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I6 HUME LIBRARY
R 7 JUL 1 1972
Range Cattle Station
Mimeo Series RCS70-2
1969 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT .F.A.S. Univ. of Florida
C. L. Dantzman-/
The 1969 weather data for the Range Cattle Station
is summarized in this report. Daily temperatures and
rainfall for each month is listed on pages 2 through 13.
The weather box containing the standard thermometers and
hygrothermograph is four feet above ground level. Weather
observations were at 9:30 A.M., unless noted, 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 is compared with the 1942-1968 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 rainfall extremes
are given on pages 16 and 17. Relative humidity hour values
for 1969 are given on page 18, and Temperature hour values.
for 1969 are on page 19.
Rainfall
1969 total rainfall at the Range Cattle Station was 60.67
inches. This was 5.36 inches above the 27 year average
(1942-1968) of 55.31 inches. The months showing greatest
excesses were March, 3.56; April, 3.23; June, 3.01; October,
3.69; November, 4.11; and December, 5.36 inches. Those
showing the greater deficits were July, 0.89; and August,
2.75 inches. There were 152 days of measureable rain
(0.01 inches or more) for the year.
Temperature
The highest temperature for the year was 1000, which was
measuredJuly 6th; the lowest, 340, occurred in February,
November, and December. Temperatures of 400 or lower were
recorded 27 times: 3 in January, 8 in February, 6 in
March, 2 in November, and 8 in December.
_/ Assistant Soils Chemist, Range Cattle Experiment Station,
Ona, Florida.
-2-
JANUARY 1969
Temperature (F)
Min.
Mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
83 60
64 '37
70 43
75 57
72 48
72 46
67 35
67 38
71 45
79 55
73 51
73 47
67 45
69 44
69: 44
71 45
73 49
72 54
79 57
75 63
75 43.
72 50
75 51
80 50
80 54
75 1 46
73 "56
78 54
78 55
77 52
77 49
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.
49.1
71.5
50.5
56.5
66,0
60.0
59.0
51.0
52.5
58.0
67.0
62.0
'60.0
56.0
56.5
56.5
58.0
51.0
63.0
68.0
69.0
59.0
61.0
63.0
65.0
67.0
63.0
6.5
66.0
66.5
64.5
63.0
59
33
* 41
53
. 48
44
31
35
42
51
.48
46
42
41
42
42
45
50
57
61
41
45
47
46
56
46
48
52
51
48
45
61.1
44.5
31
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.37
0.19
0.11
0,02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.31
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
. 0.00
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.33 (Total)
Date
Max.
73.6
Range
T -1 ---
-----
-3-
FEBRUARY 1969
Temperature (TF)
Min.
Mean
Ground
min..
Rainfall
Inches
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.56
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.25
0.04
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
1.88 (Total)
34 30
Date
Max.
79
80
82
78
56
67
74
79
78
67
68
74
73
69
74
71
69
54
57
59
68
72
.72
77
69
67
70
72
52
52
0
42
36
41
54
51
62.
39
46
52
44
41
60
54
43
40
34
35
46
51
57
47
39
34
36
42
49.3
65.5
66.0
71.0
60.0
46.0
54.0
64.0
65.,0
70.0
53.0
57.0
63.0
58.5
55.0
67.0
62.5
56.0
47.0
45.5
47.0
57.0
61.5
64.5.
62.0
54.0
50.5
53.0
57.0
58.3
48
46
51
41
31
36
48
49
58
35
42
48
38
38
64
52
40
36
30
30
42
48
54
44
36
32
32
37
42.4
Av.
70.5
-- -- -- ---------- '
- ---`-- ---- I --
Range
MARCH 1969
Temperature, (oF)
Min.
Mean
Groun
.min.
SRainfall
Id
Inches
77
73
68
63
63
S67
77
70
68
70
60
60
57
64
68
66
73
70
77
*80
80
80
82
74
63
,64
70
78
S 81
70.9
Range -- 82'
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
31
45
38.
48
45
38
46
51
52
60
39
433
40
45
39
47.
48
61
61
59
50
52
54
54
66
68
51
46
40
54
54
54
48.1
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.42
0.00
0.00
0.54
0.00
2.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.13
0.01
-0.00
0.00
2.55
0.05
0.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.09
0.84
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.80 (Total)
61.0
55.5
58.0.
54.0
50.5
55.0
64.0.
61.0
64.0
54.5
51.5,
50.0
51.0
51.5
57.5
57.0.
67.0.
69.0
70.5 .
60.0 .
64.5
67.0
67.0
73.0
75.0
62.5
54.5
52.0
62.0
66.0:
67.5
60.4
42
36
44
43
34.
42
48
50
59
35
40-
36
42.
34'
50
45
59
56
48
48
50
53
63
68
50
43
38
51
52.
54
46.2
Av.
_ _... ~
---
-5-
APRIL 1969
Temperature (oF)
Min.
Mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
69.0
72.0
72.0
73.5
73.0
76.0
74.5
70.0
71.5
69.5
73.0
73.5
73.5
71.0
71.0
75.5
75.5
79.0
77.0
66.5
69.5
69.5
67.0
69.5
70.5
67.5
68.5
73.5
75.5
73.5
72.0
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.02
1.65
0.05
0.02
0.51
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.12
0.01
60.4
2.45 (Total)
52 50
Date
Max.
Av.
83.2
88
60.1
- ----- ----- --
-- --~- -- --
Range
-6-
MAY 1969
Temperature (oF)
Date Max.
Min. .-Mean
Min. Mean
* Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
1 83
2 81
3 78
4 85
5 85
6 85
7 87
8 87
9 86
10 83
11 82
12 .85
13 86
14 86
15 85
16 88
17 85
18 87
19 89
20 86
21 89
22 -89
23 .89
24 89
25 -86
26 88
27 91
28 90
29 87
30 87
31 90
Av. 86.3
Range 91
60 71.5
66 73.5
63 70.5
62 73.5
60 72.5
64 74.5
65 76.0
62 74.5
68 77.0
65 74.0
51 66.5
66: 75.5
67 76.5"
66 76.0
68 76.5'
69 78.5
68 76.5
70 78.5
72 80.5
67 76.5
64 76.5'
69 79.0
69 79.0'
63 76.0 .
61 73.5
65 76.5
70 80.5'
69 79.5
67 77.0
62 74.5
64 77.0
65.2
75.7
60
64
61
61
62
62
65
62
67
62
50
64
67
66
68.
70.
62
64
74 ,
69
63
68
69
60
60
63
70
70
69
62
61
64.4
0.00
0.04
0.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.24
0.00
0.14
.0.00
0.72
0.00
.0.14
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.53 (Total)
51 50
~- --~-- -- -- --- -- ~- -~ ~--` -~- --
-I-
-7-
JUNE 1969
Temperature (7F)
Min.
67
65
68
68
65
67
69
71
69
72
69
69
72
74
73
72
73
73
75
74
72
69
69
73
74
74
75
74
69
73
Mean
79.5
78.5
81.0
80.5
78.5
76.0
79.0
80.5
79.5
81.5
79.5
80.5
81.5
81.5
79.0
81.0
84.5
82.5
83.5
80.5
81.5
78.0
80.0
82.5
83.5
84.0
85.0
83.5
81.0
83.5
Ground
min.
64
65
68
68
66
68
69
65
69
72
68
70
72
66
73
74
73
74
74
64
70
70
72
74'
73
7A
68
72
Rainfall
Inches
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.66
0.60
2.23
0.43
0.00
0.07
0.00
0.12
0.65
1.29
1.03
1.51
0.89
0.00
0.06
0.31
0.05
0.69
0.00
0.40
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
69.8
11.03 (Total)
4a- 65 64
Date
Max.
Av.
91.0
70.9
-
- ---' -- --
Range 95
-8-
JULY 1969
Temperature (OF)
Min.' Mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches : -
.0.00
0.74
2.32
0.48
0.01
.0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.07
0.02
0.07
0.35
0.07
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.07
0.00
0.10
0.05
0.21
0.03
0.00
1.05
72
71
69
70
67
67
73
73
74
74
75
74
74
75
72
72
70
72
72
72
70.
71
73
72
73
72
72
71
72
73
72
71.6
63 66
Date..
Max.
92
91
91
90
.95
100
95
94
94
94
'94
94
92
87
91
87
94
94
"92
489
86
92
S91
91
92
90
90
'91
91
90
*90
82.0
81.0
80.01
80.0
81.0
83.5
84.0
83.5
84.0 .
84.0" ;,.:
84.5
84.0
83.0
81.0
81.5
79.5
82.0
83.0'
82.0
80.5
78.0
81.5
82.0
81.5
82.5
81.0
81.0'
81.0
81.5
81.5
81.0
72.
72
70
69
72
72
72
74
73
74
66
66
74
71
72
70
72
70
70
70
73
71
71
70
74
70
72
72
71.2
81.8
5.89 (Total)
Av.
90.7
- .F -I._
_ __ --
Range 100
-9-
AUGUST 1969
Temperature (F)'
Min.
Mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
0.16
0.00
0.00
0.24
1.11
0.29
0.08
0.00
0.21
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.15
0.77
0.00
0.70
0.33
1.55
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.12
0.02
0.12
0.00
0.00
0.00
81.5
82.0
82.5
82.0
78.5
75.5
76.5
81.0
80.5'
80.0
81.5
81.5
78.0
81.0
83.0
82.5
82.0
80.5
82.5
81.5
82.5
84.0
81.5
83.5
79.5
77.0
80.5
79.0
77.0
78.5
80.4
65 65
Date
Max.
90
93
93
92
87
82
.84
91
*90
90
94
92
89
90
92
S91
92
92
92
93
93
93
92
92
84
89
89
91
90
87
87
71
70
70
73
70
69
68
70
70
74
68
68
66
70
72,
70
72
70
72
71
70
73
69
71
71
69
65
68
67
70
68
69.8
6.18 (Total)
Av.
90.2
70.7
Range 94
~111-
------ --
-
_ --
_ ------ ---
-10-
SEPTEMBER 1969
STemperature ( F
Min. Mean
Ground'
min.
Rainfall
Inches
0.00
3.85
0.67
0.00
0.00
1.01
0.77
0.18
0.00
0.00
0.19
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.21
0.66
0.00
0.88
0.40
0.19
0,11
..0.45
. 0.00
0.32
0.20
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.07
0.00
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.
66 65
Date
Max.
92
92
90
89
90
91
87
90
89
90
S88
89
84
87
87
86
89
S89
89
87
88
90
87
91
.87
"88
88
88
86
82
73
70
71
71
72
73
71
70
73
71
71
70
68
69
69
70
72
70
71
74
74
72
71
71
70
72
72
72
71
73
82.5
81.0
80.5
80.0.
81.0:
82.0
79.0
80.0
81.0
80.5
79.5
78.0
76.0
78.0
78.0
78.0
80.5
79.5
80.0
80.5
81.0
81.0
79.0
81.0
78.5
80.0
80.0
80.0
78.5
77.5.
79.6
71.2
70
70
70
70
71
65
65
69
72
71
68
68
66
68
70
70
70
70
70
72
72
71
71-
70
69
70
65
65
71
72
69.4
10.23 (Total)
88.4
-
- ----
Range 92
-11-
OCTOBER 1969
Temperature (F)
Min.
Mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
0.05
1 10
1.00
0.00
0.01
0.14
0.00
0.00
0.09
0.00
0.00
0,00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.45
0.68
0.00
0.02
0.01
2.20
0.00
0.86
0.02
0.04
0.25
0.27
0.07
7.28 (Total)
Date
Max.
74
72
73
72
71
67
69
68
66
68
67
66
65
61
63
63
68
72
69
67
71
74
73
70
69
68
67
70
69
66
69
69.0
81.0
78.5
78.5
78.5
78.5
77.0
78.0
78.0
76.0
77.0
77.0
77.0
75.5
72.5
74.5
74.0
77.5
79.0
76.5
73.5
79.5
79.5'
80.0
78.0
71.0
72.5
74.0
76.5
76.5
69.0
73.0
76.3
72
72
72
60
65
67
69
66
66
69
66
65
65
60
63
62
67
65
65
60
70
72
61
70
68
66
70
69
65
67
66.5
'88
85
.84
85
86
87
87
88
-86
86
87
88
86
84
86
85
87
86
84
80
88
85
87
-86
"73
77
81
83
84
72
77
Av.
84.1
Range 88
-- -- -- rrr
- ---- ---- --
-12-
NOVEMBER 1969
Temperature (oF)_
Date Max.
Min. Mean
Ground
min.
Rainfall
Inches
1 77
2 79
3 "81
4 79
5 71
6 65
7 69
8 72
9 77
10 79
11 76
12 77
13 79
14 82
15 65
16 54
17 70
18 80
19 81
20 80
21 64
22 69
23 77
24 79
25 77
26 78
27 78
28 '74
29 76
30 "64
Av. 74.3
Range 82
69
62
60
59
41
42
48
48
61
53
47
50
61
62
36
34
53
60
54
52
46
48
52
57
57
60
1;9
63
59
48
53.4
73.0
70.5
70.5
69.0
56.0
53.5
58.5
60.0
69.0
66.0
61.5
63.5
70.0
72.0
50.5
4.0
1. 5
70.0
67.5
66.0 "
55.0.
58.$
64.5
68.0.'
67.0
69.0
68.5 '
68.5 "
67.5
56.0
63.5
68
60
60
59
40
41
46
64
58
50
46
50
60
60
38
31
e
59
52
52
45
46
48
53
56
58
66
60
59
53.0
0.25
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.60
0.27
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.16
0.00
2.13 (Total)
- ---- I -- --I- ----
- --- -- -1-"-
-13-
DECEMBER 1969
STemperature (OF) Rainfall
Ground
Date Max. Min. Mean min., Inches
1 72 38 55.0 37 0.00
2 67 48 57.0 46 0.00
3 69 40 54.5 38 0.00
4 68 44 56.0 41 0.00
5 66 35 50.5 35 0.00
6 69 46 57.5 44 0,00
7 75 45 60.0 52 0.00
8 70 42 56.0 39 0.58
9 72 56 64.0 53 0.06
10 72 55 63.5 54 1.25
11 77 57 67.0 51 0.02
12 70 49 59.5 47 0.00
13 62 35 48.5 32 0.00
14 58 34 46.0 32 0.00
15 65 44 54.5 41 0.00
16 73 46 59.5 43 0.01
17 72 47 59.5 45 0.00
18 68 39 53.5 38 0.00
19 73 47 60.0 44 0.00
20 73 47 60.0 45 0.00
21 68 48 58.0 47 0.00
22 75 54 64.5 53 0.53
23 64 44 54.0 43 0.00
24 71 50 60.5 58 0.02
25 76 49 62.5 44 0,00
26 78 46 62.0 52 0.44
27 60 36 48.0 32 0.00
28 64 37 50.5 -3 0.00
29 73 47 60.0 0.03
30 77 54 65.5 50 0.00
31 79 62 70.5 60 0.00
Av. 70.2 45.8 57.3 44.3 2.94 (Total)
34 32
Range 79
Inches Rainfall at Range
1969
Cattle Station for
compared with average for
1942-68
By Months
27-yr.
Av.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
.52
2.78
3.85
8.93
9.79
8.04
7.64
1.71
1.69
55.31
2.33
1.88
6.80
2.45
1.53
'6.18
10.23
7.28
2.13
2.94
-60.67
Excess
0.29
3.91
2.10
27-yr.
Deficit
0.64
0.33
2.32
2.59
3.85
0.42
1.25
14.41
9.05
4.56
10.23
14.08
23.01
32.80
40.84
48.4.8
51.91
53.62
55.31
Accumulative
1969
4.21
11.01
13.46
14.99
26.02
31.9.1
..-38.09
48.32
55.60
57.73
60.67
60.67
by Months _
Exe
Deficit
A
0.29
3.56
3.23
0.91
3.01
0.35
0.89
2.75
0.16
3.69
4.11
5.36
5.36
_, ,, ,.,_ _
---- .. ..I -
-15-
Frequency of Maximum Temperatures
(F) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
91-100 1 19 22 17 4 63
81- 90 1 1 3 25 29 11 9 14 26 26 3 148
71- 80 23 14 11 5 1 5 19 16 94
61- 70 7 9 14 7 13 50
51- 60 4 3 1 2 10
Total 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 365
Frequency of Minimum Temperatures
(F) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
71-80 1 17 25 18 21 9 91
61-70 1 1 4 19 27 13 6 13 9 22 6 1 122
51-60 12 10 11 11 3 13 5 65
41-50 15 9 10 9 17 60
40 1 2 1 4
39 2 2 1 5
38 1 2 1 4
37 1 1 2
36 2 1 1 4
35 1 1 2 4
34 2 1 1 4
Total 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 365
Summary of Temperature Records by Months
Month
1944-1968 Av.
Av. Av.
Max. Min. Mean
1969
Av. Av.
Max. Min. Mean
1944-1968 Extremes
High Year Low Year
; 4
1969 Extre
High LO
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
61.
58.
60.
71.
69.
80.
81.
80.
79.
76.
57.
58.
87
91
94
97
103
103
97.
98
95
95
90
88
1947
1962
1946
1945
1945
1945
19561/
1967I
19442/
1959
19591/
1944
1959
1947
1962
1950
1945
1962
19674/
1952k/
1962
1951
1950
1962
Year
100
Also occurred in 1961
Also occurred in 1948,.1951,
1954,
1955,
and 1962.
Also occurred in 1961
Also occurred in 1968
_
Summary
Extremes
Rainfall
Months
Greater st
Daily Rainfall
Month
Amount
Year
Greatest
Monthly
Amount
Rainfall
Year
Lowest Monthly
Rainfall_,
Amount
Year
Days
reat est
No. Days
Rain*
Year
Months
Lea
No.
1
st
Days
San.
eb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
* Ncv.
Dec.
58
63 :
59r-"
51
43
53
60
49
60
52
53
57
950
949
945
967
953
956
942
954/
958
942
944
949
1962
19601/
1959
1954
1963
1968
1960
1967
1960
1969
1947/
1959
0.01
inches
- .ed -.) -. .r -
or greater..
1/ .
Also
occurred
1963,
1964.
Also
occurred
1..96.5- -- --- ---- -
Also
occurred
1945,
1949,
1950.
Also
occurred
1958.
r
'i
,I
I
1969
Relative
Humidity
Hours,
Months
Percent
Relative
Humidity
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
303
79
77
61
59
79
76
5
5
255
69
52
61
62
61
'53
50
9
279
78
67
95
111
81
9
355
82
86
95-
80
22
381
70
104.
113
74
2
290
58
42
50
78
10
436
70
71
93
50
291
75
59
64
96
53
10
239
34
37
44
34
27
16
1
Total
744
672
744
720
744
720
744
528
720
600
648
432
reading
reading
reading
reading
for
for
for
for
August 1
October
November
December
through
through
through
through
18.
31.
3.
17.
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_ ,_ .I~I I------ II ------- -- --- -- -sr-- -- --- -- --- -- -
1969
Temperature
Hours,
Months
(F) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
I m m 11 Il i M 1 5 HI I H I & il H I IM u-- -- i i l m i I I M I I M m m g -- -- H I ggg ga M MI
100-110
90-100
80- 90
70- 80
60- 70
50- 60
40- 50
30--40
20- 30
Total
744
672
744
136
235
293
56
720
744
56
222
386
56
720
69
270
404
1
744.
37
153
306
32
7
209
482
22
720
138
362
148
648
46
141
145
109
13
648
64.8
456
readings
readings
readings
readings
for
for
for
for
August 1
October
November
December
0
28
1
5
through
through
through
through
18.
31.
3.
16.
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