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Month of December, 2012 — View Current Conditions
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Daily Weekly Monthly Custom
  Max Avg Min Sum
Temperature
Max Temperature 68 °F 36 °F 10 °F
Mean Temperature 51 °F 27 °F 5 °F
Min Temperature 37 °F 17 °F -1 °F
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days (base 65) 60 38 14 1179
Cooling Degree Days (base 65) 0 0 0 0
Growing Degree Days (base 50) 4 0 0 4
Dew Point
Dew Point 58 °F 22 °F -5 °F
Precipitation
Precipitation 0.46 in 0.04 in 0.00 in 1.27 in
Snowdepth - - - -
Wind
Wind 41 mph 9 mph 0 mph
Gust Wind 54 mph 24 mph 16 mph
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure 30.50 in 30.00 in 29.47 in
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Astronomy
May. 22, 2013 Rise Set
Actual Time 7:34 AM CST 4:43 PM CST
Civil Twilight 7:02 AM CST 5:15 PM CST
Nautical Twilight 6:27 AM CST 5:50 PM CST
Astronomical Twilight 5:53 AM CST 6:24 PM CST
Moon 7:43 AM CST (12/13) 5:27 PM CST (12/13)
Length Of Visible Light 10h 12m
Length of Day
9h 09m
Waxing Crescent, 0% of the Moon is Illuminated
Dec 13
Waxing Crescent
Dec 19
First Quarter
Dec 28
Full
Jan 4
Last Quarter
Jan 11
New
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Monthly Calendar Overview
Print This Calendar Precipitation: Actual month total 1.27 Normal month total 1.02
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
1 Fog
Actual: 56 | 29
Precip: 0.00
Average: 37 | 19
Precip: 0.06
2 Fog
Actual: 55 | 37
Precip: 0.00
Average: 37 | 19
Precip: 0.07
3 Fog
Actual: 68 | 33
Precip: 0.00
Average: 36 | 18
Precip: 0.05
4 Clear
Actual: 57 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 36 | 18
Precip: 0.05
5 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 43 | 21
Precip: 0.00
Average: 35 | 18
Precip: 0.05
6 Rain
Actual: 49 | 34
Precip: 0.11
Average: 35 | 17
Precip: 0.05
7 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 42 | 32
Precip: 0.00
Average: 34 | 17
Precip: 0.05
8 Snow
Actual: 38 | 23
Precip: 0.06
Average: 34 | 17
Precip: 0.05
9 Snow
Actual: 36 | 18
Precip: 0.12
Average: 33 | 16
Precip: 0.04
10 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 27 | 11
Precip: 0.00
Average: 33 | 16
Precip: 0.05
11 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 40 | 12
Precip: 0.00
Average: 33 | 15
Precip: 0.04
12 Clear
Actual: 50 | 21
Precip: 0.00
Average: 32 | 15
Precip: 0.04
13 Clear
Actual: 51 | 23
Precip: 0.00
Average: 32 | 15
Precip: 0.03
14 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 51 | 20
Precip: T
Average: 32 | 15
Precip: 0.04
15 Rain
Actual: 48 | 37
Precip: 0.41
Average: 31 | 14
Precip: 0.03
16 Overcast
Actual: 37 | 24
Precip: 0.00
Average: 31 | 14
Precip: 0.03
17 Overcast
Actual: 30 | 22
Precip: 0.00
Average: 31 | 14
Precip: 0.03
18 Mostly Cloudy
Actual: 35 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 31 | 13
Precip: 0.03
19 Thunderstorm
Actual: 35 | 26
Precip: 0.46
Average: 30 | 13
Precip: 0.02
20 Snow
Actual: 32 | 12
Precip: 0.10
Average: 30 | 13
Precip: 0.02
21 Clear
Actual: 20 | 3
Precip: 0.00
Average: 30 | 13
Precip: 0.02
22 Clear
Actual: 29 | 1
Precip: 0.00
Average: 30 | 13
Precip: 0.03
23 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 20 | 10
Precip: 0.00
Average: 30 | 12
Precip: 0.02
24 Snow
Actual: 20 | 10
Precip: 0.00
Average: 30 | 12
Precip: 0.02
25 Clear
Actual: 10 | -1
Precip: 0.00
Average: 29 | 12
Precip: 0.02
26 Clear
Actual: 18 | 1
Precip: 0.00
Average: 29 | 12
Precip: 0.02
27 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 24 | 1
Precip: 0.00
Average: 29 | 12
Precip: 0.01
28 Snow
Actual: 27 | 15
Precip: 0.01
Average: 28 | 11
Precip: 0.01
29 Snow
Actual: 19 | -1
Precip: T
Average: 29 | 11
Precip: 0.01
30 Clear
Actual: 35 | -1
Precip: 0.00
Average: 29 | 11
Precip: 0.01
31 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 24 | 5
Precip: 0.00
Average: 29 | 11
Precip: 0.02
 
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
Dec high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg high sum  
1 56 43 29 54 44 30 100 93 85 30.04 29.86 29.77 6 3 0 12 4 15 0.00 Fog
2 55 46 37 52 45 37 100 83 66 30.03 29.93 29.85 6 2 0 16 7 21 0.00 Fog
3 68 51 33 58 48 30 100 77 53 30.03 29.77 29.63 10 6 0 28 13 35 0.00 Fog
4 57 42 27 28 25 19 85 58 30 30.38 30.21 30.05 10 10 9 15 7 18 0.00  
5 43 32 21 34 24 17 84 69 53 30.40 30.23 30.00 10 10 10 18 10 25 0.00  
6 49 42 34 45 36 33 100 78 56 30.00 29.94 29.90 10 10 4 15 8 21 0.11 Rain
7 42 37 32 33 29 25 92 76 59 30.00 29.97 29.91 10 10 9 15 7 17 0.00  
8 38 31 23 34 28 19 96 80 64 30.06 29.99 29.95 10 7 1 12 5 15 0.06 Snow
9 36 27 18 36 29 13 100 87 73 29.97 29.89 29.81 10 5 1 31 13 41 0.12 Snow
10 27 19 11 15 10 7 84 67 50 30.05 29.99 29.95 10 10 10 25 10 32 0.00  
11 40 26 12 25 19 9 92 73 54 30.06 29.99 29.92 10 10 10 22 8 29 0.00  
12 50 36 21 21 19 16 84 57 29 30.09 30.05 30.01 10 10 10 25 12 33 0.00  
13 51 37 23 24 19 15 75 54 32 30.11 30.05 30.02 10 10 10 22 10 25 0.00  
14 51 36 20 36 27 18 92 69 46 30.12 29.96 29.73 10 10 9 14 6 18 T  
15 48 43 37 46 43 34 100 83 65 29.71 29.55 29.47 10 6 2 20 10 26 0.41 Rain
16 37 31 24 34 30 21 100 89 78 29.82 29.74 29.65 10 5 2 17 10 22 0.00  
17 30 26 22 28 24 19 100 92 84 29.81 29.75 29.68 10 7 2 12 2 14 0.00  
18 35 31 27 32 30 27 100 91 82 29.90 29.65 29.49 8 5 2 22 8 28 0.00  
19 35 31 26 32 30 25 100 91 82 30.01 29.88 29.71 6 2 0 26 8 33 0.46 Fog , Rain , Snow , Thunderstorm
20 32 22 12 32 20 7 100 90 80 30.11 29.80 29.62 10 2 0 41 28 54 0.10 Fog , Snow
21 20 12 3 12 6 1 91 79 67 30.34 30.29 30.13 10 10 8 22 8 26 0.00  
22 29 15 1 19 10 -1 100 84 68 30.28 30.09 29.98 10 8 5 16 4 20 0.00  
23 20 15 10 15 12 7 92 83 73 30.10 30.05 29.99 8 6 4 16 8 18 0.00  
24 20 15 10 17 11 -1 92 83 73 30.30 30.07 29.96 10 6 2 16 8 18 0.00 Snow
25 10 5 -1 3 -1 -5 87 80 73 30.50 30.42 30.32 10 10 10 18 12 24 0.00  
26 18 10 1 11 3 -3 92 83 73 30.37 30.30 30.25 10 10 8 14 7 17 0.00  
27 24 13 1 20 11 -1 95 86 77 30.26 30.17 30.06 10 9 7 13 4 16 0.00  
28 27 21 15 23 21 14 93 87 80 30.06 29.99 29.93 6 3 1 13 5 - 0.01 Snow
29 19 9 -1 16 8 -2 96 85 73 30.28 30.17 30.02 10 6 2 20 8 24 T Snow
30 35 17 -1 25 11 -4 95 80 64 30.31 30.17 30.02 10 8 4 20 7 24 0.00  
31 24 15 5 14 9 -1 84 75 66 30.30 30.20 30.09 10 10 10 23 12 28 0.00  
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