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Range Cattle Station -
Mimeo Series RCS 66-5 September, 1966
1965 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT .
C. L. Dantzmani/
The weather data for the Range Cattle Experiment
Station is tabulated in this report. Temperature and
rainfall recorded for each day are listed on pages 2
through 13. The box containing the thermometers and
hygrothermograph was 4 feet above the ground surface.
All weather observations were made at 9:30 A.M. and
covered the previous 24 hour period. The ground thermo-
meter was unprotected. The ground minimums listed are
the lowest temperatures for the period following the
previous reading.
Rainfall is compared with the 1942-1964 average on
page 14. Frequency of maximum temperature distribution
by the month is shown on page 15. A summary of the tempera-
ture averages and extremes, and rainfall extremes are
given on pages 16 and 17. Relative humidity distribution
by months is shown on page 18.
Rainfall
Total rainfall for 1965 was 51.47 inches. This was 4.67
inches below the 23-year average of 56.16 inches. The
months showing the greatest excess was June, 3.10 and
July, 3.34 inches. .
Temperature V'q Z
Lowest temperature of the year was 260F an- occurred \ i
January 18. Temperatures of 400F or lower were me&Asuredj
12 times: 5 in January, 3 in February, 2 in Marc', and /I
2 in December. A high of 950F was recorded in May and/<7'
August. -
1/ Assistant Soils Chemist, Range Cattle Experiment Station,
Ona, Florida.
kL
- 2 -
.JANUARY, 1965
Temperature()_
Max. Min. Mean
21-year
Av. mean:
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Av.
Range
79
78
80
77
72
79
75
76
77
78
82
70
71
75.
76'
67
69
46
57
66
73
76
83.
83
.82
76
86
73
64
65.
77
56 67.5
56 67.0,
55 67.5
55 66.0
47 59.5
42 60.5
55 65.0
48 62.0
50 .63:5
51 .64:.5
59 70.5
51 60.5
46 58.5
49 62.0
55 65.5
58 6 2.5
36 52.5
26 36..0
37 47.0
34 50.0
42 57.5
52 64.0
66 74.5
64 73.5
52 67.0
52 64.0
63 74.5
42 57.5
33 48.5
42 53.5
49 63.0
49.1 '61.45
61.1
58.6
60.9
.60.0
61.8
63.3
63.8
61.1
57.7
58.7
59.9
61.4
60.7
59.4
60.0
62.0
60.7
59.4
61.8
63.0
61.6
61.4
62.1
63.7
62.7
62.6
63.5
63.9
63.4
62.9
61.4
1Dat
Date
S.51
' 44.
40
53.
46
46
50
44
48.
54
24
. 34:
32
40
50
47
50
63'
41
29
--
0.14
,-
'0.02
0.10
0.98
0.01.
--
--
o ..3
--
,,
0.03
1.28 (Total)
,,
0 .10 (Ttl
73.8
-- --;-
- -
44.3
BRUARY, 19653
FEBRUARY, 1965
Temperature (OF)
Min.. Mean -
58
77
77
72
74
71
79
78
85
84
83
84
84
84
84
77
85
85
84
76
74
66
76
73
83
63
58
70
29
49
44
50
53
65
63
58
56
57
55
53
61
65
56
54
61
56
58
41
56
54
56
56
56
440
33
41
21-year
Av. mean
43.5
63.0
60.5
61.0
63.5
68.0
71.0
68.0
65.5
70.5
69.0
68.5
72.5
74.5
70.0
65.5
73.0
65.5
71.0
58.5
65.0
60.0
66.0
64.5
69.5
51.5
45.5
55.5
Ground.
min.
- 62.1
62.1
62.4
63.1
61.5
63.3
63.9
63.0
58.6
59.9
63.0
62.3
62.1
62.1
62.6
64.7
65.1
64.7
66.5
64.7
63.9
64.1
63.8
64.6
65.6
65.4
66..0
67.5
6j..6
Rainfall
Inches
25
54
. 44
50
52
54
54
54
53
52
54
56
60
56
58
38
55
56
56
39
Av. .76.6
Range 85
52.7 64.65
29
Date
. Max.
--
0.08
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.89
0.01
--
--
0.01
--
0.10
--
0.04
0.07
0.40
*1.21
0.29
51.0
25
3.13
(Total)
- -- ---
-4 -
MARCH, 1965
Temperature (OF)
Date Max.
75
82
76
86
79
64
58
68
62
67
75
79
81
84
69
78
85
88
87
85
79
64
76
85
88
87
86
88
86
88
88
Min.
21-year
Mean *Av. mean
65.0
74.0
68.0
76.5
65.0
58.5
50.0
56.0
48.5
53.5
61.0
64.5
70.5
72.5
65.0
71.0
72.0
77.0
77.0
76.0
63.5
58.5
66.5
73.5
74.0
75.5
75.5
77.5
76.0
75.0
75.0
64.9
64.1
66.0
67.8
67.9
68.0
65.8
63.4
62.3
64.4
66.2
67.2
68.1
69.3
69.4
67.9
67.6
65.4
68.0
68.9
67.1
66.0
65.8
68.0
68.7
69.1
68.8
67.8
69.1
69.6
68.4
Ground
min.
28
65
58
66
50
39
32
38
44
48
57
64
57
65
65
47
56
61
59
62
62
60
57.5 68.15
53.8
3.78 (Total)
Rainfall
Inches
0.47
0.24
0.01
0.09
0.01
0.25
0.03
--
0.04
0.01
0.06
2.47
0.10
Av.
78.8
Range
Tempeirature (F)
- -- ~---3111111~1111111
- 5-
Temner
Date Max.
APRIL, 1965
'ature (oF)
Min. Mean
21-year.
Av. mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
S 86
79
80
84
85
87
86
88
89
84
90
92
90
86
S88
87
86
87
88
*88
90
89
84
84
85
80
87
89
S87
78
-1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Av.
58
55
51
60
56
62
58
61
.57
61
62
58
61
58
54
62
57
58
59
57
56
64
66
67
66
65
.66
68
60
47
72.0
67.0
65.5
72.0
70.5
74.5
72.0
74.5
73.0
72.5
76.0
75.0
75.5
72.0
71.0
74.5
71.5
72.5
73.5
72.5
73.0
76.5
55.0
75.5
75.5
72.5
76.5
78.5
73.5
62.5
59.7 72.9
70.7
70.1
70.7
69.4
70.4
69.6
68.9
69.1
71.6
70.7
71.6
72.4
71.2
70.0
70.1
69.6
69.4
68.2
70.1
72.0
73.1
71.8
72.8
73.7
75.1
74.9
73.9
75.3
74.1
74.5
, 56
53
47
61
56
60
55
54
60
56
52
60
49
55
'53
63
64
64
64
66
59
43
56.8
--
0.01
0.03
--
0.37
0.03
0.31
0.37
0.17
0.01
1.30 (Total)
Range 92 47
86.1
. .... r-n . ... r _
~__~II~
-6-
MAY, 1965
Temperature (F)
Date Max.
Min.
Mean
65.5
65.5
67.0
69.0
72.0
73.5
74.5
72.0
73.5
73.0
74.5
75.5
75.5
72.0
71.0
74.5
72.0
75.0
75.5
77.5
76.0
77.5
80.0
78.0
80.5
77.0
78.5
79.0
82.5
79.0
79.0
2.1-year
Av. mean
74.9
74.3
75.0
73.8
74.3
73.8
74.0
73.9
74.5
74.8
75.8
75.5
75.1
75.2
74.4
75.3
76.2
76.3
76.5
76.7
78.1
77.9
78.2
78.3
78.1
78.2
77.8
77.2
78.0
77.7
78.2
Rainfall
Ground
min. Inches
45
50
55
56
59
53
58
59
59
48
51
58
58
60
60
63
68
60
64
63
m-
i-
--
--
--
--
--
0.30
05
--
--
--
--
0.3
0.5
60.3 74.7
57.4
0.89 (Total)
Av.
89.1
Range
- ---
--
- 7 -
JUNE, 1965
Temperature (OF)
Date Max. Min.
.21-year
Mean. -Av. mean
."Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
90
91
89
91
89
93
94
91
88
81
87
79
83
88
90
90
89
92
88
86
87
88
90
92
89
89
89
.88
90
91
Av. 88.7
77.5
76.0
72.5
75.5
77.5
79.0
81.5
81.0
78.5
76.0
78.5
74.5
76.5-
81.0
81.5
81.5
80.5
79.5
79.0
76.0
76.5
79.0
79.0
78.5
79.0
79.0
79.5-
80.5
81.0
80.5
78.8
78.3
78.2
78.7
79.0
78.5
78.9
78.8
79.9
79.6
80.3
79.4
79.2
79.6
80.0
80.4
79.6
80.0
80.1
80.7
80.5
76.4
80.7
80.7
81.4
81.4
81.1-
80.7 ':
80.6
81.2
68.3 78.5
59
54
58
63
70
68
70
69
68
72
m--
71
66
64
68
67
64
68
66
71
69
66.3
0.18
1.66
0.46
1.33
1.86
2.00
--
0.01
0.04
--
0.26
1.00
-
.0.05
0.60
1.37
0.20
"0.20
0.33
11.55 (Total)
Range 94 56
----
JULY, 1965
JULY, 1965
Temperature (oF)
Date Max.
Min. .Mean
21-year
Av. mean
Ground
min,.
Rainfall
Inches
90
S92
93
90
92
93
93
91
90
91
92
88
89
86
87
90
91
83
90
87
87
89
86
91
92
90
92
92
89
82
87
89.5
67
71
72
72
74
70
70
70
70
72
75
70
71
70
71
71
76
74
75
71
70
70
69
73
71
71
71
72
72
72
75
78.5
81.5
82.5
81.0
83.0
81.5
81.5
80.5
80.0
81.5
83.5
79.0
80.0
78.0
79.0
80.5
83.5
74.5
82.5
79.0
78.5
79.5
77.5
82.0
81.5
80.5
81.5
82.0
80.5
77.0
81.0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Av.
81.0
80.9
80.8
80.3
80.5
80.8
81.2
81.5
81.2
80.9
80.5
80.4
80.5
81.5
82.0
81.6
82.0
81.3
81.1
80.4
81.1
81.7
81.6
80.8
80.8
81.3
80.8
81.2
80.7
81.5
81.4
66
71
70
69
69
69
69
71
70
70
70
70
69
70
69
70
70
72
78
71
--
1.10
1.27
0.05
0.57
1.88
0.04
0.21
2.70
0.33
0.24
0.13
0.63
0.83
0.31
0.85
0.08
0.46
0.19
0.22
0.03
0.08
0.72
0.22
70.2 13.14 (Total)
Range 93
71.5 80.5
-9-
AUGUST, 1965
Temperature (F)
21-year
Av. mean
84
87
89
91
92
91
93
94
93
92
90
91
95
93
93
92
89
91
91
91
89
92
93
92
92
93
93
92
92
91
92
Rainfall
Ground
min. Inches
73
76
73
71
73
72
74
75
74
71
71
71
73
76
75
74
72
71
73
72
72
73
73
71
71
71
73
70
69
70
72
78.5.
81.5
81.0
81.0
82;5
81.5
83.5
83.5
81.5
80.5
81.0
84.0
84.5
84. 0
83.0
80.5
81.0
82.0'
81.5
80.5
82.5
83.0
81.5
81.5
82.0
83.0
81.0
80.5
80.5
82.0
91.4 72.4 81.9
70.8
4.42 (Total)
Range 95 69
Date
Max.
Min.
81.2
81.1
81.3
81.7
82.1
81.8
81.8
81.5
81.6
81.5
81.3
81.6
81.3
81.9
81.4
81.6
81.9
81.3
80.7
81.3
81.8
81. 3
81.0
81.0
81.7
8116
81.6
81i4
81.0
Mean
0.63
0.01
0.22
--
0.20
0.20
--
0,45
0.09
0.48
0.23
0.29
0.02
0.01
--
0.03
0.61
0.75
0.20
70
73
71
72
72
72
70
71
72
71
72
70
68
72
71
69
69
70
72
68
Av.
--
I
I I II
1 -
- 10 -
SEPTEMBER, 1965
Temperature (OF) 7=
Date- Max.
Min. Mean
e -year
Av. mean
UVr UndJL
min.
Rainfall
Inches
91
93
92
91
91
91
90
87
282
88
91
90
91
89
88
90
89
'88
91
91
90
90
90
88
87
88
87
85
89
86
89.1
72
72
72
72
73
72
72
74
75
76
72
70
70
68
67
69
71
73
73
73
71
71
72
70
71
72
73
74
74
73
81.5
82.5
82.0
81.5
82.0
81.5
81.0
80.5
78.5
82.0
81.5
80.0
80.5
78.5
77.5
79.5
80.0
80.5
82.0
82.0
80.5
80.5
81.0
79.0
79.0
80.0
80.0
79.5
81.5
79.5
81.2
80.8
81.4
80.6
81.2
81.4
81.0
81.4
81.0
80.3
80.6
80.7
80.5
80.9
80.7
80.2
79.9
80.0
80.5
80.2
80.1
79.6
79.7
80.4
79.4
80.0
79.2
79.8
79.4
78.5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Av.
72
70
72
70
72
74
75
66
66
66
69
70
70
70
69
71
69
69
74
73
72
70.4
0.15
--
0.26
0.01
0.06
0.55
0.58
0.18
0.02
0.29
0.20
0.24
0.40
1.93
0.09
0.66
0.39
6.01 (Total)
93 67
71.9 80.5
---
: -- --
Range
- 11 -
OCTOBER, 1965
Temperature (F) Rainfall
21-year Ground
Date Max. Min. Mean Av. mean min. Inches
1 90 .72 81.0 79.0 71 0.18
2 91 73 82.0 78.8 -- 0.87
3 91 72 81.5 78.9 --
4 89 69 79.0 78.3 67
5 86 68 77.0 78.4 66
6 88 69 78.5 77.7 67 0.01
7 88 72 80.0 77.6 71 0.24
8 82 70 76.0 77.3 69 0.17
9 84 65 74.5 77.2 ---
10 88 61 74.5 76.7 -- --
11 87 63 75.0 75.8 58 0.02
12 88 61 74.5 76.0 60 0.01
13 88 68 78.0 75.6 66 --
14 76 68 72.0 75.3 68 0.31
15 75 65 70.0 75.0 64 0.46
16 84 68 75.0 73.7- --
17 86 66 76.0 74.2 -- 009
18 85 59 72.0 73.6 56 --
19 79 62 70.5 71.4 61 0.01
20 84 62 73.0 72.5 60 --
21 87 67 77.0 71.5 66 --
22 86 69 77.5 72.6 69 0.02
23 73 64 68.5 72.8 -- 0.82
24 75 56 65.5 72.2 -- -
25 79 53 66.0 72.3 50 --
26 78 57 67.5 71.6 56 0.01
27 79 56 67.5 70.9 54 --
28 76 53 64.5 71.0 51
29 79 58 68.5 72.3 56
30 82 63 72.5 71.0 -- -
31 81 66 73.5 71.3 -- 0.42
Av. 83.4 64.4 73.9 62.2 3.64 (Total)
Range 91 53
____
- 12 -
NOVEMBER, 1965
Date Max. Min.
21 -year
Mean. Av. mean
Rainfall
Ground
min. Inches
71
80
80
81
81
78
80
84
81
83
83
83
82
79
80
82
82
81
75
77
77
81
82
74
77
79
80
81
78
68
79.5
66
61
59
60
60
66
63
64
59
59
60
65
65
64
62
56
57
50
47
51
52
59
59
51
53
54
53
62
57
50
68.5
70.5
69.5
70.5
70.5
72.0
71.5
74.0
70.0
71.0
71.5
74.0
73.5
71.5
71.0
69.0
69.5
65.5
61.0
64.0
64.5
70.0
70.5
62.5
65.0
66.5
66.5
71.5
67.5
59.0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Av.
70.1
69.0
68.8
68.5
69.0
68.1
68..2
67.1
67.9
67.1!
67.8
68.3
70.2
68.7
68.9
70.9
70.0
68.6
68.7
68.3
67.9
67.1
66.1
66.3
67.1
65.4
63.9
65.8
64.3
60.7
60
56
58
58
64
S-2
62
57
57
58
63
62
53
54
47
44
48
56
49
50
49
55.3
0.04
--
--
0.04
0.02
0.18
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.13
0.09
0.34
0.89 (Total)
Range 84 47
58.1 68.8
pn ~-~re O
__
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(or)
Tem erature
- 13 -
: DECEMBER, 19651'
Temperature (OF)
Date Max.
62
61
74
75
71
75
74
65
70
73
74
77
76
79
80
82
83
76
77
79
64
68
68
72
73
77
59
72
74
74
76
Min.
35
44
50
60
51
39
45
43
43
44
49
51
63
55
58
S66
63
55
61
51
41
41:
48
53
. 55
43
43
53
54
53
57
21-year
Mean Av. mean
48.5
52.5
62.0
67.5
61.0
57.0
59.5
54.0
56.5
58.5
61.5
64.0
69.5
67,0
69.0
74.0
73.0
65.5
69.0
65.0
52.5
S54'.
58.0
62.5
64.0
60.0
51.0
62.5
64.0
. 63.5
66.5
58.9
*59.9
62.6
62.5
62.4
63.6
63.3
63.0
63.7
63.2
62.4
62.7
61.3
61.5
61.7
59.3
59.9
61.9
60.5
59.6
61.1
*61.5 5
64.1
65.8
60.1
* 61.6 .
63.5
65.3
64.6
63.6
61.9
Ground
min.
S.32
41
54
35
43
41
40
40
47
53
57
66
72
51
38
S39
43
41
51
52
50
--
50.5 60.7
47.0
" 1.52 (Total)
Rainfall
Inches
.--
0.03
0.33
0.01
0.02
0.02
S1.04
0.01
0.06
Av.
72.9
Range
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--
Rainfall at the Range Cattle Experiment Station for 1965
compared with 23-year average.
By Months
23-yr.
Av.
1965
Excess
Deficit
Cumulative by Months
23-yr.
1965
Excess
Deficit
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
2.03
3.12
3.09
3.85
9.80
8.30
7.97
3.58
1.81
1.74
1.25
3.13
3.78
1.30
0.89
11.50
13.14
4.42
6.01
3.64
0.66
0.66
3.10
0.78
1.79
2.96
3.88
1.96
0.06
1.52
2.03
4.50
7..62
10..71
32.76
41.06
49.03
52.61
54.42
56.16
4.38
8.16
9.46
10.35
21.85
34.99
39.41
45.42
49.06
0.78
0.12
0.54
4.21
1.11
2.23
51.47
1.65
3.61
4.47
4.69
Total
56.16
51.47
7.82
12.51
56.16
51.47
4.69
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Frequency of Maximum Temperatures
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
S. 1 11 :8& '13 25 10' 2 14
5 11 16 25 19 21 18 6 20 19 15 2
18 12 8 4 1 1 10 e. 21
6 3 6 7
1 2 1 1
1
31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30
31 30 31
Frequency of MinimumTemperatures
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
8 21 28 24
3 5 15 13 15 20 10 3 6
13 15 9 16 14 2
10 5 5 1 2
1 1
4
20 10 4
7 17 13
3 12
1
Total 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30
(OF)
91-100
81- 90
71- 80
61- 70
51- 60
41-50
Total
(OF)
71-80
61-70
51-60
41-50
40
39
38
37
36
35
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31 30 31
Summary of temperature .records
21-yr. Av.
1965
Extremes 1944-1964
Extreme
Month
Max.
Min.
Mean
Av.
Max.
Av.
Min.
Mean
High
Year
Low
Year
High
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
73
76
80
84
. 88
91
90
91
89
85
79
75
87
91
94-
97
103
103
97
97.
95
95
90
88
1947
1962
1946
1945
1945
1945,
1950
1961
1944~2
1959,
19593.
1944
1959
1947
1962
1950
1945
1962
1947
1956
1962
1951
1950
1962
Year
83.7
60.9
72.3
61.4
72.3
103
1945
1962
Also occurred in 1961.
Also occurred in 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955 and 1962.
Also occurred in 1961.
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Summaries of
extremes in rainfall
Days of
Rain in Month
Greatest
Day
Greatest Month
Lowest Month
Greatest Month
Lowest Mo
Month
Amount
Year
Amount
Year
Amount
Year
days
Year
days
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1958
1960
1958
1951
1943
1945
1948
1943
1962
1951
1964
1957
1958
1963
1959
1951
1943
1953
1960
1949
1960
1952
1953
1957
t 0
I, 0
0
0
S2
A4
( to 3
1
0
0
0
.03
.13
.13
.11
.00
.79
.66
.13
.33
.19
.11
.16
1950.
1949
1945
1946
1953
1956
1942
1954.
1958
1942
1944
1949
1962
19602/
1959
1954
1963
1954
1960
1959
1960
1959
1947
1959
Year
11.23
1945.
19.74
1960
0.00
1953
Also occurred in 1963
Also occurred in 1945
Also occurred in 1946
Also occurred in 1958
, 1964.
, 1949,
1950 and 1956.
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1965 relative humidity distribution by months
Percent
Relative
Humidity
Jan.
%
Feb.
01
Mar. Anpr
June
July
Sept. Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
90-100
80-90
70-80.
60-70
50-60
40-50
30-40
20-30
Tot'al
4;.2
1.1
7.2
0.8
0.0
0 27.
9 11.
1 8.
5 9.
8i,- tO.
9 '15.
56.
11.
9.
10.
10.
3.
0.
0.
41
13
10
8
10
10
4
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