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Group Title: Climatological report for Range Cattle Experiment Station, University of Florida
Title: Climatological report. 1968
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Title: Climatological report. 1968
Series Title: Climatological report.
Alternate Title: Mimeo Series - University of Florida Range Cattle Station ; 69-1
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Language: English
Creator: Dantzman, C. L.
Publisher: University of Florida, Range Cattle Station
Publication Date: 1968
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Range Cattle Station
Mimeo Series RCS69-1 ..S.- i anuar. 1969

1968 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT

C. L. Dantzman



The Range Cattle Station weather data for 1968 is presented
in this report. Daily weather records for each month is listed
on pages 2 through 13. All weather observations were made at
9:30 A.M. and covered the previous 24-hour period. The ground
thermometer was unprotected and rested on the soil surface. The
ground minimums are the lowest temperatures'for the period following
the previous reading.

Rainfall for 1968 is compared with the 1942-1967 averages on
page 14. Frequency range of daily maximum and minimum temperatures
by months is shown on page 15. A summary of the temperature
averages and extremes, and for rainfall extremes are given on pages
16 and 17. The 1968 hours of percent relative humidity by months
is shown on page 18, and the 1968 hours of temperatures by months on
page 19.

Rainfall

1968 total rainfall at the Range Cattle Station was 52.13 inches.
This was 3.28 inches below the 26-year average of 55.41 inches. The
months showing greater excesses were May, 5.30; June, 5.30; and July,
2.37 inches; and those showing greater deficits were April, 2.61;
August, 3.86; and September, 3.36 inches. There were 122 days of
measureable rain (0.01 inches or greater) for the year.

Temperature

The highest temperature of the year was 96 which occurred in July;
the lowest, 24, was in December. Temperature 40 or lower were
recorded 38 times: 3 in January, 12 in February, 7 in March, 6 in
November, and 10 in December.


1/ Assistant Soils Chemist, Range Cattle Experiment Station, Ona Florida.












-2-


JANUARY 1968


._. Temperature (F)


Min.


49
51
56
56
60
52
54
54
53
58
62
52
49
40
44
41
35
49
49
51
43
42
42
56
45
30
41
46
56
50
54

49.0


Mean


67.0
66.0
69.5
69.0
70.5
62.0
67.5
67.0
63.5
68.0
70.0
63.0
56.0
54.5
53.0
51.0
47.0
60.0
60.5
63.5
58.5
58.5
59.5
66.5
57.0,
42.0
49.5
59.5
66.5
65.0
64.0

61.1


.urouna
min.


51
52
55
54
59
50
50
52
49
56
60
50
49
39
40
38
32
46
46
48
59
38
40
52
43
27
39
50
54
47
50

47.6


Rainfall

Inches


0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00

0.17 (Total)


Range 85 30


Date


Max.


85
81
83
82
81
72
81
80
74
78
78
74
63
69
62
61
59
71
72
76
74
75.
77
77
69
54
58
73
77
80
74


73.2


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FEBRUARY 1968 *


. ;Tremperatur~e GF- ( o 4


Min.


: 79
79
79
79
77
75
74
67
56
61
61
68
70
68
69
77
77
75
72
55
62
71
77
64
52
60
* 68
64
71


SMean


67.0
65.0
65.5
.62.0
64.0
62.5
55.5
55.5
42.0
S47.5
S48.0
51.5
54.5
51.0
51.5
62.0
61.5
60.5
S60.0
50.5
51.0
60.5
65.0
55.5
42.0
48.0
56.0
47.5
59.5


.,.,.. Rainfall
Ground
min. Inches


52
48
59
41
47
48
34
42
26
49
46
54
36
30
33
44
47
51
46
44
34
46
50

30
32
40
28
-44


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0000
O.CO
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.74
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.70
0.00
0.05
0.15
0.00
0.00


1.65 (Total)


Date


Max.


48
46
40
50
53
47
32
36
44
31
48


68.9


Range


42.7


55.9


42.2


26


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Temperature (OF)


- Ground
min.


55.0
42.5
51.5
57.0
53.0
58.5
56.5
60.5
62.5
68.5
71.5
76.5
71.0
49.5
64.0
65.0
63.0
62.0
64.0
65.5
66.5
71.0
68.0
50.0
51.0
59.5
63.5
67.5
66.5
65.5
69.0

61.8


1.60 (Total)


31 23


-4-


MARCH 1968


Date


Max.


Min.


Rainfall

Inches


71
54
67
72
69
71
66
72
75
78
82
88
85
62
74
74
76
79
80
81
85
86
82
62
66
74
78
82
81
81
82


Mean


45.6


0.26
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.65
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.69
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00


75.3


48.3


- -- -- --


-----~~- ~~-


Range 88












-5-

APRIL 1968

Temperature (OF)


. ....... .,.. ... ---Ground- -


Mean


min.


52
53
55
53
58
66
61
60
57
53
56
41
53
50
48
.48
53
56
-56
'47
47
62
59
,59-
.61
56
.60
57
59
65

55.4


69.5
:68.0
720o
71.0
74.0
77.0
75.5
75.5
74.0
71.0o
73.0
62.0
68.0
67.0 -
68-.5
.66.0
-70;.0
73.0
.73, 5
".72, 5
S72.5

* 78.0
7-.5
77.0
71.0
75..0
75.5
78.5
79.0

72.8


Rainfall

Inches


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

.000
0.20
0.02
0.00
0.00


O.CO
0.00
0.05
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.000
0.000
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00(T
0.00


0.27 (Total)


. . . 4S:-, -.,,* .


Date


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.


Rang'e'.


Max.


S85
86
86
S87
88
88
88
88
S86
88
S79
81
81
83
79
84
87
88
88

91
95
94
S. 90
82
87
92
.94
*.92

86.9


Mih.


51
58
56
61
66
63
63
60
56
58
45
55
53
54
53
56
59
59
57
57
64
61

64
60
63
59
63
66

58.8


S95


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-6-


MAY 1968


_ Temperature (F)


Mean


65.0
69.5
70.5
75.5
76.0
72.0
74.5
75.0
72.0
74.5
74.0
75.0
73.5
76.5
76.0
76.0
76.5
79.0
80.0
74.0
75.0
72.5
77.5
80.5
78.5
76.0
76.5
79.5
78.0
71.0
73.0

74.9


Ground
min.


44
45
50
60
61
58
59
61
58
62
63
62
62
64
62
61
60
61
62
64
60
64
62
70

69
68
69
69

59

61.0


Rainfall

Inches


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.11
0.56
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.14
0.43
3.59
0.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.55
2.85
0.02
0.01
0.16
0.12
0.00

8.95 (Total)


47 44


Date


Max.


83
87
87
87
87
83
88
87
83
84
84
90
91
87
87
89
89
91
92
85
88
87
89
90
89
85
87
89
87
82
87


87.1


Min.


47
52
54
64
65
61
61
63
61
65
64
60
56
66
65
63
64
67
68
63
62
58
66
71
68
67
66
70
69
60
59

62.7


- --- I I


- --


Range 92















JUNE 1968


Temperature


Date ::. .Mix..


90
86
82
76
80
76
77
83
86
S 83
88
87
85
86
88
85
84
85
81
81
87
87
91
91
91
- 89
79
80
88
91


-84.8


Min..


67
69
67
70
71
69
65
67
S68
67
70
72
73
70
66
67
70
71
71
74
72
72
72
72
73
74
71
69
68
69


69.9


( F?)


.. Mean


78.5
77.5
74.5
73.0
75.5
72.5
71.0
75.0
77.0
75.0
79.0
79.5
79.0
78.0
77.0
76.0
77.0
78.0
76.0
77.5
79.5
79.5
81.5
81.5
82.0
81.5
75.0
74.5
78.0
80.0


77.3


Ground
min.


66
68
70
68
62


66
68
70
72
70


64
70
70
72
70
70
62
70
70
72
.70
69

S72


S68.7


Rainfall

Inches


0.00
0.00
0.62
5.10
0.33
0.12
0.00
0.00
0.40
0.44
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.39
0.02
0.02
0.04
0.74
0.27
0.06
0.29
0.07
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.43
1.40
0.41
0.00


11.30 (Total)


65 62


_


_ __ __ __ _____ __ __


Range. 91













-8-


JULY 1968


Temperature (OF)


Min.


69
62
71
69
67
69
69
68
64
70
71
70
74
72
69
70
71
69
70
71
71
69
71
72
72
74
74
74
73
72
71

70.3


Mean


78.5
74.5
76.5
78.0
77.0
78.0
78.5
77.0
75.0
75.0
79.5
80.0
83.5
82.5
81.0
80.0
80.5
80.0
80.0
80.5
80.5
78.5
81.0
81.5
82.0
83.5
83.0
84.0
84.5
83.5
82.0

80.0


Ground
min.


68
70
70

68
72
69
68
70
70
70
70
72
72
70
70
70
68
68
70
69
67
70
70
70
72
72
72
70
70
70

69.9


Rainfall

Inches


0.04
0.62
0.39
0.12
2.75
0.05
0.17
0.89
0.31
0.70
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.08
0.80
0.26
0.02
0.48
1.31
0.08
0.08
1.42
1.31
0.06
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.00
0.00

12.07 (Total)


62 67


Date


Max.


89.7


- ~----


Range 96















AUGUST 1968,


Temperature (OF) .


S.... .. .. Ground'"-
Mean min.


82.0
80.0
80.0
80.5
80.5
83.0
82.5
, 81.5
82.0
82.5
80.0
82.0
82.0
80.5
82.5
'82.5
'82.0
83.0
81.0
83.0
84.0
83.0
84.0
83.0
82.0
81.0
78.0
76.0
78.0
78.5
80.5

81.3


70

70
70
72
.70
70
70
.74
70
- 0
70
70
70
7.0



72
72
T72
72
65
65
68
68
68
70
70
70

69.9


Rainfall

Inches


.0.00
. 0.53
.0.00
. 0.05
0.44
:0.00
0.00
0.00
0.08
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.55
0.06
0.00

0.00
0.13
0.00
0.00
.0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
'0.00
0.03
0.25
S0.33
.0.89
S0.73
.0.10
0.00

4.32 (Total)


Date


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 '


Max.


92
89
88
89
89
92
S93
.92
*93
S'90
88
,92
92
:89
93
S92
92
94
92
93
.94
92
94
'90
..92
93
.."86
S84
85
87
S89

90.7


Min.


72
71
:72
72
.72
.74
72
71
71
75
,72
72
72
72
:72
73
..72
72
70
73
74
74
74
76
.72
69
.70
.68
71
70
72

72.0


Range


- -I-"-'


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-10-


SEPTEMBER 1968


.Temperature ('OF)-


Min.


70
68
67
72
73
71
69
72
67
68
69
70
70
67
65
64
69
71
71
73
69
68
69
67
67
70
70
70
69
68

67.8


Mean


79.5
78.0
77.5
82.0
82.5
82.0
80.5
82.5
79.0
79.0
77.0
76.0
74.5
73.5
76.0
76.5
79.5
80.5
81.5
82.5
79.5
77.0
79.0
77.0
78.0
79.5
77.5
79.5
79.5
79.0

78.9


Ground
min.


69
66
66
70
70
70
64
66
70
66
68
70
70
63
63
68
68
68
70
70
64
63
68
64
68
68
68
65
65
70

67.5


Rainfall

Inches


0.56
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
1.97
0.09
0.54
0.05
ouoo
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.11
0.00
0.00

4.40 (Total)


64 63


Date


Max.


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.


89
88
88
92
92
93
92
93
91
90
85
82
79
80
87
89
90
90
92
92
90
86
89
87
89
89
85
89
90
90

88.6


---


- "--~~-~ ~--


Range 93












-11-


OCTOBER 1968

Temperature. ("F)


Date Max. Min.


70
63
66
65
64
62
61

68
69
169
67
66
63
69
69
70
74
74
62
57
64
.69
67
67
* 47
47
52
49
43
48


89
85
.89
S'89
89
90
90
S92
90
89
, 89
88
S87
86
86
S88
83
81
84
84
80
85
S85
83
80
S76
"66
78
78
.70
72

89.3


Mean


79.5
74.0
.77.5
77.0
76.5
76.0
75.5
79.5
79.0
79.0
79.0
77.5
76.5
74.5
77.5
78.5
76.5
77.5
79.0
73.0
68.5
74.5
77.0
75.0
73.5
61.5
.56.5
65.0
63.5
56.5
60.0

73.4


Goin.
mrin.


70
64
64
62
60
63
68
64
66
68
68
63
63
64
-68
,68
.68
72
66
59
.54
62
-66
64
64
43
43
50
46
40
48

60.9


Rainfall


Inches


0.00
0.00
S0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.01
0.77
*0.02
.,0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.84
0.66
0.74
0.33
0.00
0.00
0.41
0.01
0.17
.0.00
0.01
*0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

4.15 (Total)


* I,~


62.8


Range


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-12-


NOVEMBER 1968


Temperature (F)


Mean


67.5
69.0
68.0
68.5
75.0
67.5
65.5
69.0
68.0
68.5
64.0
62.5
48.0
48.0
62.5
67.5
68.5
67.0
72.5
49.5
46.0
50.0
59.0
59.0
58.0
57.0
65.0
68.0
69.0
72.0

63.3


79
81
81
83
83
80
80
82
78-
78
76
76
60
58
73
76
82
81
82
62
58
62
70
76
76
68
76
80
83
88

75.6


Date


Max.


Ground
min.


Rainfall

Inches


Min.


50.7


2.72 (Total)


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
1.96
0.00
0.27
0.02
0.01
.0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.34
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00


Av.


Range


50.7





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DECEMBER 1968

Temperature (OF)


Min.


Mean


63 71.0
59 71.5
57 71.0
56 69.0
.34 48.0 -
39 52.0
43 560 .
S 1 58.0
S 33- : 54.0

37 51.0
41 52.5
a 57 65.0
50 62,0
36 51.5
24 37.0
29 43.0
'44 56.5
58 66.5
64 72.5
59 69.5
59 70.0
59 70.5
35 54.0
"32 45.0
35 49.5
51 62.0
60 69.0-
52 64.0
47 58.5
S 58 68.0


61
57
55
57
31
32
52
50
33:
40.:
34
39,
55
49
S36
19
28
41
56
60
60
66
60
32



S30
48
43
56


71.6 46.9,. 59.2 45.7
S85 19
85 24 19


0.03
0.00
0.00
0.01
'0.00
00.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
.0.00
:0.00
.0.00
0.00
0.00
'0.00
0.00
,0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
.0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
: 0.00
0.00
0.00
,0.46
i0.01
0.00
O.oo


0.53 (Total)


* C C' -


ft- f t 0 ftC t f


Date


Max.


Ground
min.
1'


Rainfall

Inches


79
84
85
82'
62:
65
69:
75'
63
67;
65
64
73
74
67'
50
57'
69
75
81
80
81
82
73
58
64
73'
78.
76
70
78


Av.

Range


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ft
ft












Inches


Rainfall at Range Cattle


1968 compared with


average


Station


for 1942-67.


By Months


Cumulative


by Months


26-yr.
Av.


-yr.


1968


Excess


Deficit


1968


Excess


Deficit


Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.


Dec.


2.11


2.94
2.88
3.65
8.84
9.70
8.18
7.76
3.40
1.67
1.73


0.17
1.65
1.60
0.27
8.95
11.30
12.07


4.32
4.40
4.15
2.72
0.53


1.94
0.90
1.34
2.61


2.46
2.37


3.36


. 2.11
4.66
7.60
10.48
14.13
22.97


48.61


1.05


0.17
1.82
3.42
3.69
12.64


1.94
2.84
4.18


1.49


0.97
3.34


44.73
48.88
51.60


0.52
3.88
3.13
2.08


1.20


Total


11.93


15.21


3.28










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Frequency of Maximum Temperatures


Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.


Oct. Nov. Dec.


91-100 6' i 63 4 i 13 18 1 8 1
81--90 6 11 22 281 20 17' 13 20 22 10 6
6 1 2, 6 13 11
71- 80 17 14 13 2 6 1 2 6 13 11
61- 70 5 11 6 2 4 11
51- 60 3 4 1 i. 3 2
41- 50 3

Total 31 29: 31 3 .3 30 31 31 30 31 30 31


Frequency of Mininum Temperatures



("F) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

71-80 1 13 16 26 7 2
61-70 1 2 11 22 .17 15 5 23 22 1 2
51-60 14 5 9 18. 7 2 19 12
41-50 13 12 13 1 1 5 4 7
40 1 1 -
39 1 .1 1
38 1
37 1 2 *
36 1 2 1 1
35 1 2 2
34 3 1
33 ; 1
32 1
31 1 1
30 1


26
25
24

Total 31 29 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31


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Summary of Temperature Records


by Months


1944-1967


1968


1944-1967 Extremes


196


Month


Max.


Min.


Mean


Max.


Minm.


Mean


High


Year


Year


Hig]


Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.


June


July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.


Dec.


80.1


88.4
90.9
90.7
91.1
89.3


79.0
74.7


51.2
54.4


63.5


61.1
63.2
67.3
71.6
76.0
79.9
81.0


49.0
42.7
48.3


86.9
87.1
84.8


69.9


90.7


71.2
64.6


61.1


61.8


74.9
77.4
80.0
81.4


67.8


74.8


50.2


89.3
75.6
71.6


50.7
46.9


76.1
63.2
59.3


1947
1962
1946
1945
1945
1945
19561/
1967
1944/
1959
19592/


1959
1947
1962
1950.
1945'


1967
1956


1951
1950


1944


Year


1945


1962


occurred in 1961.


Also


occurred in 1948,


1951,


1954,


and 1962.


Also


occurred in 1961.


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Summary of Extremes of Rainfall


by Months


Greatest


Daily Rainfall


Greatest


Monthly Rainfall


Lowest Monthly
Rainfall


Days of Rain* in Month


194


Month


Amount


Year


Amount


Year


Amount


Year


Greatest
No. Days


Least


Year


No. Day.


Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.


2.15
2.94
3.18
4.70
3.59
11.23
4.42
4.90
5.10
3.26
4.25


2.95


1958
1960
1958
1951
1968
1945
1948
1943
1962
1951
1964
1957


8.45
6.79
8.60
11.91
10.58
18.99
19.74
14.26
16.38
11.23
5.44
6.05


1958
1963
1959
1951
1943
1953
1960
1949
1960


1953
1957


0.03
0.13
0.13
0.00
0.00
2.79
4.65
3.13
1.33
0.19
0.11
0.16


1950
1949
1945
1967
1953
1956
1942
1954
1958
1942
1944
1949


1962
19601/
1959
1954
1963
1968
1960
1967
1960
1959
1947-


1959


0.01 inches or


greater.


Also occurred in 1963,


1964.


occurred in 1965.


occurred in 1945,


1949,


1950.


Also


occurred in 1958.


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1968 Relative


Humidity Hours,


by Months


Percent
Relative
Humidity


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


Apr.


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


90-100


S102


50- 60


92


0- 10


Total


*696


Tot


361
97
75
72
89
105
57
17


7441


878


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1968 Temperature


Hours,


by Months


(OF) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec
I I II I I II I


90-95
85-90
80-85
75-80
70-75
65-70
60-65
55-60
50-55
45-50
40-45
35-40
30-35
25-30
20-25


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