2002 Monthly Weather Data

January
February
March
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 3.31 -13.55 25.46 4.09 -9.86 22.78 6.98 -14.19 25.65
Relative Humidity (%) 71.24 18.74 100.00 63.70 16.99 99.90 70.86 13.18 100.00
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 19.6 16.7 36.8 20.6 18.1 29.2 21.6 18.6 34.8
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 3.65 0.46 8.75 5.05 1.98 9.05 7.58 1.92 13.50
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 3.56 -1.06 11.57 4.98 0.09 11.36 7.64 0.34 15.62
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.041 0.000 0.424 0.066 0.000 0.496 0.072 0.000 0.528
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 1.020 0.144 2.337 1.454 0.072 3.329 1.686 0.163 3.393
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 26.57 10.48 60.09 22.45 7.70 55.64 28.72 6.79 64.30
Fuel Temp (ºC) 1.34 -15.99 31.93 3.28 -13.11 33.38 7.68 -10.79 39.72
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 92.05 0.00 629.40 142.49 0.00 787.00 149.00 0.00 874.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 1.24 0.00 4.95 1.43 0.00 4.87 1.48 0.00 6.33
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 2.17 0.00 9.20 2.47 0.00 7.37 2.58 0.00 9.98
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.54 0.00 2.89 0.67 0.00 3.64 0.68 0.00 3.96
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 9.652 5.334 2.286
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 44.20 not available not available
Total Precipitation (mm) 89.662 26.924 114.266
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 136966 191501 221705

April
May
June
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 15.95 -2.48 31.98 17.55 4.50 32.95 23.96 13.29 32.76
Relative Humidity (%) 69.03 16.90 99.20 78.60 31.37 99.10 77.77 37.66 98.80
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 19.2 13.6 37.7 18.7 15.9 42.7 15.8 11.5 25.1
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 15.33 7.57 21.38 18.80 14.74 24.99 23.66 20.49 26.82
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 15.61 5.58 24.47 18.72 13.25 25.69 24.12 18.73 31.02
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.125 0.000 0.653 0.124 0.000 0.639 0.174 0.000 0.688
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 2.988 0.211 4.775 2.840 0.631 4.716 4.153 1.342 5.236
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 22.37 5.13 62.76 28.03 5.87 64.01 21.27 7.43 62.90
Fuel Temp (ºC) 17.45 -7.08 45.65 19.62 1.22 48.14 25.70 12.05 48.00
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 202.71 0.00 918.00 207.41 0.00 947.00 261.08 0.00 991.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 1.35 0.00 4.33 1.12 0.00 4.25 0.88 0.00 3.72
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 2.38 0.00 7.45 2.19 0.00 7.53 1.74 0.00 6.91
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.60 0.00 2.57 0.39 0.00 1.83 0.30 0.00 1.93
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 7.366 17.272 6.350
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) not available not available not available
Total Precipitation (mm) 152.146 139.700 70.612
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 291899 308629 375952

July
August
September
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 25.83 18.24 35.82 25.49 15.68 36.59 22.37 8.08 35.57
Relative Humidity (%) 79.77 34.35 98.70 77.13 27.55 98.50 73.93 24.86 98.90
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 15.0 9.4 38.9 16.5 11.9 32.0 12.4 9.9 17.3
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 25.46 22.82 29.71 25.83 23.05 29.84 23.11 18.36 26.73
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 27.19 19.10 62.99 28.37 15.34 60.61 23.73 15.66 32.04
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.163 0.000 0.696 0.156 0.000 0.706 0.136 0.000 0.663
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 3.923 1.190 5.233 3.791 0.807 5.145 3.300 0.971 4.653
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 24.30 4.54 66.39 24.21 5.24 69.24 19.77 7.52 67.25
Fuel Temp (ºC) 27.50 17.08 52.29 26.93 11.52 51.78 23.71 9.22 44.39
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 236.45 0.00 954.00 222.75 0.00 943.00 199.58 0.00 835.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 0.70 0.00 4.50 0.78 0.00 3.38 0.87 0.00 3.36
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 1.49 0.00 8.08 1.62 0.00 7.50 1.75 0.00 5.55
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.19 0.00 1.96 0.22 0.00 1.43 0.26 0.00 1.88
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 22.098 12.192 6.858
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 28.19 43.69 32.26
Total Precipitation (mm) 91.948 122.936 41.656
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 351603 331228 287199

October
November
December
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 13.45 0.42 32.41 7.65 -6.03 23.92 3.79 -11.07 21.43
Relative Humidity (%) 79.48 22.93 99.60 69.08 16.10 99.80 77.69 22.17 100.00
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 14.1 10.7 34.9 19.0 16.6 22.6 21.6 16.4 33.3
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 16.81 12.05 24.07 9.58 4.11 14.51 5.55 3.05 11.71
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 15.87 3.96 31.63 9.09 -0.05 27.44 5.17 -0.27 16.77
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.061 0.000 0.544 0.054 0.000 0.409 0.035 0.000 0.334
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 1.649 0.251 3.742 1.209 0.192 2.524 0.892 0.010 1.918
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 24.01 7.84 45.44 20.16 10.72 46.33 30.85 10.22 52.54
Fuel Temp (ºC) 14.47 -0.93 43.21 7.12 -9.79 32.34 3.23 -9.10 26.74
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 106.28 0.00 747.00 106.56 0.00 602.30 76.21 0.00 772.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 0.93 0.00 4.12 1.30 0.00 4.65 0.97 0.00 5.09
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 1.87 0.00 7.77 2.40 0.00 8.03 1.78 0.00 7.90
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.25 0.00 1.91 0.50 0.00 2.87 0.40 0.00 3.56
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 1.270 0.762 6.858
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 27.18 5.84 23.88
Total Precipitation (mm) 53.594 15.748 117.094
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 158140 153446 113402