Table 1.--Temperature and Precipitation (Recorded in the period 1951-90 at Brinkley, Arkansas)
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| Temperature | Precipitation
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| | | | 2 years in | | |2 years in 10| |
| | | | 10 will have-- | Average | | will have-- | Average |
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Month |Average|Average|Average| | |number of|Average| | |number of|Average
| daily | daily | daily | Maximum | Minimum | growing | | Less | More |days with|snowfall
|maximum|minimum| |temperature|temperature| degree | |than--|than--|0.10 inch|
| | | | higher | lower | days* | | | | or more |
| | | | than-- | than-- | | | | | |
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| F | F | F | F | F | Units | In | In | In | | In
_ _ _ _ _ _____ __ __ | __ | | __
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January-----| 49.0 | 29.0 | 39.0 | 74 | 6 | 33 | 3.82 | 1.88| 5.49| 6 | 2.3
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February----| 53.3 | 32.8 | 43.1 | 77 | 10 | 60 | 4.50 | 2.52| 6.25| 7 | 1.5
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March-------| 62.2 | 40.2 | 51.2 | 83 | 22 | 149 | 4.77 | 2.57| 6.69| 8 | .4
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April-------| 72.8 | 49.9 | 61.4 | 88 | 31 | 346 | 5.32 | 2.72| 7.57| 7 | 0.0
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May---------| 61.1 | 58.7 | 69.9 | 94 | 42 | 617 | 5.62 | 2.80| 8.07| 7 | 0.0
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June--------| 89.1 | 66.4 | 77.8 | 100 | 51 | 834 | 3.74 | 1.37| 5.70| 6 | 0.0
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July--------| 92.4 | 69.9 | 81.2 | 102 | 57 | 967 | 3.54 | 1.50| 5.27| 5 | 0.0
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August------| 91.3 | 67.9 | 79.6 | 102 | 56 | 918 | 3.03 | 1.14| 4.60| 5 | 0.0
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September---| 85.1 | 60.6 | 72.9 | 98 | 41 | 687 | 3.56 | 1.57| 5.25| 5 | 0.0
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October-----| 75.4 | 48.0 | 61.7 | 91 | 30 | 370 | 3.01 | 1.25| 4.52| 5 | 0.0
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November----| 62.6 | 39.1 | 50.9 | 83 | 20 | 91 | 4.32 | 2.40| 6.01| 6 | 0.1
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December----| 51.8 | 31.8 | 41.8 | 75 | 10 | 50 | 4.73 | 2.32| 8.81| 6 | .8
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Yearly: | | | | | | | | | | |
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Average---| 72.2 | 49.5 | 60.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---| ---| --- | ---
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Extreme---| --- | --- | --- | 104 | 2 | --- | --- | ---| ---| --- | ---
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Total-----| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5,122 | 49.96 | 42.73| 56.10| 73 | 5.1
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* A growing degree day is a unit of heat available for plant growth. It can be calculated by adding the
maximum and minimum daily temperatures, dividing the sum by 2, and subtracting the temperature below which
growth is minimal for the principal crops in the area (50 degrees F).