Monthly Summary: July 2012

The average temperature is about 5 degrees above normal.

However, the minimum temperature lies 10 degrees above the long-term average. Combined with the rain deficit, this was a difficult july for agriculture.  Compared to other parts of the great plains, however, we are still in pretty good shape. Much of the country  (all great plain states) have been locked into a heat/drought pattern since June. Harvests will be low.

 

As for the climate graph: all months since November 2011 have been above the 90-years average temperature, and below the 90-year average rainfall (with the exception of May). Another year with a very similar pattern was 1934.

 

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.

Jul-12

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

77.7

oF

73.1

oF

71.2

oF

71.3

oF

25.4

oC

22.9

oC

21.8

oC

21.8

oC

Monthly max:

98.3

oF

95.0

oF

93.8

oF

95.0

oF

36.8

oC

35.0

oC

34.3

oC

35.0

oC

Monthly min:

60.4

oF

53.2

oF

48.7

oF

48.0

oF

15.8

oC

11.8

oC

9.3

oC

8.9

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

1.82

in

2.49

in

3.56

in

3.52

in

46.2

mm

63.3

mm

90.3

mm

89.4

mm

Wind gust

max:

33

mph

15

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

208.1

kWh/m2

average daily

6.9

kWh/m2

SB, 8/1/12