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Group Title: Climatological report for Range Cattle Experiment Station, University of Florida
Title: Climatological report. 1973
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Publication Date: 1974
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Sch Center, Ona *
HU sa hemteRC 1974-1 January 1974.


APR 1 1974 1973 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT

C. L. Dantzmanl/
I.F.A.S. Univ. of Florida
The 1973 weather data for the Agricultural Research Center, Ona
Florida is summarized in this report. Daily temperatures and rainfall
for each month is listed on pages 2 through 13. The weather box con-
taining the standard thermometers and hygrotherlpgraph 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 rested
on the soil surface. The ground-level minimums are the lowest temper-
atures for the period following the previous reading.

Rainfall is compared with the 1942-1972 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,
is given on page 16.

Rainfall

1973 total rainfall at the Agricultural Research Center, Ona was
54.67 inches. This was 0.02 inches below the 31 year average (1942-1972)
of 54.69. The months that showed the greatest percentage of deviation
from the average are as follows: Deficits May 64%, November 88%;
Excesses = January 229% and July 58%. There weV 121 days of measurable
rain (0.01 inches or more) for the year. The longest period of drought
was 17 days ending on April 27.

Temperature

The highest temperature for the year was 95 degrees, which was
measured for June 10; the lowest, 28 degrees, occurred on December 23.
Temperatures of 40 degrees or lower were recorded 19 times: 5 in January;
4 in February; 1 in November and 9 in December.


1/ Assistant Soils Chemist, Agricultural Research Center, Ona, Florida.










JANUARY 1973
I ..


Temperature (Or)


Max Min


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.


79 57
82 58
84 66
83 62
83 62
85 58
80 56
82 54
82 49
54 47
58 50
59 46
.50 36
55. 32
62 36
67 47
72 52
78 52
82 54
79 52
76 52
78 66
74 59
63 55
71 49
74 57
80 67
78 65
79 52
57 .35
60 40 -

72.5 52.4


68.0
70.0
72.0
72.5
72.5
71.5
68.0
68.0
65.5
50.5
54.0
52.5
43.0
43.5
49.0
57.0
62.0
65.0
68.0
65.5
64.0
72.0
66.5
59.0
60.0
65.5
73.5
71.5
65.5
46.0
50.0

62.4


49.8


53
56
64
60
60
56
54
52
48
45
48
44
33
29
33
46
48
50
51
50
48
63
57
54
46
53
63
62
50
33.
37


6.35 (total)


Range 85 32


Date


Mean


Ground
min.


Rainfall

Inches


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.07
0.34
1.67
0.05
0.01
0.00
0.00.
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
.0.00
0.00
1.82
1.28
0.00
.0.00'
0.32
0.01
0.77
0.00
*0.00









FEBRUARY 1973


_Temperature (F)


Mean


69.0 46.5


64.0
72.5
67.0
52.5
54.5
59.0
58.0
59.0
67.0
63.5
43.5
43.0
56.5
63.0
69.5
58.0
49.5
48.5
51.0
53.5
54.0
52.0
54.0
53.5
61.0
68.0
65.0
56.0

57.7


0.00
0.00
0.30
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.84
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.02
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.28
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00


43.7


2.52 (total)


Range 82 33


Date


1Max


Min


Ground
Min


Rainfall

Inches









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MARCH 1973

Temperature (IF) Rainfall
Ground
Date Max Min Mean min Inches


1 77 49 63.0 47 0.00
2 78 53 65.5 50 0.00
3 80 55 67.5 52 0.00
4 82 59 70.5 55 0.00
5 84 58 71.0 55 0.00
6 83 62 72.5 60 0.00
7 86 62 74.0 60 0.00
8 86 67 76.5 65 0.07
9 84 65 74.5 63. 0.18
10 78 63 70.5 60 0.02
11 86 65 75.5 62 0.01
12 85 66 75.5 66 0.00
13 87 65 .76.0 62 0.00
14 87 64 75.5 61 0.00
15 87 64 75.5 61 0.00
16 86 64 75.0 62 0.00
17 87 60 73.5 58 0.23
18 66 46 56.0 44 0.00
19 70 44 57.0 42 0.00
20 79 48 63.5 46 0.00
21 82 63 72.5 61 0.18
22 81 46 65.0 44 0.00
23 75 50 62.5 47 0.00
24 75 50 62.5 47 0.00
25 76 57 66.5 54 0.00
26 82 63 72.5 61 1.87
27 75 56 65.5 54 0.00
28 71 52 61.5 50 0.00
29 79 60 69.5 57 0.00
30 78 63 70.5 61 0.00
31 83 65 74.0 61 0.00

Av 80.5 58.2 69.3 55.7 2.56 (total)


Range 87 44








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APRIL 1973

,Temperature ('F) Rainfall
Ground
Date Max Min Mean min Inches


1 86 67 76.5 66 0.00
2 78 60 69.0 57 0.41
3 79 65 72.0 63 0.00
4 84 70 77.0 68 0.00
5 77 55 66.0 53 0.48
6 72 52 62.0 49 0.00
7 79 63 71.0 60 0.00
8 87 65 76.0 63 1.65
,9 80 52 66.0 50 0.01
10 76 55 65.5 52 0.00
11 68 47 57.5 44 0.00
12 69 44 56.5 42 0.00
13 77 47 62.0 45 0.00
14 80 52 66.0 49 0.00
15. 81 60 70.5 56 0.00
16 78 54 66.0 51 0.00
17 82 60 71.0 56 0.00
18 81 58 69.5 54 0.00
19 81 59 70.0 57 0.00
20 82 59 70.5 55 0.00
21 85 62 73.5 58 0.00
22 82 59 70.5 55 0.00
23 83 59 71.0 56 0.00
24 85 59 72.0 55 0.00
25 83 61 72.0 58 0.00
26 85 63 74.0 61 0.00
27 87 64 75.5 63 0.68
28 82 51 66.5 48 0.00
29 73 47 60.0 43 0.00
30 78 52 65.0 50 0.00

Av 80.0 57.4 68.7 54.5 3.23 (total)

Range 87 44 42








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MAY 1973


Temperature (OF)


Min


Mean


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


87.3 62.3


68.0
69.5
73.0
75.0
76.5
71.5
70.5
76.5
81.0
77.5
73.0
75.0
77.5
78.0
72.0
73.0
61.0
66.5
70.5
72.0
73.5
72.0
75.5
78.5
79.5
79.0
79.5
81.5
81.5
83.0
78.0

74.8


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.46
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.41
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
0.00
0.52

1.42 (total)


58.7


94 46 44


Date


Max


Ground
min


Rainfall

Inches


- --


Range











JUNE 1973


Temperature ("F)


Min


Mean


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


93
92
92
91
90
94
93
87
88
95
89
89
92
91
90
..92
92
92
87
89
89
88
86
86
89
88
90
89
91
91


90.2 68.6

95 64


Range


79.4


65.6


6.70 (total)


Date


Max


64
67
68
68
68
69
66
70
67
69
70
69
72
70
69
70
69
71
69
66
70
70
70
69
69
67
64
70
69
68


78.5
79.5
80.0.
79.5
79.0
81.5 .
79.5
78.5
77.5
82.0
79,5
79.0
82.0
80.5
7S..5
81.0
80.5
81.5
78.0
77.5
79.5
79.0
78.0
77.5
79.0
77.5
77.0
79.5
80.0
79.5


Ground
min


62
64
65
64
65
66
62
68
65
67
67
S66
70
67
66
67
65
68
66
64
67
67
66
66
66
64
62
67
66
64


Rainfall


Inches


0.17
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.02
0.33
0.05
0.00
0.00
0.18
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.45
0.07
1.35
1.09
0.00
2.32
0.00
0.00
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.00


---











JULY 1973


Temperature (OF)


Min


Mean


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


90.3 70.6

94 67


80.5
81.0
78.5
80.0
79.0
79.0
81.0
81.0
79.0
79.5
79.0
81.0
81.5
78.5
81.5
80.0
82.0
82.5
81.0
79.5
80.0
80.5
77.5
82.5
82.0
82.5
81.5
80.0
81.0
81.0
81.0

80.4


0.00
0.67
0.08
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.57
0.35
1.73
0.38
0.00
0.00
1.18
0.08
0.90
0.01
0.11
0.12
3.00
0.97
0.03
0.01
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.87
0.12
0.00
0.00
0.79


68.4


14.99 (total)


Date


Max


Ground
min


Rainfall

Inches


Av

Range


- -


- --











AUGUST 1973

Temperature (F) Rainfall
Ground
Date Max Min Mean min Inches


1 89 73 81.0 70 0.49
2 85 72 78.5 70 0.91
3 84 72 78.0 69 0.48
4 89 72 80.5 69 0.00
5 92 73 82.5 70 0.00
6 90 73 81.5 70 0.00
7 92 67 79.5 65 0.00
8 91 71 81.0 69 0.00
9 91 72 81.5 70 0.02
10 90 70 80.0 68' 0.00
11 90 70 80.0 68' 0.16
12 92 70 81.0 68 0.03
13 93 70 81.5 68 0.00
14 92 71 81.5 70 0.00
15 92 69 80.5 68 0.43
16* 91 70 80.5 66 1.42
17 91 69 80.0 67 0.00
18 92 73 82.5 70 0.00
19 92 73 82.5 70 0.00
20 92 73 82.5 70 0.39
21 91 70 80.5 68 1.93
-22- 89 66 77.5 63 0.00
23 89 68 78.5 66 0.14
24 89 70 79.5 68 0.00
25 90 72 81.0 69 0.00
26* 91 71 81.0 68 0.01
27 91 71 81.0 68 0.15
28 92 73 82.5 70 0.04
29 92 73 82.5 70 0.00
30 89 72 80.5 69 0.00
31 91 73 82.0 70 0.00

Av 90.5 71.0 80.7 68.5 6.56 (total)

Range 93 66 63


* reading taken at 7:00 a.m.


** reading taken at 7:30 a.m.









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SEPTEMBER 1973


Mean


89.7 71.9

94 69


Range


77.5
80.5
78.5
80.0
80.0
80.5
81.5
81.0
82.0
85.0
83.0
79.0
81.0
82.5
84.0
83.0
83.0
81.5
82.0
80.0
80.0
80.0
79.5
78.5
79.0
80.5
81.0
80.0
79.0
80.5

80.8


1.05
0.01
0.41
0.17
0.55
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.13
0.14
0.98
0.53
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.21
0.00
0.00
0.89
0.11
0.77
0.00
1.08
0.00
0.00
0.00


71.5


7.04 (total)


Date


Temperature (F)


Max


Min


Ground
min


Rainfall

Inches


- --


-









-11-


OCTOBER 1973


______ Tepnorsture (OF)


Max Min


Mean


89
90
88
90
87
89
91
89
87
88
88
88
87
85
86
87
88
86
86
82
84
88
88
83
80
81
82
85
84
75
74


85.6 64.4

91 45


78.0
78.5
79.5
80.5
78.5
80.0
81.0
81.0
77.5
78.5
78.0
77.5
75.0
74.5
75.0
75.5
76.0
77.0
77.0
75.0
77.0
79.0
77.5
72.5
67.0
66.5
68.0
72.5
72.0
60.0
60.0

75.0


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.26
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01


61.4


0.41 (total)


* reading taken at 8:00 a.m.


Date


Ground
min


Rainfall

Inches


Range








-12-


NOVEMBER 1973


Tempera ture. ("I)


Max Min


Mean


82.7 58.2

88 38


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


65.5
69.5
73.5
73.0
75.0
75.0
72.0
70.5
70.5
73.0
65.0
63.5
66.5
67.0
66.5
69.0
71.0
72.5
73.0
74.0
74.5
74.5
75.0
75.5
71.5
71.5
74.0
74.0
67.0
50.0

70.4


55.0


0.97 (total)


* reading taken at 7:30 a.m.

** reading taken at 11:30 a.m.

*** reading taken at 7:00 a.m.


Date


Ground
min


Rainfall


Inches


0.40
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
0.44
0.00
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00


Range


- ---- -- ----









-13-


DECEMBER 1973


Temperature (F)


Min


72.0 48.4

84 28


* reading taken at 7:15 a.m.

** reading taken at 7:00 a.m.

*** reading taken at 7:30 a.m.


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


Mean


63.5
63.0
65.5
66.0
72.0
70,0
6.'. 5
60.0
51.5
48.5
49.5
42.5
46.5
64.0
61.5
67.0
57.5
42.0
50.5
66.5
63.0
45.0
43.0
50.5
67.5
69.5
73.0
73.0
70.0
70.0
69.5

60.2


Ground
min


45.1


Rainfall

Inches


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.21
0.09
0.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.00
0.99
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.26
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01

1.92


Range


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Inches


Rainfall


1973


at Agricultural Research


compared with average


1942-


Center


1972.


By months


Accumulative by months


1973


Excess


Deficit


1973


Exces s


Defici


Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.


4.42


2.56


2.57
3.92
8.35


June
July
Aug.
Sept
Oct.
Nov.


1.82


2.52
2.56
3.23
1.42


0.04
0.55


1.93
4.49


0.66


6,56
7.04
0.41
0.97


1.74


1.61
0.68


14.09
22.44
31.91
40.08
47.80


8.87


11.43
14.66
16.08
22.78


51.37
51.78


4.42
4.38
3.83
4.49


0.34


4.25


0.65


0.85


0.18


54.69


0.20
0.02


54.57


Total


54.67


10.78


10.80


54.67


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Frequency of Maximum Temperatures


(F)


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


91-100 8 14 17 19 11 1 70
81-90 8 1 17 16 21 16 14 12 19 27 24 6 181
71-80 13 14 12 12 2 3 5 12 73
61-70 3 9 2 2 1 9 26
51-60 6 4 4 14
41-50 1 1

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 4 2 8 19 23 5 61
61-70 6 1 15 9 15 28 23 12 7 19 14 5 154
51-60 14 7 9 17 11 .5 14 141' 91
41-50 6 16 7 4 1 2 1 3 40
40 1 1 2
39 1 1
38 1 1 2
37 0
36 2 2
35 1 2 3
34 1 1
33 1 1
32 1 1
31 1 1
30 0
29 4 4
28 1 1

Total 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 365















Summary of Temperature Records


by Months


1944-1973 Av.


1973


1944-1972


Extremes


Month


Mean


Mean


High


Year


Year


Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.


1971
19711/
1962
1950
1945'
1962
1968&4

1962
1951
1970
1962


19621/
1959
1961?!
1944


Also


occurred


Also occurred
Also occurred
Also occurred
Also occurred


1944,
1959.
1947.
1967.
1952.


'1948,


1954 and


1955.


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