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92 SOIL SURVEY <br />TABLE 1.--TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA <br /> Temperaturel ; <br />; Precipitationl <br /> 2 years in ;2 years in 10, ; <br /> 10 will have-- Average ; will have-- ; Average ; <br />Month ;Average;Average;Averag e; ;number of; Average; ; ;number of;A verage <br /> ; daily ; daily ; daily ; Maximum Minimum ; growing ; ; Less ; More ;days with;snowfall <br /> ;maximum;minimum; ;temperature; temperatur e: degree ;than-- ;than--;0.10 inch; <br /> higher ; lower days2 ; or more ; <br /> than-- ; than-- <br /> OF ; OF ; OF ; of ; 0f In ; In ; In ; ; In <br />January ---- ; <br />I 39.9 ; <br />1 10.5 ; 25.3 ; 65 ; -19 37 ; .35 ; .08 ; .55 ; 1 ; 5.3 <br />February --- ; 45.3 ; 16.4 ; 30.9 71 -11 57 .29 ; .15 ; .41 ; 1 ; 4.6 <br />March ------ ; 51.2 22.5 36.8 ; 78 -4 100 ; .76 ; .30 1.12 ; 3 ; 8.1 <br />April ------ ; 61.8 32.7 47.3 84 ; 12 ; 248 1.36 ; .46 ; 2.07 3 ; 4.3 <br />May -------- ; 72.6 ; 43.3 ; 58.0 ; 92 ; 27 ; 558 ; 2.16 ; .87 ; 3.20 ; 5 ; .3 <br />June ------- ; 82.8 ; 52.0 ; 67.4 ; 100 ; 39 ; 822 ; 1.81 ; .74 ; 2.67 ; 4 ; .0 <br /> <br />July ------- ; <br />B9.3 ; <br />57.3 ; <br />73.4 <br />; 100 ; <br />47 <br />; 1,035 ; <br />1.24 I <br />; .47 I <br />; 1.85 <br />; 3 ; <br />.0 <br />August ----- ; 86.9 54.9 70.9 ; 99 ; 43 ; 958 ; <br />1 1.22 ; .42 ; 1.85 ; 3 ; <br />I I .0 <br />September--; 77.8 44.6 61.3 94 ; 29 ; 639 ; <br />I 1.33 ; .36 2.10 ; 3 ; <br />I .6 <br />October ---- ; 66.8 ; 33.8 50.3 ; 85 ; 16 ; 333 ; .91 ; .22 ; 1.46 ; 2 ; 3.0 <br />November --- ; 50.8 ; 21.7 ; 36.3 74 -1 ; 65 ; <br />I .53 ; .14 <br />I ; .84 ; 2 ; <br />I 1 5.4 <br /> <br />December---; I <br />42.0 ; I <br />13.9 <br />28.0 1 I <br />67 ; <br />-13 I <br />; 8 ; <br />.31 I <br />; .04 I <br />; .52 1 I <br />; 1 ; <br />4.1 <br />Year ----- ; 63.9 ; 33.6 I 48.8 101 -21 4,860 ; 12.27 ; 9.55 ;14.84 31 ; 35.7 <br />1Recorded in the period 1951-74 at Greeley, CO. <br />2A growing degree day is an index of the amount of heat available for plant growth. It can be calculated <br />by adding, the maximum and minimum daily temperatures, dividing the sum by 2, and subtracting the temperature <br />below which growth is minimal for the principal crops in the area (400 F).