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Everglades Station Mimeo Report 59-9
20 January 1959
35-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA
Dalton S. Harrison
Assistant Agricultural Engineer
The report tabulated in the following 6 pages is a summary of
35 years of weather data collected at the Everglades Experiment Station,
Belle Glade, Florida, for the period June 1924 to December 1958, ito
elusive.
Daily mean maximum, mean minimum and mean temperatures (1924-
58) listed on pages 3-5 were computed by IBM at the Statistical Laboratory,
University of Florida. Other extremes and variations in temperature and
rainfall are listed on page 6 for the 35 year (1924-58) period.
Other helpful supplements to this report are EES mimeo report
59-8 and Fla. Agric. Exp. Sta. Cir. 8-105, dated April 1958.
Everglades Experiment Station Mimeo Report 59-9
Belle Glade, Florida
January 20, 1959
MONTHLY AND ANNUAL RAINFALL, (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA
35-YEAR SUMMARY (1924-58 incl.)
Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
3.53
5.39
0.32
0.31
1.20
1.92
2.31
1.72
0.64
0.14
0.30
1.91
2.97
0.46
0.11
3.34
4.48
1.81
0.72
0.97
2.10
0.73
0.57
4.63
0.12
0.24
0.20
1.45
2.77
0.86
1.24
1.06
6.56
8.53
2.43
0.66
2.90
1.66
0.49
2.40
1.17
2.13
0. 8
1.91
1.32
4.04
1.21
1.14
0.04
2.72
5.55
2.35
0.43
0.03
0.36
0.52
2.17
0.66
0.31
0.80
1.71
4.95
1.63
2.61
1.23
1.79
3.85
0.81
2.37
1.48
2.18
3.83
1.52
6.32
3.93
1.56
-5.38
7.10
0.41
2.40
5.87
1.87
0.63
4.20
3.17
5.20
1.59
1.73
0.33
7.06
10.97
0.89
0.37
0.82
0.45
0.92
0.34
3.20
2.34
1.37
4.38
8.28
3.78
1.81
2.44
1.78
2.34
6.03
4.41
1.54
6.90
3.11
5.32
1.96
6,00
0.32
3.74
1.63
6.40
6.02
2.37
4.13
0.90
0.01
1.80
8.22
2.71
2.41
3.58
2.53
2.41
5.07
1.93
0.77
3.43
3.74
9.38
3.69
3.19
2.61
3.40
3.35
3.11
4.69
4.04
5.20
1.08
6.39
3.38
4.52
5.60
3.00
3.37
3.91
5.16
5.57
2.52
6.62
5.34
3.11
2.78
4.61
3.85
3.17
2.55
6.37
2,24
1.41
8.76
9.52
4.83
5.61
9,29
7.08
9.20
11.11
20.21
0.59
15.90
9.51
10.15
8.45
18.61
7.74
5.44
11.49
10.18
6.84
24.11
4.94
3.48
8.49
9.70
15.20
3.84
9.29
6.92
10.12
7.58
3.96
11.12
14.45
4.44
5.97
3.20
Sep. Oct. Nov.' Dec.
6.59
5.56
10.57
12.77
8.11
7.32
6.48
3.23
4.29
3.85
10.09
6.37
6,09
7.65
8.85
10.30
4.39
11.33
6.41
9.14
6.55
13.05
14.26
14.22
7.43
5.44
6.27
15.30
7.24
10.67
5.44
9.75
5.57
6.93
3.25
3.72
12.36
10.40
11.45
11.31
3.34
3.74
7.36
10.59
12.75
12.41
6.54
5.33
7.89
2.65
9.78
8.13
4.22
4,36
7.41
16.38
6.28
9.58
6.53
9.95
11.67
10.00
7.61
6.44
14.87
6.10
8.05
6.74
9.58
8.51
8.49
4.17
13.60
6.41
15.64
15.93
3.58
10.68
7.43
11.89
7.44
10.88
5.84
8.35
10.09
5.60
8.11
5.89
7.85
5.18
4.41
10.38
11.42
15.35
19.28
8.95
2.70
5.76
9.73
12.39
8.02
4.07
9.75
10.22
6.83
15.84
0,49
3.58
4.50
3.26
4.73
4.94
4.16
2.30
5.30
3.22
5.71
1.65
4.92
2.78
6.59
2.29
8.57
0.57
3.23
8.09
2.81
1.04
7.23
2.23
3.02
12.65
12.77
12.98
7.70
2.88
2.92
5.56
3.28
5.18
1.72 3.07 3.28 4.34 9.11 8.02 8.40 8.92 5.11
Year Jan.
0.62
1.14
9.91
0.43
1.07
4.13
0.56
0.51
12.44
4.50
0.65
0.36
9.17
2.08
2.66
0.15
0.48
2.13
0.88
2.85
0.45
1.52
7.14
3.94
1.86
1.78
2.43
0.77
0.39
0.95
1.21
0.42
0.62
1.75
0.56
0.22
2.84
0.55
0.42
0.25
0.88
3.54
1.11
0.50
0.12
0.82
2.07
1.18
0.38
0.21
1.46
6.47
1.58
2.35
0.18
0.33
1.91
2.86
1.36
0.88
7.09
1.18
0.06
0.37
2.07
1.30
2.76
0.47
6.55
3.90
Annual
53.66
61.93
54.09
59.03
56.39
63.07
42.57
65.09
65.26
62.24
48.81
64.57
58.44
40.99
55.49
54.94
63.53
65.82
43.20
52.12
50.65
70.94
84.68
62.98
53.53
51.03
62.18
57.75
62.31
54.18
51.40
39.55
71.26
62.31
Avg. 1.93
2.10 1.72 57.72
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MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES, BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA
35 YEAR SUMMARY (1924-58 incl.)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
1924
25
26
27
28
29
30
1931
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
1941
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
1951
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
67.4
61.5
59.8
59.2
63.4
66.6
58.6
67.0
65.2
63.8
63.4
65.1
70.8
62.5
64.1
58.2
62.5
61.4
65.1
62.1
62.9
64.4
69.9
63.2
66.1
69.3
61.2
63.5
62.7
63.8
61.0
57.7
64.7
56.5
-
61.9
61.7
67.0
66.7
63.4
64.2
61.3
68.2
67.9
62.3
63.1
63.5
64.7
65.4
69.7
60.1
60.7
59.4
61.0
67.4
66.3
66.3
58.1
67.8
70.7
66.2
62.0
61.5
66.4
62.2
63.6
67.0
68.2
55.1
65.0
62.7
65.5
69.2
68.4
63.6
60.5
64.7
65.1
66.5
68.8
65.5
66.1
68.9
69.9
65.6
63.5
66.1
68.0
70.6
70.5
69.4
65.5
73.3
66.9
68.5
66.6
69.3
70.0
64.2
67.9
65.6
66.9
66.3
May :June July Aug.
67.7
70.6
69.8
70.2
71.2
69.3
67.2
69.4
71.1
70.2
70.7
70.7
70.0
69.8
72.5
68.5
71.6
69.1
69.7
73.1
75.1
71.1
76.0
73.3
72.7
67.1
69.7
66.8
71.0
73.1
70.8
68.6
72.5
70.7
72.6
73.1
75.3
71.4
75.5
74.3
71.7
73.9
76.4
75.3
76.1
73.8
74.0
75.4
74.4
72.4
72.6
74.6
75.5
73.3
73.8
76.2
76.1
76.6
75.3
76.8
73.5
74.1
77.0
75.3
74.5
75.6
75.9
74.7
77.2
77.4
80.0
77.9
76.9
77.0
77.9
77.3
76.5
78.5
77.3
77.0
78.3
77.6
78.3
78.9
79.7
79.6
78.2
79.9
79.5
78.4
78.6
79.4
78.7
80.3
78.1
79.8
78.8
78.3
77.0
77.4
78.9
79.5
80.6
79.4
79.6
80.0
79.8
78.2
80.2
82.2
79.6
80.1
79.2
79.3
81.1
79.7
79.0
79.6
81.0
80.9
82.5
79.6
80.8
79.7
79.8
79.5
80.4
80.4
80.2
78.6
80.1
80.0
79.7
79.4
79.6
80.3
80.5
Sept. Oct.
82.0
80.1
81.6
80.4
81.1
80.0
80.0
81.8
79.5
79.1
79.7
80.1
80.6
80.6
79.8
79.1
$0.8
82.2
81.3
80.2
80.4
80.5
85.5
81.8
80.2
80.5
80.2
80.7
80.4
80.9
81.6
80.9
80.4
79.9
81.0
79.0
79.6
81.3
78.6
79.5
79.8
79.5
79.9
78.2
80.2
79.6
79.1
79.3
78.9
78.7
79.7
78.2
80.5
80.7
79.5
80.1
80.1
79.9
80.5
79.2
80.0
86.2
79.8
79.5
80.2
79.5
79.7
77.8
79.8
79.7
Nov. Dec. Annual
74.3
76.3
76.6
75.0
77.1
71.9
73.7
74.9
74.6
76.4
76.1
75.9
78.1
73.8
72.5
76.8
72,9
78.3
74.8
72.5
73.0
76.3
76.2
76.9
75.5
76.9
16.6
75.5
75.8
73.7
73.3
72.8
74.6
73.0
73.2
68.6
67.9
68.4
68.5
67.8
71.5
64.7
69.5
65.6
65.4
67.9
68.9
68.0
67.1
71.2
67.2
68,5
71.3
68.8
68.4
66.4
67.7
73.7
73.9
75.2
65.1
66.2
67.4
68.8
69.2
65.4
67.7
65.5
70.6
72.6
66.9
64.2
66.6
62.2
64.5
62.7
59.6
70.6
66.8'
64.8
63.8
56.4
67.0
63.1
63.7
62.7
68.5
69.2
66.7
63.5
61.5
63.1
69.5
67.6
69.9
67.8
60.2
67.3
61.1
66.3
59.2
67.4
63.8
61.9
64.4
Avg. 63.4 64.1 66.9 70.6 74.6
71.6
71.7
71.8
72.0
71.9
71.1
71.3
72.1
72.3
71.9
71.6
72.5
72.3
72.0
72.8
71.1
72.7
72.1
71.8
72.4
72.8
74.2
73.7
74.5
73.4
72.7
71.7
71.7
73.0
71.3
71.9
71.1
72.7
71.2
78.3 80.0
80.7 79.6 75.0 68.6 64.4 72.2
Daily Mean Maximum Temperature, Belle Glade, Florida
35-Year Average (1924-58 incl.)
Date Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Avg. 75 77 79 83 87 89 90 91 89 84 79 76
Daily Mean Minimum Temperature, Belle Glade, Florida
35-Year Average (1924-58 incl.)
Date Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
1 51 50 51 55 61 65 69 70 71 70 62 53
2 50 51 52 57 60 65 69 70 71 70 62 54
3 53 51 51 59 61 66 69 70 70 69 62 56
4 52 52 50 57 62 66 69 70 70 68 62 54
5 53 51 52 58 61 67 69 70 70 69 60 54
6 53 49 54 58 61 66 69 70 71 69 59 55
7 52 53 54 58 62 66 69 70 71 69 61 56
8 54 52 56 58 61 67 69 70 71 68 60 55
9 51 50 53 58 61 67 69 70 71 68 61 56
10 50 52 51 58 62 67 69 70 71 67 60 54
11 48 51 52 60 62 67 69 70 70 67 60 52
12 49 51 54 59 62 68 70 70 70 67 60 52
13 50 52 55 58 61 68 70 70 71 68 60 52
14 52 51 54 57 61 68 70 70 70 68 60 55
15 50 52 55 57 62 68 69 71 70 68 59 52
16 52 53 55 58 62 68 70 71 70 64 59 51
17 52 51 54 57 62 68 70 70 60 66 58 53
18 54 53 53 58 63 68 70 70 70 65 58 53
19 54 52 56 59 62 68 70 70 71 65 59 53
20 53 53 57 59 64 68 70 71 71 65 59 52
21 53 53 56 57 63 68 70 71 70 63 56 51
22 53 51 55 59 65 69 69 71 69 64 55 52
23 53 51 54 59 64 69 70 70 70 63 55 53
24 54 55 55 60 64 69 70 71 70 63 56 53
25 53 54 56 61 65 69 70 71 70 64 55 55
26 50 52 56 61 65 69 70 71 70 62 55 54
27 50 52 55 60 65 69 69 71 71 61 53 53
28 51 52 58 59 65 69 70 71 70 61 53 54
29 50 49 56 59 65 69 70 70 71 60 56 55
30 50 54 60 65 69 70 71 .70 61 55 53
31 50 57 65 70 71 61 53
Avg. 51 52 54 58 63 68
69 70 70 65 58 53
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Daily Mean Temperature, Belle Glade, Florida
35-Year Average (1924-58 incl.)
Date Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
63 63 64 68
63 64 65 69
64 63 65 71
64 63 63 70
64 64 65 70
65 62 67 70
64 66 67 70
65 65 60 71
63 63 65 70
62 64 63 70
60 64 65 71
61 63 66 71
63 64 67 71
64 64 67 68
62 65 67 69
63 65 67 71
64 65 66 70
65 65 66 70
66 65 68 72
65 65 69 71
64 64 68 69
64 64 69 71
65 64 67 71
65 66 68 72
65 66 69 72
62 65 69 73
63 65 68 72
63 64 69 72
62 64 68 71
63 68 73
63 69
73 77
72 76
73 77
74 78
73 78
73 78
73 78
74 78
74 78
74 78
74 78
74 78
74 78
73 78
74 79
74 79
74 79
74 79
75 79
76 78
76 79
76 80
76 79
76 79
76 80
76 79
77 79
76 79
76 79
76 80
76
81 80
81 80
81 80
81 80
80 80
80 80
81 80
81 80
80 80
81 81
81 80
81 80
80 80
81 80
81 80
81 80
80 79
81 79
81 80
81 80
81 80
81 79
80 79
81 79
81 80
81 80
80 79
80 79
80 79
81 79
80
79 72
78 72
77 72
77 71
78 71
77 70
78 70
77 71
77 71
77 70
76 69
76 70
76 70
76 10
76 69
75 69
75 69
75 69
74 69
74 70
73 67
73 67
73 67
73 67
73 66
73 65
72 64
71 65
71 66
71 66
71
75 78 80 81 79
75 69 65
Avg. 63 64 67 71
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35-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
(Based on U. S. Weather Bureau Cooperative Observers' Record, 1924-1958)
Station: Belle Glade, Florida
Drainage Basin:
Lat. 260 40'
Lake Okeechobee
Long. 800 38'
County: PALM BEACH
Elev. (ft.) 12.5 m.s.l.
TEMPERATURE
Average Extremes Extremes
Month Max. Min. Mean Highest Year Lowest Year
Jan. 75 51 63 89 1929 24 1940
Feb. 77 52 64 92 1928 27 1947
Mar. 79 54 67 93 1928 27 1941
Apr. 83 57 71 95 1945 33 1931
May 87 63 75 95 1950 44 1928
June 89 68 78 98 1950 54 1933
July 90 69 80 100 1931 62 1931
Aug. 91 70 81 99 1931 61 1945
Sept. 89 70 80 96 1942 61 1956
Oct. 84 65 75 94 1950 40 1943
Nov. 89 58 69 91 1948 32 1956
Dec. 76 53 64 89 1941 25 1934
Year 83 61 72 100 1931 24 1940
RAINFALL AND EVAPORATION
Greatest Day Greatest Month Lowest Month Pan Eva-
Month Average Amount: Year: Amount: Year: Amount: Year: portion
Jan. 1.93 6.03 1957 8.53 1958 0.11 1939 3.481
Feb. 1.72 2.67 1952 5.55 1941 0.03 1944 4.099
Mar. 3.07 6.53 1947 10.97 1947 0.33 1945 5.795
Apr. 3.28 4.12 1941 8.22 1948 0.01 1946 6.542
May 4.34 2.65 1951 9.52 1958 1.08 1935 7.213
June 9.11 6.96 1942 24.11 1942 0.59 1931 6.356
July 9.02 3.78 1944 15.30 1951 3.23 1931 6.524
Aug. 8.40 6.74 1949 16.38 1944 2.65 1938 6.314
Sept. 8.92 7.10 1948 19.28 1948 2.70 1950 5.447
Oct. 5.11 4.80 1924 15.84 1924 0.49 1925 5.024
Nov. 2.10 10.90 1932 12.44 1932 0.15 1939 3.896
Dec. 1.72 4.39 1957 7.09 1949 0.06 1951 3.279
Year 57.72 10.90 1932 24.11 1942 0.01 1946 63.970
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