WETS Station : NEW BEDFORD, MA5246 Creation Date: 10/23/2002 Latitude: 4138 Longitude: 07056 Elevation: 00070 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 25005 County Name: Bristol Start yr. - 1971 End yr. - 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Temperature | Precipitation | | (Degrees F.) | (Inches) | |-----------------------|--------------------------------------| | | | | | 30% chance |avg | | | | | | | will have |# of| avg | |-------|-------|-------| |-----------------|days| total| Month | avg | avg | avg | avg | less | more |w/.1| snow | | daily | daily | | | than | than | or| fall | | max | min | | | | |more| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| January | 37.8 | 22.7 | 30.3 | 4.69 | 3.11 | 5.44 | 7 | 9.9 | February | 38.8 | 24.1 | 31.4 | 4.01 | 2.88 | 4.62 | 6 | 10.0 | March | 46.2 | 31.2 | 38.7 | 4.76 | 3.74 | 5.77 | 8 | 4.7 | April | 55.6 | 39.9 | 47.7 | 4.39 | 3.20 | 5.25 | 7 | 1.3 | May | 66.5 | 49.7 | 58.1 | 3.69 | 2.83 | 4.38 | 7 | 0.1 | June | 75.9 | 59.0 | 67.5 | 3.95 | 2.16 | 4.65 | 5 | 0.0 | July | 82.0 | 65.8 | 73.9 | 3.54 | 2.30 | 4.13 | 5 | 0.0 | August | 80.9 | 65.1 | 73.0 | 4.55 | 2.66 | 5.36 | 6 | 0.0 | September | 73.6 | 57.7 | 65.6 | 3.89 | 2.37 | 4.63 | 5 | 0.0 | October | 63.1 | 46.9 | 55.0 | 3.97 | 2.84 | 4.86 | 6 | 0.0 | November | 52.6 | 38.2 | 45.4 | 4.66 | 3.30 | 5.53 | 7 | 1.0 | December | 42.7 | 28.0 | 35.3 | 4.77 | 3.36 | 5.76 | 8 | 4.9 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 46.05 | 54.22 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 59.6 | 44.0 | 51.8 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 50.88 | ------ | ------ | 77 | 31.8 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| GROWING SEASON DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Temperature ---------------------|----------------------------------------------------- Probability | 24 F or higher | 28 F or higher | 32 F or higher | ---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- | Beginning and Ending Dates | Growing Season Length | 50 percent * | 3/22 to 11/27 | 3/28 to 11/15 | 4/13 to 10/30 | 251 days | 232 days | 200 days | | | 70 percent * | 3/17 to 12/ 2 | 3/23 to 11/19 | 4/ 7 to 11/ 5 | 259 days | 241 days | 212 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : MA5246, NEW BEDFORD ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 2.53 2.69 1.01 1.98 6.71 4.36 2.68 21.96 49 5.15 4.01 4.21 4.03 3.40 0.01 1.27 2.06 2.39 0.78 3.61 2.35 33.27 50 3.73 4.12 4.26 3.11 3.04 1.73 1.09 1.86 M1.72 0.97 5.94 3.93 35.50 51 2.51 3.25 2.98 1.61 2.50 1.25 1.67 2.73 0.78 2.30 5.21 4.06 30.85 52 4.31 6.34 3.63 2.03 2.94 1.41 0.02 7.63 1.81 0.90 1.52 3.08 35.62 53 6.37 4.71 7.36 4.86 2.61 0.22 M4.49 5.02 4.41 4.81 5.55 6.31 56.72 54 3.24 M2.79 2.74 4.13 6.76 1.89 2.05 7.80 5.04 2.58 6.08 5.85 50.95 55 0.86 4.30 3.09 2.41 0.76 1.49 1.78 10.75 3.23 4.92 3.46 1.27 38.32 56 3.99 4.14 M5.28 M2.96 M1.27 M2.65 M2.64 M2.13 M1.42 M2.52 2.86 4.71 36.57 57M3.23 1.32 2.34 2.18 1.16 0.06 1.07 M3.31 M0.65 M1.07 3.30 M5.18 24.87 58M5.85 3.82 4.48 9.64 4.71 2.43 1.84 6.08 3.62 1.76 M2.62 1.94 48.79 59 2.14 3.19 6.01 3.25 1.72 M5.32 4.32 2.18 0.78 4.33 4.43 3.74 41.41 60M3.25 4.05 3.02 4.25 4.26 1.59 3.87 1.31 6.07 1.99 2.98 3.41 40.05 61 2.18 M3.55 2.48 3.46 3.07 0.67 1.75 3.55 M5.35 3.56 3.67 M2.86 36.15 62M4.33 M4.60 0.73 2.93 0.74 3.45 2.05 4.16 2.60 5.63 3.78 2.64 37.64 63 3.86 3.13 3.76 2.30 3.14 0.88 1.99 3.43 4.38 1.28 4.49 3.05 35.69 64 4.89 3.96 1.56 5.98 0.32 1.72 2.50 0.84 4.06 2.30 1.29 5.42 34.84 65 3.48 1.75 1.36 2.39 1.37 1.47 0.32 2.97 2.16 1.73 1.65 1.22 21.87 66 3.79 3.12 2.26 1.39 3.89 1.63 0.94 1.72 4.57 3.19 4.71 2.51 33.72 67 2.31 3.35 6.57 5.32 8.91 2.65 3.05 4.76 2.50 1.97 3.89 7.18 52.46 68 2.66 1.86 8.89 1.64 3.78 5.51 2.05 1.15 1.04 2.04 7.24 7.77 45.63 69 1.46 6.72 4.44 4.09 1.91 1.88 1.38 3.73 2.98 3.01 8.79 11.70 52.09 70 1.14 6.26 5.28 4.51 2.62 3.83 0.11 8.94 2.67 3.06 4.82 3.57 46.81 71 3.31 7.26 3.62 2.83 5.53 1.16 1.96 2.47 1.60 1.87 6.48 3.10 41.19 72 2.89 6.41 6.86 5.00 5.51 10.03 4.68 2.31 8.54 3.52 8.34 7.43 71.52 73 2.81 3.74 3.71 8.17 4.30 4.65 5.53 4.54 3.25 4.37 3.66 10.44 59.17 74 5.59 2.40 3.64 M4.00 3.14 4.54 1.62 4.67 2.36 1.94 3.42 37.32 75 6.23 4.45 3.89 3.64 2.73 6.05 2.30 2.77 7.12 4.84 6.18 5.22 55.42 76 6.30 2.84 4.58 1.23 2.79 1.64 3.90 10.50 1.54 6.43 1.39 3.78 46.92 77 4.19 3.03 5.77 4.15 3.35 7.52 1.83 6.04 6.46 6.07 2.30 8.26 58.97 7811.29 2.60 3.36 3.02 5.99 0.79 3.28 4.56 2.23 3.30 3.70 4.99 49.11 7910.78 4.86 2.70 5.15 5.34 1.38 1.37 5.87 3.64 3.62 4.06 3.37 52.14 80 1.82 1.52 7.51 4.75 1.65 3.46 1.78 2.11 0.78 4.73 5.15 2.45 37.71 81 2.13 5.47 1.12 4.22 3.04 5.32 2.79 1.67 2.63 3.63 3.06 6.66 41.74 82 5.87 2.92 3.07 3.82 1.69 9.60 2.44 3.77 4.42 3.09 4.58 4.01 49.28 83 4.24 M6.38 6.77 9.60 3.60 3.26 1.90 3.43 1.39 5.10 7.67 5.74 59.08 84 3.29 6.01 5.65 5.44 5.73 7.53 5.37 0.92 2.26 3.92 2.28 4.51 52.91 85 1.40 2.65 3.55 1.75 5.73 4.68 3.76 14.72 1.50 1.40 6.29 1.46 48.89 86 8.31 3.65 3.02 2.80 3.68 3.90 6.07 4.98 1.13 3.58 7.34 6.51 54.97 87 6.98 1.38 6.85 7.63 2.88 2.31 1.13 3.99 5.49 2.22 3.72 4.80 49.38 88 3.23 6.27 4.32 2.50 2.39 2.19 6.87 1.15 1.84 3.21 8.95 1.26 44.18 89 2.22 2.45 4.65 5.07 6.01 3.82 7.27 6.46 5.12 6.52 5.03 2.23 56.85 90 5.46 M3.19 2.40 5.12 4.97 1.42 8.12 6.53 3.69 4.21 2.15 5.39 52.65 91 4.03 2.48 6.87 4.09 2.36 1.29 2.01 4.90 7.65 3.62 4.81 M4.06 48.17 92 2.50 2.36 3.01 M2.64 1.51 4.59 3.82 10.59 6.53 1.73 4.64 7.51 51.43 93 1.85 M3.40 6.14 4.85 1.25 1.86 3.02 1.10 3.40 4.70 3.41 6.51 41.49 94 5.40 M3.53 7.39 2.71 3.53 5.07 1.36 5.20 3.93 0.85 6.36 5.60 50.93 95 2.50 M3.53 3.25 3.17 3.25 2.37 3.56 5.61 7.18 2.88 37.30 96 7.00 3.93 3.25 5.20 3.26 1.63 4.42 3.97 8.74 7.39 2.10 8.10 58.99 97 3.57 2.61 6.48 4.46 3.27 2.62 3.19 6.33 1.87 2.34 7.10 4.45 48.29 98 6.40 8.57 5.32 5.63 3.70 10.15 1.17 4.49 2.52 7.28 2.26 1.77 59.26 99 5.50 6.34 4.51 1.54 3.44 0.71 2.12 2.86 5.86 6.02 3.55 2.56 45.01 0 3.69 4.05 6.97 6.72 4.18 3.63 4.93 4.38 3.25 1.61 4.10 4.67 52.18 1M4.32 3.06M13.71 2.81 5.47 7.35 4.71 4.34 2.39 2.00 0.74 M2.22 53.12 2 ---------- WETS Station : TAUNTON, MA8367 Creation Date: 10/23/2002 Latitude: 4154 Longitude: 07104 Elevation: 20 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 25005 County Name: Bristol Start yr. - 1971 End yr. - 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Temperature | Precipitation | | (Degrees F.) | (Inches) | |-----------------------|--------------------------------------| | | | | | 30% chance |avg | | | | | | | will have |# of| avg | |-------|-------|-------| |-----------------|days| total| Month | avg | avg | avg | avg | less | more |w/.1| snow | | daily | daily | | | than | than | or| fall | | max | min | | | | |more| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| January | 37.2 | 17.3 | 27.3 | 4.30 | 2.84 | 5.12 | 7 | 10.2 | February | 39.3 | 19.5 | 29.4 | 3.64 | 2.57 | 4.39 | 6 | 9.1 | March | 47.8 | 27.4 | 37.6 | 4.27 | 3.15 | 5.39 | 7 | 4.2 | April | 58.3 | 35.7 | 47.0 | 4.12 | 2.86 | 4.80 | 6 | 1.5 | May | 69.4 | 45.3 | 57.4 | 3.91 | 2.60 | 4.65 | 7 | 0.1 | June | 78.1 | 54.5 | 66.3 | 3.41 | 1.83 | 4.37 | 5 | 0.0 | July | 83.2 | 60.1 | 71.7 | 3.94 | 2.97 | 4.53 | 5 | 0.0 | August | 81.5 | 59.2 | 70.3 | 3.97 | 2.79 | 4.69 | 6 | 0.0 | September | 73.7 | 50.6 | 62.2 | 4.03 | 2.36 | 4.93 | 6 | 0.0 | October | 62.5 | 39.3 | 50.9 | 3.92 | 2.85 | 4.68 | 6 | 0.1 | November | 52.1 | 32.2 | 42.2 | 4.48 | 3.01 | 5.51 | 7 | 1.3 | December | 41.7 | 22.8 | 32.2 | 4.21 | 2.50 | 5.05 | 7 | 5.5 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 43.23 | 51.35 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 60.4 | 38.6 | 49.5 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 48.19 | ------ | ------ | 75 | 31.9 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| GROWING SEASON DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Temperature ---------------------|----------------------------------------------------- Probability | 24 F or higher | 28 F or higher | 32 F or higher | ---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- | Beginning and Ending Dates | Growing Season Length | 50 percent * | 4/ 7 to 11/ 1 | 4/21 to 10/19 | 5/ 4 to 10/ 4 | 208 days | 181 days | 153 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/ 1 to 11/ 6 | 4/16 to 10/24 | 4/29 to 10/ 8 | 219 days | 190 days | 162 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : MA8367, TAUNTON ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 3.26 5.20 4.57 1.73 6.23 M5.28 1.33 27.60 49 3.41 2.93 1.12 3.65 3.83 0.05 1.95 2.08 3.19 1.96 2.90 1.84 28.91 50 3.29 3.61 M2.96 2.08 2.64 2.40 2.02 4.33 2.50 1.30 5.09 3.36 35.58 51 4.09 2.89 M2.82 3.67 3.69 1.73 2.88 3.36 1.32 2.65 7.28 3.71 40.09 52 3.89 4.26 3.23 2.90 3.56 1.98 0.12 6.63 1.73 1.86 2.46 2.86 35.48 53 5.50 4.39 5.30 4.52 3.64 0.32 5.46 3.53 3.39 5.10 7.99 5.11 54.25 54 2.39 1.82 2.35 4.56 7.86 2.62 2.52 7.29 6.61 2.82 2.87 4.69 48.40 55 0.68 3.54 3.80 2.48 1.75 2.69 3.89 15.78 3.33 8.49 5.51 0.62 52.56 56 3.75 3.74 4.91 M2.74 2.52 3.10 5.46 3.32 3.23 4.24 3.49 4.90 45.40 57 2.62 1.57 2.71 4.39 1.50 0.50 1.43 2.80 0.71 2.33 4.16 5.25 29.97 58 8.35 4.42 3.71 7.86 5.36 2.26 5.30 5.46 5.28 3.28 2.40 2.06 55.74 59 2.08 4.09 5.90 3.94 2.16 4.96 4.98 1.50 0.98 5.92 4.94 4.20 45.65 60 3.38 5.89 2.46 4.12 4.11 1.50 4.85 3.74 7.05 2.22 2.77 5.14 47.23 61 2.48 3.03 3.81 6.03 6.39 2.11 4.18 3.63 7.58 3.47 3.52 3.68 49.91 62 4.80 4.43 2.37 4.57 1.57 5.11 1.23 4.41 3.46 M8.12 4.27 3.26 47.60 63 3.54 3.10 3.93 1.69 2.63 2.14 5.39 2.70 3.89 1.88 6.00 2.49 39.38 64 4.80 3.59 1.78 6.12 0.35 0.96 3.88 3.20 4.19 2.71 2.88 5.32 39.78 65 2.60 2.59 1.53 2.16 0.72 4.10 0.94 3.69 2.45 3.11 1.69 1.75 27.33 66 3.80 3.52 1.74 1.48 3.86 1.79 1.72 2.37 4.91 3.39 4.24 2.66 35.48 67 2.13 2.66 4.78 4.30 8.50 3.00 3.21 4.18 3.93 1.51 2.64 7.36 48.20 68 3.43 0.83 7.36 1.73 4.96 6.28 0.80 4.10 1.36 2.08 7.36 6.18 46.47 69 1.02 4.87 4.26 4.76 3.35 1.68 2.49 2.56 4.12 1.60 7.36 9.82 47.89 70 0.61 5.24 4.58 2.85 2.66 3.82 1.37 5.53 1.45 3.89 4.85 4.66 41.51 71 1.75 5.36 3.26 2.81 4.39 0.83 3.78 3.09 1.86 2.92 6.12 2.73 38.90 72 1.99 6.30 6.80 3.24 5.50 7.11 2.88 3.69 7.95 3.59 8.04 7.09 64.18 73 2.61 3.47 2.55 6.51 2.73 6.32 6.75 3.85 5.69 3.31 2.56 9.15 55.50 74 4.41 2.54 4.02 3.51 3.84 3.04 3.73 4.23 6.71 2.99 2.21 3.46 44.69 75 5.73 2.64 3.49 3.59 2.09 3.30 2.92 4.84 6.42 5.67 6.84 4.74 52.27 76 5.70 2.14 3.50 2.04 2.05 1.25 5.68 8.83 1.51 5.03 1.00 3.56 42.29 77 4.36 3.15 6.69 3.49 4.12 6.39 3.45 4.03 6.85 6.79 3.61 7.09 60.02 78 8.11 4.19 3.26 2.02 5.80 1.45 2.51 5.18 2.18 3.68 2.36 4.04 44.78 79 8.66 5.54 3.67 5.49 7.52 1.06 3.03 7.69 4.37 3.83 4.57 1.79 57.22 80 1.57 1.49 5.73 4.35 1.48 4.54 2.87 1.96 0.74 4.84 2.48 1.46 33.51 81 1.29 4.69 0.57 3.94 1.91 2.53 3.43 2.68 3.61 4.39 3.72 7.69 40.45 82 4.64 3.92 M1.89 3.78 1.53 8.28 5.52 3.69 3.89 2.96 3.62 2.47 46.19 83 5.02 5.98 9.61 8.60 5.25 1.40 3.56 4.25 1.61 4.56 7.82 5.08 62.74 84 3.41 7.01 7.26 4.89 8.90 4.15 4.30 1.58 2.03 4.49 1.01 3.13 52.16 85 1.57 2.55 2.78 1.68 5.23 4.41 3.51 6.13 1.78 2.19 7.50 1.49 40.82 86 7.23 3.26 2.49 1.71 2.59 4.15 5.96 4.58 1.29 2.41 5.47 M7.70 48.84 87 7.42 0.81 4.35 8.65 2.07 1.18 1.81 2.83 8.99 2.89 5.59 2.88 49.47 88M4.33 5.98 4.56 2.47 7.15 1.49 6.03 2.12 1.80 2.85 8.19 0.97 47.94 89 1.35 M2.81 3.08 4.28 4.73 5.47 5.70 6.30 5.48 5.10 6.89 0.87 52.06 90 4.15 3.39 1.56 3.90 6.58 1.55 8.04 2.37 1.94 3.41 1.53 5.04 43.46 91 2.99 1.80 5.86 2.92 3.38 1.64 3.74 5.82 7.67 2.73 5.98 2.85 47.38 92M3.23 2.14 M4.40 M2.62 0.87 M3.10 1.96 4.90 4.38 2.41 6.19 M9.46 45.66 93 2.18 4.39 6.36 M5.72 1.74 1.28 3.61 1.47 4.70 3.17 3.59 6.39 44.60 94M5.58 M1.37 M8.87 2.10 3.36 3.39 3.25 6.04 4.27 0.93 4.65 5.36 49.17 95M3.76 M2.44 3.29 3.02 2.84 4.04 1.54 1.51 3.26 6.21 M5.35 1.24 38.50 96 7.50 M2.95 3.50 M6.25 3.41 1.67 5.81 3.56 7.63 9.10 2.57 7.24 61.19 97M3.68 1.83 3.37 7.18 3.09 1.91 1.97 3.46 0.66 1.81 6.70 3.27 38.93 98 2.77 5.71 6.21 5.21 6.58 11.27 3.07 4.15 2.51 5.07 2.44 1.73 56.72 99 8.14 5.58 1.35 3.05 0.14 4.17 1.36 5.99 6.82 2.28 2.29 41.17 0 3.83 3.68 5.54 6.37 3.41 4.08 3.52 2.81 3.21 1.59 3.40 3.91 45.35 1 2.58 M2.15M10.52 2.23 2.75 4.68 2.11 5.06 3.26 1.43 1.01 3.24 41.02 2 ----------