WETS Station : SOUTH HERO, VT7607                 Creation Date: 10/23/2002
Latitude:  4438      Longitude:  07318        Elevation:  1100 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  50013     County Name: Grand Isle 
Start yr. - 1971   End yr. - 2000
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          |       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|      |
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January   |  26.9 |  10.2 |  18.6 |   1.95 |   1.08 |   2.39 |  4 | 13.7 |
February  |  29.4 |  11.8 |  20.6 |   1.41 |   0.92 |   1.84 |  3 | 10.1 |
March     |  39.7 |  22.2 |  31.0 |   2.06 |   1.67 |   2.50 |  5 |  9.7 |
April     |  52.8 |  34.4 |  43.6 |   2.50 |   1.79 |   3.24 |  6 |  2.8 |
May       |  66.9 |  46.5 |  56.7 |   2.93 |   1.95 |   3.57 |  7 |  0.0 |
June      |  75.7 |  55.9 |  65.8 |   3.21 |   2.08 |   3.82 |  7 |  0.0 |
July      |  80.7 |  61.4 |  71.1 |   3.35 |   2.72 |   4.10 |  7 |  0.0 |
August    |  78.4 |  59.9 |  69.1 |   3.88 |   3.09 |   4.47 |  7 |  0.0 |
September |  69.2 |  51.8 |  60.5 |   3.44 |   2.54 |   4.12 |  6 |  0.0 |
October   |  56.8 |  41.2 |  49.0 |   2.96 |   2.04 |   3.70 |  6 |  0.1 |
November  |  44.4 |  31.6 |  38.0 |   2.92 |   2.13 |   3.59 |  6 |  3.7 |
December  |  32.6 |  18.7 |  25.7 |   1.88 |   1.21 |   2.25 |  4 | 10.1 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  29.46 |  34.22 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  54.5 |  37.1 |  45.8 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  32.50 | ------ | ------ | 68 | 50.1 |
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GROWING SEASON DATES 

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                     |                     Temperature
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      Probability    | 24 F or higher  | 28 F or higher  | 32 F or higher  | 
---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
                     |              Beginning and Ending Dates
                     |                Growing Season Length
                     |
       50 percent *  |   4/ 8 to 11/ 8 |   4/17 to 10/27 |   4/27 to 10/10  
                     |     214 days    |     193 days    |     166 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/ 5 to 11/11 |   4/13 to 10/31 |   4/24 to 10/13  
                     |     221 days    |     201 days    |     172 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates.