WETS Station : NEWPORT, VT5542                    Creation Date: 10/23/2002
Latitude:  4456      Longitude:  07212        Elevation:  770 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  50019     County Name: Orleans 
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   |  25.3 |   4.8 |  15.1 |   2.96 |   2.06 |   3.64 |  7 | 24.2 |
February  |  29.8 |   6.8 |  18.3 |   2.16 |   1.54 |   2.74 |  6 | 17.3 |
March     |  39.9 |  18.1 |  29.0 |   2.96 |   2.58 |   3.46 |  8 | 18.3 |
April     |  52.9 |  30.7 |  41.8 |   2.93 |   2.12 |   3.47 |  8 |  6.6 |
May       |  67.5 |  42.6 |  55.1 |   3.67 |   2.63 |   4.39 |  9 |  0.1 |
June      |  75.4 |  51.9 |  63.7 |   3.93 |   2.75 |   4.54 |  8 |  0.0 |
July      |  79.6 |  56.5 |  68.1 |   4.19 |   3.40 |   4.95 |  9 |  0.0 |
August    |  77.4 |  54.5 |  66.0 |   4.18 |   3.11 |   4.92 |  8 |  0.0 |
September |  68.4 |  46.4 |  57.4 |   3.76 |   2.71 |   4.32 |  7 |  0.0 |
October   |  56.0 |  36.3 |  46.1 |   3.44 |   2.57 |   4.25 |  7 |  1.1 |
November  |  42.2 |  26.8 |  34.5 |   3.47 |   2.90 |   3.90 |  8 |  9.9 |
December  |  30.3 |  12.6 |  21.4 |   3.14 |   2.14 |   3.52 |  8 | 20.3 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  37.24 |  43.50 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  53.7 |  32.3 |  43.0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  40.79 | ------ | ------ | 93 | 97.7 |
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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 *  |   4/18 to 10/18 |   5/ 3 to 10/ 6 |   5/16 to  9/27  
                     |     183 days    |     155 days    |     134 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/14 to 10/22 |   4/30 to 10/ 9 |   5/13 to  9/30  
                     |     190 days    |     162 days    |     140 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates.