Monthly Summary: January 2014

This is, by all accounts, an average January, if compared to the 95-year record. Minimum and maximum temperature are almost exactly average. The mena was 3 degrees lower. One can attribute the impression of having had a particularly grim winter to our  own spoiledness.

 

 

All data refer to the time since June 7, 2007, as measured by the UMM weather station. Averages refer to data taken by the Morris Co-op and the USDA Soils Lab.

Jan-14

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

6.0

oF

11.6

oF

8.7

oF

9.1

oF

-14.4

oC

-11.3

oC

-12.9

oC

-12.7

oC

Monthly max:

40.1

oF

41.0

oF

40.0

oF

40.5

oF

4.5

oC

5.0

oC

4.4

oC

4.7

oC

Monthly min:

-23.8

oF

-19.4

oF

-22.5

oF

-23.5

oF

-31.0

oC

-28.5

oC

-30.3

oC

-30.9

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

0.13

in

0.16

in

0.67

in

0.63

in

3.3

mm

4.2

mm

16.9

mm

16.1

mm

Wind gust

max:

47

mph

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

64.5

kWh/m2

average daily

2.2

kWh/m2

 

SB, 2/14/14