WETS Station : MOUNT MANSFIELD, VT5416            Creation Date: 10/23/2002
Latitude:  4432      Longitude:  07249        Elevation:  3950 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  50015     County Name: Lamoille 
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   |  17.5 |   1.3 |   9.4 |   6.00 |   4.67 |   7.09 | 15 | 41.1 |
February  |  19.1 |   3.6 |  11.3 |   4.49 |   3.46 |   5.16 | 12 | 33.2 |
March     |  27.6 |  12.6 |  20.1 |   5.85 |   5.06 |   6.49 | 13 | 35.4 |
April     |  38.6 |  24.1 |  31.4 |   6.28 |   4.70 |   7.31 | 11 | 23.5 |
May       |  53.4 |  37.4 |  45.4 |   6.16 |   4.24 |   7.85 | 11 |  3.5 |
June      |  61.5 |  46.5 |  54.0 |   6.88 |   5.12 |   8.13 | 11 |  0.1 |
July      |  65.3 |  51.3 |  58.3 |   7.46 |   5.98 |   8.62 | 11 |  0.0 |
August    |  63.3 |  50.0 |  56.6 |   8.05 |   6.52 |   9.29 | 11 |  0.0 |
September |  55.3 |  41.9 |  48.6 |   7.49 |   5.71 |   8.23 | 11 |  0.3 |
October   |  44.0 |  30.5 |  37.2 |   6.36 |   4.79 |   7.11 | 10 |  8.7 |
November  |  31.8 |  19.3 |  25.6 |   7.40 |   6.43 |   8.55 | 14 | 32.0 |
December  |  22.1 |   7.1 |  14.6 |   6.37 |   5.14 |   7.33 | 15 | 39.6 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  72.24 |  85.78 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  41.6 |  27.1 |  34.4 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  78.78 | ------ | ------ |145 |217.4 |
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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 *  |   5/15 to 10/ 1 |   5/24 to  9/24 |   6/ 8 to  9/10  
                     |     140 days    |     124 days    |      94 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   5/10 to 10/ 6 |   5/19 to  9/30 |   6/ 3 to  9/16  
                     |     149 days    |     134 days    |     105 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates.