Monthly Averages of Temperature and Precipitation for State Climatic Divisions 1941-70
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Authors
United States Department of Commerce
Issue Date
2014-05-29
Type
Technical Report
Language
en_US
Subject
Temperature , Precipitation , 1941-70 , Michigan Climate , United States Department of Commerce , National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Environmental Data Service , National Climatic Center Asheville, N.C. July 1973 , Climatology of the United States No. 85
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Abstract
This publication presents monthly divisional averages of temperature and precipitation
for the period 1941-70 for each state. Each value is the simple arithmetic
average of the data for all stations in the division that furnished both temperature
and precipitation records. Divisional precipitation averages of less than
0.005 inch are shown as zero. As network density tended to increase during the
30-year period, so also did the number of values being averaged. Monthly normals
for all stations in the State for which data were available for the full period
(1941-70) can be found in the publication, "Monthly Normals of Temperature,
Precipitation, and Heating and Cooling Degree Days.11
For hydrology, agriculture uses, energy supply, etc. it is sometimes necessary to
use values averaged over an area of a state rather than a point (station). Each
state is divided into divisions (up to 10) which represent, as nearly as possible,
homogeneous climatic regimes. These divisions have been established to provide
assistance to a variety of interests, and some areas (Rocky Mountain States, for
example) may have rather extreme variations within a division. The data presented
have many applications, but like all climatological products they must be used
within the framework for which they were designed.
Description
Partial OCR done. 10 pages total.