96 24 642 1,53 0.0 <br />October 612 35.1 51,2 85 14 354 1.54 0,7 <br />November 52.5 24.7 38,6 76 -4 69 1.22 3.0 <br />December 41.3 14,9 28.1 65 .16 10 1,56 15,6 <br />Year 64.1 33,1 48.9 4.660 15M 50,7 <br /> <br />Table data from Soil Survey of Paonia Area, Colorado, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Consetvation Service, 1981. <br /> <br />A growing degree day is an index of the amount of heat available for plant growth. It can be calculated by adding the maximum and minimum daily temperatures, dividing the sum <br />by 2, and subtracting the temperature below which growth is minimal for the principal crops in the area (40oF). <br /> <br />Data from 1957 - 1990. <br /> <br />23067JTABLEA-I02-2.5-93(ll:l6am)JRPT <br /> <br />Sheet 3 of 3 <br />