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  Max Avg Min Sum
Temperature
Max Temperature 81 °F 63 °F 45 °F
Mean Temperature 69 °F 53 °F 38 °F
Min Temperature 64 °F 42 °F 27 °F
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days (base 65) 27 12 0 385
Cooling Degree Days (base 65) 4 0 0 11
Growing Degree Days (base 50) 20 6 0 178
Dew Point
Dew Point 66 °F 38 °F 15 °F
Precipitation
Precipitation 0.75 in 0.07 in 0.00 in 2.00 in
Snowdepth 0.0 in 0.0 in 0.0 in -
Wind
Wind 38 mph 9 mph 0 mph
Gust Wind 46 mph 24 mph 16 mph
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure 30.47 in 29.96 in 29.34 in
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Astronomy
May. 20, 2013 Rise Set
Actual Time 7:36 AM CDT 6:20 PM CDT
Civil Twilight 7:08 AM CDT 6:49 PM CDT
Nautical Twilight 6:35 AM CDT 7:21 PM CDT
Astronomical Twilight 6:03 AM CDT 7:53 PM CDT
Moon 3:08 PM CDT (10/23) 1:24 AM CDT (10/23)
Length Of Visible Light 11h 41m
Length of Day
10h 44m
Waxing Gibbous, 67% of the Moon is Illuminated
Oct 23
Waxing Gibbous
Oct 29
Full
Nov 6
Last Quarter
Nov 13
New
Nov 20
First Quarter
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Monthly Calendar Overview
Print This Calendar Precipitation: Actual month total 2.00 Normal month total 2.64
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
1 Mostly Cloudy
Actual: 79 | 54
Precip: 0.00
Average: 70 | 48
Precip: 0.09
2 Clear
Actual: 77 | 48
Precip: 0.00
Average: 69 | 48
Precip: 0.09
3 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 80 | 48
Precip: 0.00
Average: 69 | 47
Precip: 0.10
4 Rain
Actual: 65 | 46
Precip: 0.01
Average: 68 | 47
Precip: 0.08
5 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 52 | 36
Precip: 0.00
Average: 68 | 47
Precip: 0.09
6 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 46 | 30
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 46
Precip: 0.08
7 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 57 | 27
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 46
Precip: 0.08
8 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 68 | 38
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 46
Precip: 0.09
9 Rain
Actual: 60 | 37
Precip: 0.03
Average: 66 | 45
Precip: 0.08
10 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 60 | 31
Precip: 0.00
Average: 66 | 45
Precip: 0.08
11 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 70 | 44
Precip: 0.00
Average: 65 | 45
Precip: 0.08
12 Rain
Actual: 62 | 38
Precip: 0.05
Average: 65 | 44
Precip: 0.09
13 Thunderstorm
Actual: 77 | 53
Precip: 0.75
Average: 64 | 44
Precip: 0.08
14 Rain
Actual: 62 | 47
Precip: 0.19
Average: 64 | 44
Precip: 0.07
15 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 70 | 41
Precip: 0.00
Average: 64 | 43
Precip: 0.09
16 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 77 | 52
Precip: 0.00
Average: 63 | 43
Precip: 0.08
17 Rain
Actual: 64 | 48
Precip: 0.06
Average: 63 | 43
Precip: 0.08
18 Rain
Actual: 51 | 44
Precip: 0.42
Average: 62 | 42
Precip: 0.09
19 Rain
Actual: 49 | 43
Precip: 0.07
Average: 62 | 42
Precip: 0.08
20 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 60 | 46
Precip: 0.00
Average: 62 | 42
Precip: 0.09
21 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 81 | 46
Precip: 0.00
Average: 61 | 41
Precip: 0.10
22 Thunderstorm
Actual: 73 | 64
Precip: 0.29
Average: 61 | 41
Precip: 0.09
23 Rain
Actual: 75 | 61
Precip: 0.02
Average: 60 | 41
Precip: 0.09
24 Overcast
Actual: 77 | 57
Precip: T
Average: 60 | 40
Precip: 0.08
25 Thunderstorm
Actual: 57 | 39
Precip: 0.11
Average: 59 | 40
Precip: 0.09
26 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 45 | 33
Precip: 0.00
Average: 59 | 40
Precip: 0.09
27 Mostly Cloudy
Actual: 46 | 36
Precip: 0.00
Average: 58 | 39
Precip: 0.08
28 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 50 | 32
Precip: 0.00
Average: 58 | 39
Precip: 0.08
29 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 52 | 36
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 39
Precip: 0.09
30 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 54 | 31
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 38
Precip: 0.08
31 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 57 | 31
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 38
Precip: 0.08
 
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 79 67 54 47 41 32 66 46 25 29.91 29.87 29.83 10 10 10 22 7 28 0.00  
2 77 63 48 49 42 37 66 48 29 29.95 29.90 29.85 10 10 10 10 4 13 0.00  
3 80 64 48 48 41 33 80 50 19 29.95 29.90 29.85 10 10 10 18 6 24 0.00  
4 65 56 46 45 37 30 61 49 36 30.27 30.14 29.91 10 10 10 29 14 36 0.01 Rain
5 52 44 36 29 25 19 70 50 29 30.31 30.27 30.21 10 10 9 22 9 25 0.00  
6 46 38 30 25 23 20 63 54 45 30.34 30.30 30.27 10 10 10 18 8 23 0.00  
7 57 42 27 27 22 18 85 54 22 30.30 30.21 30.07 10 10 10 17 6 23 0.00  
8 68 53 38 34 31 26 70 47 24 30.06 29.94 29.83 10 10 10 28 15 38 0.00  
9 60 49 37 42 36 29 76 61 46 30.10 29.92 29.82 10 10 10 23 10 28 0.03 Rain
10 60 46 31 29 25 19 75 48 20 30.24 30.16 30.09 10 10 10 18 8 23 0.00  
11 70 57 44 37 31 23 62 46 29 30.35 30.13 30.05 10 10 10 24 13 30 0.00  
12 62 50 38 46 25 15 77 47 17 30.43 30.30 30.09 10 10 5 20 11 28 0.05 Rain
13 77 65 53 65 59 46 97 81 64 30.04 29.80 29.62 10 5 1 21 12 28 0.75 Rain , Thunderstorm
14 62 55 47 58 49 39 93 72 51 29.95 29.72 29.52 10 9 3 31 14 40 0.19 Rain
15 70 56 41 43 40 36 82 57 32 30.01 29.94 29.83 10 10 10 12 5 15 0.00  
16 77 65 52 51 47 43 72 54 36 29.82 29.56 29.44 10 10 10 21 11 25 0.00  
17 64 56 48 53 45 32 86 65 44 29.50 29.42 29.34 10 10 9 38 15 46 0.06 Rain
18 51 48 44 45 39 26 92 65 38 29.46 29.42 29.38 10 8 2 33 18 43 0.42 Rain
19 49 46 43 45 42 39 93 85 76 29.79 29.63 29.45 10 8 2 23 15 31 0.07 Rain
20 60 53 46 45 42 41 82 67 51 29.88 29.83 29.78 10 10 10 12 5 15 0.00  
21 81 64 46 62 52 42 86 66 45 29.86 29.81 29.76 10 10 9 20 9 23 0.00  
22 73 69 64 66 64 61 93 83 73 29.83 29.78 29.75 10 9 3 14 7 20 0.29 Rain , Thunderstorm
23 75 68 61 65 62 57 90 79 68 29.80 29.75 29.68 10 9 2 18 9 24 0.02 Rain
24 77 67 57 66 64 58 93 79 64 29.79 29.73 29.65 10 10 7 18 9 22 T  
25 57 48 39 55 42 28 93 78 62 30.20 29.81 29.59 10 7 2 29 18 45 0.11 Rain , Thunderstorm
26 45 39 33 28 26 24 75 62 49 30.47 30.41 30.31 10 10 10 18 9 26 0.00  
27 46 41 36 28 24 23 70 56 41 30.43 30.36 30.15 10 10 9 8 3 12 0.00  
28 50 41 32 25 22 19 69 52 34 30.39 30.34 30.29 10 10 10 8 4 14 0.00  
29 52 44 36 31 26 19 64 52 39 30.34 30.28 30.18 10 10 10 15 8 - 0.00  
30 54 43 31 28 27 25 78 57 36 30.19 30.11 30.04 10 10 10 10 6 - 0.00  
31 57 44 31 29 25 21 75 52 28 30.09 30.04 29.99 10 10 10 13 5 18 0.00  
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