CO-OP STATION (10655): BELLE MINA--LIMESTONE COUNTY

* TEMPERATURE SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY MONTH
* TEMPERATURE SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY SEASON
* PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY MONTH
* PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY SEASON
* SNOW SUMMARY FROM 1961 TO 1990 BY MONTH

* SNOW SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY SEASON


TEMPERATURE SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY MONTH

Averages Daily Extreme Mean Extreme
Month Max Min Mean High Date Low Date High Year Low Year
Jan 48.7 29.3 39.0 75 24/72,28/75 -14 21/85 49.6 74 26.8 77
Feb 53.9 32.0 43.0 81 24/96 0 05/96 50.1 90 32.7 78
Mar 63.0 39.5 51.2 85 three times 7 03/80 59.5 74 45.5 69
Apr 72.3 47.2 59.8 90 28/86 26 03/92 65.1 81 54.3 83
May 79.7 56.3 68.0 97 25/96 35 04/71 73.1 87 62.5 76
Jun 86.6 64.1 75.4 100 26/98 42 01/84 79.9 98 72.1 74
Jul 90.0 68.0 79.0 104 18/80 53 06/72 82.0 80 76.4 76
Aug 89.4 66.0 77.7 102 23/83 and 30/90 51 29/86 82.1 83 74.7 76
Sep 83.8 59.8 71.8 101 07/90 39 three times 76.6 70,98 67.2 75
Oct 73.5 47.5 60.5 92 01/98 27 30/76,23/87 66.9 84 54.7 87
Nov 62.3 38.7 50.5 84 01/84 12 24/70,30/76 57.8 85 41.5 76
Dec 52.6 32.2 42.6 80 06/98 -5 23/89 50.6 71 32.1 89

**Note: Asterisk indicates 1-9 days of data missing.**


Max # Days Min # Days
Month >= 90 <= 32 <= 32 <= 0
Jan 0.0 2.9 19.7 0.3
Feb 0.0 1.1 15.2 0.07
Mar 0.0 0.2 8.6 0.0
Apr 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0
May 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jun 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jul 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aug 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sep 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oct 0.1 0.0 1.3 0.0
Nov 0.0 0.07 9.6 0.0
Dec 0.0 1.1 17.0 0.2


TEMPERATURE SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY SEASON

Averages Daily Extreme Mean Extreme
Season Max Min Mean High Date Low Date High Year Low Year
Annual 71.3 48.4 59.9 104 07/18/80 -14 01/21/85 62.4 98 57.3 76
Winter 51.7 31.1 41.4 81 02/24/96 -14 01/21/85 46.8 71/72 34.2 76/77
Spring 71.6 47.7 59.7 97 05/25/96 7 03/03/80 63.8 74 56.6 83
Summer 88.7 66.0 77.4 104 07/18/80 42 06/01/84 79.8 98 74.6 92
Fall 73.2 48.6 61.0 101 09/07/90 12 11/24/70 64.7 98 55.0 76


Max # Days Min # Days
Season >= 90 <= 32 <= 32 <= 0
Annual 52.0 5.3 72.6 0.5
Winter 0.0 5.1 52.1 0.5
Spring 1.7 0.2 10.0 0.0
Summer 44.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fall 6.3 0.07 10.8 0.0


PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY MONTH

Total Precipitation # Days of Precipitation
Month Mean High Year Low Year 1-Day Max >= 0.1 >= 0.5 >=1.0
Jan 5.18 10.90 74 1.04* 86 2.87 10/75 8.2 3.9 1.3
Feb 4.73 9.97 91 0.71 78 4.45 11/94 7.0 3.0 1.5
Mar 6.26 15.76 73 2.10 85 7.86 16/73 8.3 4.2 1.8
Apr 4.51 9.04 91 0.68 86 2.97 06/83 7.1 3.2 1.4
May 4.67 10.25 80 1.19 88 6.46 17/80 6.7 3.1 1.4
Jun 4.29 13.46 89 0.13 88 5.14 26/92 6.9 3.1 1.3
Jul 4.38 8.31 73 0.55 83 4.94 03/78 7.6 2.7 1.1
Aug 3.38 7.71 82 1.31 87 2.29 17/85 5.6 2.3 0.9
Sep 4.02 8.07 96 0.69 84 3.91 25/97 6.0 2.9 1.3
Oct 3.71 11.32 75 1.20 87 4.84 08/75 5.5 2.5 0.8
Nov 4.83 10.58 77 2.13 70 3.57 24/86 6.8 3.5 1.6
Dec 5.79 18.92 90 1.04 80 7.38 23/90 8.0 4.1 1.7


**Note: Bold value are estimates.**

PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY SEASON

Total Precipitation # Days of Precipitation
Season Mean High Year Low Year 1-Day Max >= 0.1 >= 0.5 >=1.0
Annual 55.75 70.40 73 43.86 81 7.86 03/16/73 83.8 38.5 16.0
Winter 15.49 31.83 90/91 6.16 80/81 7.38 12/23/90 23.1 11.0 4.3
Spring 15.44 29.17 80 7.81 87 7.86 03/16/73 22.1 10.5 4.6
Summer 12.05 21.37 89 5.89 91 5.14 06/26/92 20.1 8.1 3.3
Fall 12.56 21.58 77 5.08 98 4.84 10/08/75 18.4 8.9 3.7


SNOW SUMMARY FROM 1961 TO 1990 BY MONTH

Total Snow
Month Mean High Year
Jan 0.1 0.50 78
Feb 0.07 0.50 85
Mar 0.04 0.70 93
Apr Trace 0.10 87
May 0.0 0.0 --
Jun 0.0 0.0 --
Jul 0.0 0.0 --
Aug 0.0 0.0 --
Sep 0.0 0.0 --
Oct 0.0 0.0 --
Nov 0.0 Trace 75,89
Dec 0.02 0.15 70,85

**Note: Trace means less than 0.01 inches of snow measured**


SNOW SUMMARY FROM 1969 TO 1998 BY SEASON

Total Snow
Season Mean High Year
Annual 0.22 0.70 93
Winter 0.19 0.90 84/85
Spring 0.04 0.70 93
Summer 0.0 0.0 --
Fall 0.0 Trace 75,89