• TABLE OF CONTENTS
HIDE
 Historic note
 Main














Group Title: Climatological report for Range Cattle Experiment Station, University of Florida
Title: Climatological report. 1974
ALL VOLUMES CITATION THUMBNAILS PAGE IMAGE ZOOMABLE
Full Citation
STANDARD VIEW MARC VIEW
Permanent Link: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075797/00010
 Material Information
Title: Climatological report. 1974
Series Title: Climatological report.
Alternate Title: Mimeo Series - University of Florida Range Cattle Station ; 75-1
Physical Description: Serial
Language: English
Creator: Dantzman, C. L.
Publisher: University of Florida Range Cattle Station
Publication Date: 1975
 Record Information
Bibliographic ID: UF00075797
Volume ID: VID00010
Source Institution: University of Florida
Rights Management: All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier: oclc - 143383408

Table of Contents
    Historic note
        Unnumbered ( 1 )
    Main
        Page 1
        Page 2
        Page 3
        Page 4
        Page 5
        Page 6
        Page 7
        Page 8
        Page 9
        Page 10
        Page 11
        Page 12
        Page 13
        Page 14
        Page 15
        Page 16
        Page 17
Full Text





HISTORIC NOTE


The publications in this collection do
not reflect current scientific knowledge
or recommendations. These texts
represent the historic publishing
record of the Institute for Food and
Agricultural Sciences and should be
used only to trace the historic work of
the Institute and its staff. Current IFAS
research may be found on the
Electronic Data Information Source
(EDIS)

site maintained by the Florida
Cooperative Extension Service.






Copyright 2005, Board of Trustees, University
of Florida









,) Agricultural Research Center, Ona *
Research Report RC-1975-1 January 1975
^- /
1974 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT

1/
C. L. Dantzman-


The 1974 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 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 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 1942-1973 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 15, and rainfall extremes on page 17.

Rainfall

1974 total rainfall at the Agricultural Research Center, Ona was
50.80 inches. This was 3.84 inchgibelow the 32 year average (1942-1973)
of 54.64. The months that showe '' follows: Deficits January
1.96 in., March 2.85 in., April .87A' y 1.02 in., July 2.34 in.,
September 1.51 in., October l.7l in., 6tme -e.48 in.; Excesses:
February 0.17 in., June 6.92 in., August 2.q r. d December 1.08 in.
There were 129 days of measurable rb~fp(0.01 i f~ ore) for the
year. The longest period of drought was06 days e n on March 13.

Temperature 6

The highest temperature for t ywas 94 d agrees, which was
measured for May 31, June 1 and July 2.ti) lowe t, 26 degrees,
occurred on December 10. Temperatures of Wn ees or lower were
recorded 20 times: 9 in February; 1 in March; in April; 2 in
November; and 6 in December.


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


/ **









-2-

JANUARY 1974


Temperature (OF)


Mean


71.0
71.5
71.0
71.5
71.0
68.0
69.0
69.5
73.0
71.0
72.5
72.0
70.5
70.5
70.0
70.0
67.0
62.5
71.0
67.0
71.0
70.5
69.5
68.5
69.5
69.0
70.0
71.0
70.5
69.5
72.5

70.1


Ground
min.


54
55
55
58
56
52
54
53
58
54
57
54:
56
58
56
56
49
50
52
53
59
54
53
51
54
51
55
55
52
54
56.


54.3


Rainfall


Inches


trace
trace
trace
0.00
0.02
0.00
trace
trace
trace
0.00
trace
0.00
trace
trace
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
trace
0.00
0.00
0.05
trace
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
trace
0.00
0.01


0.11 (total)


53 49


Date


Max


Min


57.7


82.4


Range 85











FEBRUARY 1974


Temperature (F)


Meen


72.5
69.0
70.5
71.5
54.5
60.5
70.0
74.0
67.5
45.0
47.5
49.5
53.0
59.0
.62.0
69.5
62.5
53.5
64.5
: 64.5
68.0
75.0
61.5
59.0
62.5
46.5
41.5
56.0

61.1


Ground
min.


43.2


2.73 (total)


30 26


Date


Max


Min


Rainfall


Inches


85
83
84
85
72
75
81
83
83
56
61
68
72
77
79
83
75
69
76
81
79
86
83
73
75
63
53
70


trace
0.00
trace
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.38
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.82
trace
0.00
1.50
trace
0.00
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00


75.4


46.8


--- -- -------------------- --


Range 86









-4-

MARCH 1974


Temperature (*F)


Mean


43
45
49
49
55
53
51
61
59
55
55
57
61
52
59
63
57
37
42
54
56
67
63
68
62
65
67
65
63
62
50


58.5
61.0
64.0
65.0
68.0
69.0
68.0
74.5
73.0
71.5
71.0
71.5
72.5
68.0
70.5
70.5
69.0
56.0
61.0
69.0
72.0
78.0
71.5
73.0
74.0
77.5
79.5
77.0
75.0
74.5
67.5

70.1


37 34


Date


Max


Min


Ground
min.


Rainfall


Inches


0.24 (total)


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
trace
trace
0.00
0.00
trace
0.01
0.00
0.00
trace
0.00
trace
0.00
trace
trace
0.00
0.10
0.11
0.01
0.00
0.00
trace
0.01
0.00
0.00


83.8


56.3


53.0


---


- -- ----`-----


Range 92











APRIL 1973


Temperature ("F)


Min


54.9


Mean


71.5
77.5
78.5
78.0
79.5
64.0
55.0
60.5
72.0
59.0
68.5
74.0
75.5
75.0
77.5
73.5
75.5
66.0
68.0
69.0
68.5
71.0
74.0
70.0
66.5
66.5
65.5
66.0
69.5
68.5

70.1


Ground
min.


50
57
62
62
66
45
34
39
61
36
50
60
60
54
61
54
60
48
48
45
48
52
57
59
42
46
44
43
47
48


51.3


Rainfall


Inches


trace
trace
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.44
0.01
0.00
0.12
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
trace
0.03
trace
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00


0.72 (total)


40 34


Date


Max


85.3


- --


Range 93














Temperature (F)


Ground
min.


70.5
70.5
70.5
70.0
76.5
74.5
73.5
69.0
69.5
78.0
80.5
81.0
74.0
78.5
75.5
75.5
79.0
76.0
78.0
77.5
79.5
79.5
78.5
76.0
78.5
78.0
78.0
77.0
79.5
76.5
79.5

76.1


2.82 (total)


51 48


-6-

MAY 1974


Date


Max


Rainfall

Inches


Min


62.6


Mean


59.7


trace
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.30
0.05
0.30
0.00
trace
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.00
0.00
trace
trace
0.00
0.00
0.00


89.5


Range 94














.Temperature (OF)


Ground
min.


79.5
76.0
79.0
76.0
75.5
78.0
80.0
81.0
80.0
78.0
80.0
79.5
77.0
80.0
81.0
72.5
78.5
79.0
78.5
81.0
79.0
78.0
82.0
77.0
74.5
75.5
78.0
73.5
74.0
77.5

78.0


15.22 (total)


63 60


JUNE 1974


Date


Max


Rainfall


Inches


Min


67.3


Mean


64.6


0.05
0.00
0.34
0.18
0.00
0.23
0.30
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.36
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.45
0.10
0.00
0.00
0.00
trace
0.04
0.02
1.40
2.05
0.32
2.42
2.66
0.15
2.10


88.6


----


--


Range 94














Temperature (O.F)


Ground
min.


78.5
77.0
76.5
77.0
77.5
78.0
77.0
79.5
81.0
82.0
81.5
82.0
79.0
77.5
77.5
79.5
80.0
78.5
80.0
84.0
81.0
79.0
80.0
81.0
81.0
80.0
81.0
80.5
79.5
80.5
80.0

79.6


7.30 (total)


67 60


JULY 1974


Date


Max


Rainfall


Inches


Min


70.2


Mean


66.9


0.02
0.42
0.15
0.86
0.26
0.85
0.32
0.03
0.00
0.05
0.00
0.00
0.23
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.25
0.17
trace
0.00
0.00
1.18
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
1.06
0.73
0.63
0.04


88.9


--


Range 94











AUGUST 1974


.Temperature (OF)


Mean


77.0
79.0
78.5
79.5
78.0
78.0
81.0
80.5
82.5
83.5
81.5
82.0
80.5
80.0
82.0
83.0
82.5
81.5
80.5
81.0
81.0
81.0
81.0
81.0
82.0
82.0
82.5
82.0
81.0
81.5
81.5

80.9


Ground
min.


69..7


10.80 (total)


69 59


Date


Max


Rainfall


Inches


Min


71.7


0.61
0.46
0.57
0.01
1.10
0.27
0.21
0.24
trace
0.01
0.01
4.00
0.83
trace
trace
0.01
trace
0.30
0.48
0.15
0.56
0.24
trace
0.00
0.00
0.04
0.04
trace
0.00
0.66
0.00


90.1


Range 93









-10-

SEPTEMBER 1974


Temperature (OF)


Mean


82.0
81.5
80.5
79.0
81.0
77.5
81.5
83.5
79.0
80.0
81.5
83.0
83.5
81.5
81.5
81.5
83.0
82.0
82.0
83.0
82.5
80.5
81.0
82.0
82.0
81.0
83.0
81.5
82.0
82.0

81.5


6.19 (total)


67 65


Date


Max


Ground
min,


Rainfall


Inches


Min


72.0


0.00
0.00
0.00
1.62
0.12
0.93
0.00
0.05
0.63
trace
trace
0.49
trace
0.00
1.11
0.31
0.06
trace
trace
0.81
0.01
trace
trace
0.01
trace
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.00
trace


91.0


69.1


---I- -- -- ---~ I~-~-~-- ~-`------ -----


-


Range 93









-11-

OCTOBER 1974


Temperature (*F) Ran fall
Ground
Date Max Min Mean rain. Inches


1 88 67 77.5 64 1.28
2 83 63 73.0 60 0.00
C 84 63 73.5 60 0.00
4 79 55 67.0 52 0.00
5 79 58 68.5 55 0.00
6 84 66 75.0 62 0.02
7 81 67 74.0 64 0.02
8 79 70 74.5 67 trace
9 84 63 73.5 60 0.00 :
10 86 63 74.5 60 trace
11 83 62 72.5 60 0.00
12 85 64 74.5 60 0.00
13 85 63 74.0 59 0.00
14 87 63 75.0 60 trace
15 86 65 75.5 62 trace
16 90 67 78.5 64 trace
17 89 68 78.5 65 0.12
18 79 51 65.0 48 0.07
19 79 52 65.5 48 0.01
20 82 57 69.5 53 0.00
21 80 57 68.5 66 0.00
22 80 51 65.5 64 0.00
23 77 59 68.0 56 0.00
24 80 58 69.0 64 0.00
25 81 58 69.5 54 0.00
26 82 59 70.5 54 trace
27 83 57 70.0 52 trace
28 84 58 71.0 54 trace
29 84 60 72.0 56 trace
30 85 62 73.5 56 trace
31 86 61 73.5 56 0.01

Av 83.0 60.9 72.0 58.6 1.53 (total)


51 48


--~------C-----l_--~-----L____ -~LI-----~-


Range 90









-12-


NOVEMBER 1974


Temperature C(F)


Mean


74.0
73.0
72.0
70.5
72.0
66.5
68.5
68.5
69.0
66.0
64.0
66.0
56.5
58.0
70.5
70.0
72.0
73.5
73.0
74.0
66.0
56.0
57.0
62.0
67.0
69.5
66.0
62.0
60.5
66.5

67.0


0.31 (total)


39 34


Date


Max


Ground
min.


Rainfall

Inches


Min


54.5


trace
trace
0.01
trace
trace
trace.
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
trace
trace
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.01
0.00
trace
0.01
trace
0.07
trace
trace
trace
0.00
0.00
0.12
trace
0.00
0.06


79.5


50.7


Range 86









-13-


DECEMBER 1974


Temperature (OF) Rainfall
Ground
Date Max Min Mean min. Inches


1 70 60 65.0 55 0.09
2 66 43 54.5 40 0.01
3 62 40 51.0 36 0.00
4 63 32 47.5 28 0.01
5 66 33 49.5 28 trace
6 63 42 52.5 37 trace
7 75 48 61.5 43 trace
8 79 50 64.5 46 0.00
9 74 45 59.5 41 0.01
10 62 26 44.0 24 0.01
11 67 41 54.0 35 0.00
12 .75 48 61.5 44 trace
13 81 59 70.0 56 0.01
14 78 59 68.5 56 0.00
15 72 60 66.0 56 0.03
16 72 64 68.0 60 0.96
17 69 51 60.0 49 1.61
18 67 36 51.5 32 0.01
19 60 38 49.0 34 trace
20 70 54 62.0 50 0.00
21 83 60 71.5 56 0.01
22 71 51 61.0 47 0.01
23 72 49 60.5 45 trace
24 79 58 68.5 54 0.00
25 82 56 69.0 52 0.00
26 83 60 71.5 56 0.02
27 72 58 65.0 55 0.01
28 81 55 68.0 51 0.00
29 81 53 67.0 49 0.02
30 81 56 68.5 52 trace
31 82 56 69.0 52 0.01

Av 72.8 49.7 61.3 45.8 2.83 (total)


26 24


Range 83












Inches


for 1974


Rainfall


at Agricultural Research


compared with


average


for 194


Center
-1973.


By months


Accumulative by months


32 yr


1974


Excess


Deficit


1974


Excess


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


2.07


0.11


0.17


3.09


3.84
8.30
9.64


Nov.


0.24
0.72


1.96


2.07
4.63
7.72


0.11


3.08


6.62


22.4


7.30
10.80
6.19
1.53
0.31


2.34


1.51
1.71
1. *:


32.09
40.16


47.66


52.89


50. 0


Total


50.80


10.90


14.74


54.64


50.80








-15-


Frequency of Maximum Temperatures, days.


(oF) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total


91-100 1 7 9 17 9 16 21 80
81-90 27 11 22 17 22 10 22 15 9 22 15 8 200
71-80 4 10 8 5 3 9 14 11 64
61-70 5 1 1 11 18
51-(0 2 1 3
41-50

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





Frequency of Minimum Temperatures, days.


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


71-80
61-70 16
51-60 15
41-50
40


1 5 13 27 25
2 16 9 23 25 18 4 5
8 12 13 7
9 2 6
1 2


1 1


71
17 9 1 145
14 11 16 96
8 8 33
1 1 5
1 1
1 2
2
1 1


3
1 1
1 1


1 1


Total 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30


31 30 31 365












Summary


of Temperature Records


by Months


1944-


1974


1974


1944


-1973


Extremes


Month


Mean


Mean


High


Year


Year


Jan.
Feb.
Mar.


April


June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.


73.5


61.4
62.6


1947


75.4


61.1


56.3


83.8
88.2
90.3
90.7
90.9


72.5


71.0


85.1


79.5
80.9


75.2


55.6
50.3


89.5
88.6
88.9


83.0


72.8


1946
1945
1945


1971
19713


1950


78.0


60.9


67.0
61.3


1967
19621/
1959
1961 /
1944


685/
62


1951
1970
1962


Also occurred


Also


Also
Also


occurred
occurred
occurred
occurred


in 1944,
in*1959.
in 1947.
in 1967.
in 1952.


1954


and 1955.


II IIII imumul mrmm I pmpumumWI Iamm m m l-- ml m m Ii in I ii II


I____ I__ I|_ HI I Im | I el__ a_ __- ) I_ li


_ ,___ I__ I .. .. _.




4 .


-17-


Rainfall Extremes (in.)


Greatest Day


2.15
2.94
3.18
4.70
3.59
11.23
.442
4.90
5..10
'3;2 .5
3.74,.
2.95


1958
1960
1958
1951
1968
1945
1948
1943
1962
.,.1951
. 1953
1957


Greatest Month


8.45
5.52
8.60
7.44
10.58
16.20
19.74
14.26
16.38
7.92
5.44
6.05


1958
1960
1959
1954
1943
1962
1960
1949
1960
1959
1953
1957


Lowest Month


0.03
0.13
0.13
0.00
0.00
2.79
4.11
3.13
1.33
0.19
0.07
0.16


1950
1949
1945
1967
1953
1956
1972
1954
1958
1942
1960
1949


Greatest Year (1953), 73.83


Month

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


_ _________ ~_I__


Lowest Year (1956), 36.63




University of Florida Home Page
© 2004 - 2010 University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.
All rights reserved.

Acceptable Use, Copyright, and Disclaimer Statement
Last updated October 10, 2010 - - mvs