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Month of October, 2012 — View Current Conditions
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  Max Avg Min Sum
Temperature
Max Temperature 79 °F 61 °F 43 °F
Mean Temperature 68 °F 49 °F 34 °F
Min Temperature 60 °F 37 °F 18 °F
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days (base 65) 31 16 0 491
Cooling Degree Days (base 65) 3 0 0 4
Growing Degree Days (base 50) 18 4 0 129
Dew Point
Dew Point 67 °F 38 °F 15 °F
Precipitation
Precipitation 0.73 in 0.08 in 0.00 in 2.35 in
Snowdepth - - - -
Wind
Wind 39 mph 9 mph 0 mph
Gust Wind 51 mph 24 mph 16 mph
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure 30.46 in 29.95 in 29.32 in
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Astronomy
May. 24, 2013 Rise Set
Actual Time 7:27 AM CDT 6:32 PM CDT
Civil Twilight 6:59 AM CDT 7:00 PM CDT
Nautical Twilight 6:26 AM CDT 7:32 PM CDT
Astronomical Twilight 5:54 AM CDT 8:04 PM CDT
Moon 7:39 AM CDT (10/15) 6:30 PM CDT (10/15)
Length Of Visible Light 12h 00m
Length of Day
11h 04m
Waxing Crescent, 0% of the Moon is Illuminated
Oct 15
Waxing Crescent
Oct 21
First Quarter
Oct 29
Full
Nov 6
Last Quarter
Nov 13
New
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Monthly Calendar Overview
Print This Calendar Precipitation: Actual month total 2.35 Normal month total 2.56
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
1 Clear
Actual: 77 | 44
Precip: 0.00
Average: 70 | 44
Precip: 0.09
2 Clear
Actual: 76 | 44
Precip: 0.00
Average: 69 | 43
Precip: 0.08
3 Clear
Actual: 79 | 38
Precip: 0.00
Average: 69 | 43
Precip: 0.07
4 Rain
Actual: 62 | 41
Precip: 0.02
Average: 68 | 43
Precip: 0.08
5 Clear
Actual: 50 | 30
Precip: 0.00
Average: 68 | 42
Precip: 0.07
6 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 44 | 23
Precip: 0.00
Average: 68 | 42
Precip: 0.08
7 Clear
Actual: 55 | 18
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 42
Precip: 0.07
8 Clear
Actual: 68 | 36
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 41
Precip: 0.09
9 Rain
Actual: 57 | 31
Precip: 0.05
Average: 66 | 41
Precip: 0.08
10 Clear
Actual: 58 | 28
Precip: 0.00
Average: 66 | 41
Precip: 0.08
11 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 63 | 37
Precip: 0.00
Average: 65 | 40
Precip: 0.07
12 Thunderstorm
Actual: 58 | 30
Precip: 0.07
Average: 65 | 40
Precip: 0.08
13 Thunderstorm
Actual: 75 | 50
Precip: 0.73
Average: 64 | 40
Precip: 0.09
14 Thunderstorm
Actual: 61 | 40
Precip: 0.30
Average: 64 | 40
Precip: 0.08
15 Clear
Actual: 67 | 35
Precip: 0.00
Average: 63 | 39
Precip: 0.08
16 Clear
Actual: 75 | 47
Precip: 0.00
Average: 63 | 39
Precip: 0.07
17 Rain
Actual: 62 | 47
Precip: 0.05
Average: 62 | 39
Precip: 0.06
18 Rain
Actual: 49 | 42
Precip: 0.44
Average: 62 | 38
Precip: 0.07
19 Rain
Actual: 48 | 43
Precip: 0.03
Average: 61 | 38
Precip: 0.07
20 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 56 | 42
Precip: 0.00
Average: 61 | 38
Precip: 0.09
21 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 75 | 41
Precip: 0.00
Average: 60 | 37
Precip: 0.09
22 Thunderstorm
Actual: 76 | 60
Precip: 0.20
Average: 60 | 37
Precip: 0.10
23 Fog
Actual: 73 | 58
Precip: 0.00
Average: 59 | 37
Precip: 0.09
24 Fog
Actual: 75 | 53
Precip: 0.00
Average: 59 | 36
Precip: 0.10
25 Thunderstorm
Actual: 54 | 35
Precip: 0.46
Average: 58 | 36
Precip: 0.10
26 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 43 | 29
Precip: 0.00
Average: 58 | 36
Precip: 0.09
27 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 45 | 29
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 35
Precip: 0.09
28 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 48 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 35
Precip: 0.09
29 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 50 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 56 | 35
Precip: 0.08
30 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 52 | 25
Precip: 0.00
Average: 56 | 34
Precip: 0.09
31 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 53 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 55 | 34
Precip: 0.09
 
Calendar Legend
Sunny
Clear		 Mostly Cloudy
Partly Sunny		 Partly Cloudy
Mostly Sunny		 Cloudy Rain Snow
Hail
Flurries		 Thunderstorms Hazy
Fog		 Sleet '?' denotes
'chance of'		 Unknown
Daily Observations
2012 Temp. (°F) Dew Point (°F) Humidity (%) Sea Level Press. (in) Visibility (mi) Wind (mph) Precip. (in) Events
Oct high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg high sum  
1 77 61 44 49 41 32 86 56 26 29.91 29.89 29.86 10 10 7 23 8 29 0.00  
2 76 60 44 48 40 36 76 53 29 29.96 29.90 29.85 10 9 4 13 4 17 0.00  
3 79 59 38 49 40 35 89 56 23 29.96 29.91 29.84 10 8 2 17 5 26 0.00  
4 62 52 41 45 37 30 86 61 36 30.27 30.11 29.91 10 10 10 24 14 36 0.02 Rain
5 50 40 30 29 23 18 85 56 27 30.30 30.26 30.20 10 10 10 22 10 30 0.00  
6 44 34 23 27 23 19 75 62 49 30.33 30.29 30.25 10 10 10 21 9 29 0.00  
7 55 37 18 25 20 15 92 59 26 30.30 30.19 30.04 10 10 9 16 6 23 0.00  
8 68 52 36 34 31 26 76 51 26 30.03 29.90 29.80 10 10 10 30 16 38 0.00  
9 57 44 31 42 35 30 71 63 54 30.08 29.92 29.80 10 10 9 25 10 31 0.05 Rain
10 58 43 28 29 25 19 85 54 23 30.23 30.14 30.06 10 10 10 20 10 25 0.00  
11 63 50 37 34 30 25 62 48 34 30.36 30.13 30.02 10 10 10 21 13 26 0.00  
12 58 44 30 44 25 15 86 53 19 30.45 30.28 30.08 10 10 7 18 9 25 0.07 Rain , Thunderstorm
13 75 63 50 65 57 45 100 84 68 30.03 29.81 29.65 10 7 3 21 11 25 0.73 Rain , Thunderstorm
14 61 51 40 64 51 37 100 79 57 29.94 29.71 29.54 10 8 3 33 15 44 0.30 Rain , Thunderstorm
15 67 51 35 43 39 34 92 65 37 30.00 29.93 29.83 10 10 10 10 4 13 0.00  
16 75 61 47 52 47 43 86 65 44 29.81 29.54 29.42 10 10 7 20 10 23 0.00  
17 62 55 47 53 45 33 80 64 47 29.48 29.40 29.32 10 10 10 28 14 36 0.05 Rain
18 49 46 42 45 41 33 93 75 56 29.43 29.39 29.33 10 8 4 39 18 51 0.44 Rain
19 48 46 43 45 43 41 100 93 86 29.78 29.61 29.43 10 8 2 22 12 29 0.03 Rain
20 56 49 42 46 43 41 96 84 71 29.87 29.82 29.78 10 10 10 12 4 15 0.00  
21 75 58 41 59 51 40 96 75 54 29.86 29.82 29.77 10 10 6 14 7 17 0.00  
22 76 68 60 65 63 59 100 85 69 29.83 29.79 29.73 10 8 3 20 7 28 0.20 Rain , Thunderstorm
23 73 66 58 65 62 57 100 87 73 29.79 29.75 29.69 10 7 0 17 8 23 0.00 Fog
24 75 64 53 67 63 54 100 87 73 29.79 29.74 29.67 10 6 0 17 9 22 0.00 Fog
25 54 45 35 52 42 27 93 79 64 30.28 29.81 29.59 10 8 1 32 20 41 0.46 Rain , Thunderstorm
26 43 36 29 30 27 25 89 70 51 30.46 30.41 30.30 10 10 10 20 9 24 0.00  
27 45 37 29 28 25 22 78 62 45 30.43 30.37 30.32 10 10 10 10 3 13 0.00  
28 48 38 27 27 24 21 92 65 37 30.39 30.34 30.29 10 10 7 12 2 21 0.00  
29 50 39 27 33 27 22 85 65 45 30.34 30.29 30.21 10 10 10 17 5 23 0.00  
30 52 39 25 29 27 23 85 63 41 30.21 30.11 30.04 10 10 10 14 7 18 0.00  
31 53 40 27 28 25 23 85 59 32 30.08 30.03 29.99 10 10 6 13 6 14 0.00  
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