2006 Monthly Weather Data

January–March
  January February March
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 7.21 -4.74 22.15 3.38 -12.00 27.35 10.18 -3.33 29.90
Relative Humidity (%) 62.75 16.82 98.70 62.48 14.81 98.20 62.86 16.98 98.10
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 24.0 21.0 33.6 24.3 21.1 29.9 24.6 20.6 47.8
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 6.47 3.79 9.28 5.15 2.23 10.32 9.94 5.61 16.55
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 6.39 2.97 10.42 4.98 1.30 12.00 10.08 5.01 18.31
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.054 0.000 0.382 0.062 0.000 0.500 0.096 0.000 0.589
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 1.229 0.044 2.705 1.419 0.237 2.869 2.281 0.113 4.130
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 24.67 9.39 67.91 22.44 7.69 64.36 24.91 7.15 68.48
Fuel Temp (ºC) not available not available not available
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 105.95 0.00 658.20 139.88 0.00 888.00 175.56 0.00 963.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 1.51 0.00 5.63 1.23 0.00 5.02 1.57 0.00 6.38
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 2.69 0.00 10.38 2.33 0.00 8.72 2.98 0.00 13.01
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.67 0.00 3.45 0.44 0.00 3.32 0.55 0.00 4.38
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 5.334 3.556 20.828
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 28.45 6.86 33.27
Total Precipitation (mm) 48.006 19.050 123.444
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 157647 188003 261228
April–June
  April May June
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 17.75 0.85 35.70 19.74 8.01 33.99 23.95 13.13 36.03
Relative Humidity (%) 64.31 17.05 97.80 74.13 29.07 97.80 69.92 17.86 97.90
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 21.1 13.4 37.6 20.1 10.9 42.5 13.7 10.5 30.9
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 16.14 11.43 21.05 18.51 14.75 23.81 22.32 18.28 27.50
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 16.35 10.70 22.15 18.42 13.71 24.35 22.54 19.39 26.62
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.140 0.000 0.703 0.147 0.000 0.717 0.183 0.000 0.769
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 3.476 0.844 5.731 3.474 0.423 5.676 4.175 1.136 5.874
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 23.54 5.71 68.66 27.03 7.11 64.72 20.02 3.78 64.37
Fuel Temp (ºC) not available not available not available
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 216.99 0.00 1001.00 233.79 0.00 1076.00 264.76 0.00 1004.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 1.11 0.00 5.00 0.89 0.00 4.53 0.58 0.00 3.54
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 2.33 0.00 10.46 2.03 0.00 7.79 1.41 0.00 10.80
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.31 0.00 2.89 0.19 0.00 2.47 0.09 0.00 1.80
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 10.922 22.098 15.240
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 36.83 36.58 32.26
Total Precipitation (mm) 128.524 111.506 80.518
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 312033 347873 381257
July–September
  July August September
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 27.13 13.71 40.18 26.63 14.95 38.65 19.67 5.13 34.39
Relative Humidity (%) 64.05 24.28 97.50 71.36 25.87 97.30 70.37 26.54 97.90
Soil Moisture (% saturation) 13.2 10.3 31.9 not available not available
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 25.14 22.07 28.32 26.09 21.16 29.52 21.60 16.24 25.57
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 25.61 21.35 29.63 26.66 19.77 33.73 21.49 14.05 29.30
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.206 0.000 0.860 0.165 0.000 0.788 0.132 0.000 0.700
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 4.980 1.647 6.238 4.070 1.414 6.087 3.221 0.551 4.493
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 15.66 4.08 61.74 18.32 2.28 65.58 17.33 3.29 67.57
Fuel Temp (ºC) not available not available not available
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 279.78 0.00 1028.00 231.85 0.00 986.00 202.87 0.00 991.00
Wind Speed (m/s) 0.66 0.00 3.68 0.46 0.00 2.99 0.70 0.00 3.25
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 1.61 0.00 8.32 1.36 0.00 8.62 1.70 0.00 6.81
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.09 0.00 1.85 0.02 0.00 1.00 0.10 0.00 1.64
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 23.876 8.382 13.716
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 30.99 27.94 59.94
Total Precipitation (mm) 56.896 57.404 105.664
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 416317 344991 292126
October–December
  October November December
Variable Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max
Air Temperature (ºC) 13.46 -0.15 32.34 8.92 -6.66 27.29 5.44 -13.20 21.42
Relative Humidity (%) 75.77 20.55 99.10 76.35 20.98 99.50 72.73 23.00 99.40
Soil Moisture (% saturation) not available not available not available
Soil Temperature at 20 cm (ºC) 16.47 11.06 23.00 11.08 6.54 15.79 7.21 2.85 10.49
Soil Temperature at 5 cm (ºC) 16.00 9.20 26.81 10.64 4.44 17.89 6.75 0.72 12.44
Evapotranspiration (mm/hr) 0.082 0.000 0.561 0.050 0.000 0.363 0.038 0.000 0.344
Evapotranspiration 24hr (mm/day) 2.104 0.152 3.707 1.206 0.112 2.153 0.924 0.019 1.472
Fuel Moisture (% saturation) 28.25 8.17 67.20 30.57 14.26 63.34 34.64 14.64 64.36
Fuel Temp (ºC) not available not available not available
Solar Radiation (Watts/m2) 144.32 0.00 822.00 105.15 0.00 674.10 88.62 0.00 579.60
Wind Speed (m/s) 0.81 0.00 4.38 0.83 0.00 4.89 0.89 0.00 4.21
Max Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 1.85 0.00 7.63 1.87 0.00 8.35 1.94 0.00 8.22
Min Hourly Wind Speed (m/s) 0.14 0.00 2.49 0.20 0.00 3.21 0.21 0.00 2.28
Max Hourly Precipitation (mm) 10.922 10.414 3.302
Max 24 Hour Precipitation (mm) 55.37 57.15 57.15
Total Precipitation (mm) 100.076 154.432 63.754
Total Solar Radiation (W/m2) 214750 151413 131871