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