Monthly Summary: January 2013

January is the month of large temperature fluctuations. We had a couple of good cold spells. However, with a minimum temperature of -14.5 F, they do not begin to rival January cold spells in the past, which reached regularly down to below -20 F. The mean and minimum temperatures are above average. However, the monthly maximum temperature is 3 degrees below average.

 

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-13

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

12.4

oF

11.7

oF

8.7

oF

9.2

oF

-10.9

oC

-11.3

oC

-12.9

oC

-12.7

oC

Monthly max:

37.4

oF

41.0

oF

40.1

oF

40.6

oF

3.0

oC

5.0

oC

4.5

oC

4.8

oC

Monthly min:

-14.5

oF

-19.6

oF

-22.3

oF

-23.7

oF

-25.8

oC

-28.7

oC

-30.2

oC

-30.9

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

0.49

in

0.15

in

0.67

in

0.63

in

12.4

mm

3.8

mm

16.9

mm

16.1

mm

Wind gust

max:

48

mph

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

56.2

kWh/m2

average daily

1.9

kWh/m2

SB, 2/1/13