Penfield Weapons Research Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	30.2	29.5	26.7	22.8	18.6	16.3	15.2	16.1	18.3	21.9	24.9	27.1	22.2
Mean Min (°C)	16.6	16.4	14.7	12.0	9.4	7.0	6.3	6.8	7.8	10.3	12.3	14.4	11.1
Mean Rain (mm)	20.0	24.9	16.1	42.8	61.2	53.0	56.7	50.3	47.0	41.6	31.4	24.7	468.4
Median Rain (mm)	10.2	12.6	11.6	36.6	54.2	49.6	50.9	50.1	38.6	39.0	27.0	17.7	459.9
Mean Rain Days	3.9	3.5	4.4	8.5	12.9	12.4	15.2	15.6	12.0	10.6	7.8	5.5	106.2

Penfield Weapons Research Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	46.1	42.3	39.9	36.7	29.5	27.7	26.2	28.8	35.6	36.2	44.1	42.5	46.1
Low Max (°C)	18.9	18.6	16.3	14.6	11.1	10.0	9.8	9.7	10.8	11.0	14.6	14.6	9.7
High Min (°C)	33.9	29.6	26.7	24.7	18.9	17.2	15.6	15.0	18.1	25.6	28.1	29.5	33.9
Low Min (°C)	5.0	7.7	5.0	4.2	1.0	-2.5	-1.7	-0.8	-1.1	1.6	2.0	-0.6	-2.5
High Rain (mm)	39.0	74.2	23.9	50.5	35.1	36.1	27.7	25.8	29.4	39.0	62.7	70.9	74.2

Penfield Weapons Research Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	33.3	31.3	29.2	25.1	20.6	21.3	17.6	20.0	21.3	24.4	28.2	30.5	23.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)	26.7	26.1	25.1	20.4	15.5	14.3	13.3	14.3	15.9	19.2	22.3	23.7	21.0
High Mn. Min (°C)	20.0	19.3	18.3	14.6	12.0	10.9	8.1	8.6	9.8	11.9	14.1	16.7	12.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)	13.0	14.2	12.4	9.1	7.6	4.2	4.9	5.0	5.9	8.7	10.1	12.3	9.9
High Rain (mm)	64.4	98.5	57.4	141.7	131.5	119.7	103.5	87.8	94.0	107.9	93.4	103.3	681.2
Low Rain (mm)	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.0	4.9	16.2	18.9	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.0	258.0

Penfield Weapons Research Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Penfield Weapons Research annual climate

Penfield Weapons Research Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
≥ 40°C	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	3.0
≥ 35°C	7.0	5.7	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.4	3.7	20.3
≥ 30°C	14.0	12.8	8.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.5	6.4	8.0	53.7
≤ 2°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	3.3	3.0	2.4	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	9.5
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5

Penfield Weapons Research 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	37.2	36.1	32.5	28.3	22.4	18.9	17.3	19.2	23.0	28.3	32.3	35.0	30.6
Low Max	23.8	23.2	21.5	18.4	15.4	13.8	13.1	13.3	14.5	16.7	19.1	20.7	15.0
High Min	21.8	21.2	19.0	15.6	12.7	10.6	9.4	9.8	11.3	14.2	16.7	18.9	16.5
Low Min	12.2	12.2	10.6	8.0	5.6	2.5	3.0	3.1	4.2	6.1	8.1	10.0	5.7

Penfield Weapons Research Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	19	21.4
Earliest Entry	1958	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1939	1957	1939
Latest Entry	1979	1979	1979	1979	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1979
Years of Maxima	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	19	21.6
Earliest Entry	1958	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957	1957
Latest Entry	1979	1979	1979	1979	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1979
Years of Rainfall	30	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30.2
Earliest Entry	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1949	1948	1948
Latest Entry	1979	1979	1979	1979	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1978	1979

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