Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Temperature and Precipitation
(Recorded in the period 1971-2000 at Dalton, Georgia)
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Temperature | Precipitation
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Month | | | | _______________________ 10 will have-- | Average | | _____________
will have-- | Average |Average
|Average|Average|Average| Maximum | Minimum |number of|Average| | |number of|snowfall
| daily | daily | |temperature|temperature| growing | | Less | More |days with|
|maximum|minimum| | higher | lower | degree | |than--|than--|0.10 inch|
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| | | | than | than | days* | | | | or more |
| oF | oF | oF | oF | oF | Units | In | In | In | | In
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January-----| 49.4 | 29.4 | 39.4 | 71 | 5 | 19 | 5.72 | 3.70| 7.90| 8 | 0.5
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February----| 54.0 | 32.1 | 43.1 | 76 | 11 | 40 | 5.01 | 2.80| 7.32| 7 | 0.8
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March-------| 62.8 | 38.9 | 50.8 | 83 | 18 | 129 | 6.13 | 3.51| 8.44| 8 | 0.7
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April-------| 71.9 | 46.2 | 59.0 | 89 | 29 | 291 | 4.30 | 2.40| 6.18| 6 | 0.1
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May---------| 79.3 | 55.5 | 67.4 | 91 | 39 | 537 | 4.28 | 2.43| 5.94| 6 | 0.0
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June--------| 86.0 | 63.7 | 74.9 | 96 | 48 | 745 | 4.36 | 2.22| 6.53| 7 | 0.0
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July--------| 89.2 | 68.2 | 78.7 | 99 | 58 | 879 | 4.92 | 3.20| 6.57| 7 | 0.0
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August------| 88.5 | 67.2 | 77.8 | 98 | 57 | 853 | 3.76 | 2.18| 5.38| 6 | 0.0
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September---| 83.1 | 61.1 | 72.1 | 95 | 43 | 654 | 4.90 | 2.18| 7.16| 6 | 0.0
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October-----| 73.0 | 47.5 | 60.3 | 86 | 30 | 325 | 3.27 | 1.20| 5.32| 4 | 0.0
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November----| 62.5 | 39.6 | 51.0 | 80 | 22 | 124 | 4.73 | 3.10| 6.14| 6 | 0.0
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December----| 53.0 | 32.9 | 43.0 | 73 | 11 | 40 | 5.04 | 2.78| 7.25| 7 | 0.1
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Yearly: | | | | | | | | | | |
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Average---| 71.1 | 48.5 | 59.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---| ---| --- | ---
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Extreme---| 103 | -10 | --- | 100 | 3 | --- | --- | ---| ---| --- | ---
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Total-----| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4634 | 56.44 | 46.59| 62.22| 78 | 2.2
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Average # of days per year with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground: 0
*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 (Threshold: 50.0 deg. F)
242 Soil Survey