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• <br />12.0 EXHIBIT K - CLIMATE <br />The Morton Lakes site has high plains, continental climate. With the mountains to <br />the west, variations in temperature are wide. The average annual temperature is lower <br />than in the high plains, and the temperature increases from east to west in the plains area. <br />Average annual precipitation also increases from east to west. In the high plains area, <br />rainfall is light and humidity is low. <br />Differences in altitude and exposure create great variations in both temperature and <br />precipitation. In general, temperatures are cooler at higher elevations, and northern <br />exposures are cooler than southern exposures. The average frost-free period ranges from <br />225 to 270 days. Annual precipitation ranges from abut 13 to 24 inches and increases <br />with elevation. <br />. In the eastern high plains area, the climate is modified considerably from that <br />expected of typical high plains because of the nearby mountains to the west. The winds <br />characteristic of the plains are reduced somewhat by the shielding effect of the <br />mountains. <br />U <br />1