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Appendix 1. Potato Season Weather Data for North Florida, 2006 1
C.M. Hutchinson and Doug Gergela 2
Weather data obtained from the Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN). FAWN provides up-to-date weather information through a system of automated weather stations distributed throughout the state of Florida. An automated FAWN weather station is located at the University of Florida's Plant Science and Research Unit farm in Hastings, FL. Current and historical weather data can be obtained for many sites in Florida including Hastings at the FAWN website: http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/.
Table 2. Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures (°F) at the Plant Science Research and Education Unit at Hastings, FL - Jan.1 - June 30, 2006.
January
February
March
April
May
June
Day
Max.
Min.
Max.
Min.
Max.
Min.
Max.
Min.
Max.
Min.
Max.
Min.
1
73
57
70
34
76
43
84
54
76
53
87
68
2
79
66
78
44
80
49
86
62
78
49
89
67
3
73
52
71
60
81
54
86
62
89
51
88
70
4
70
45
67
51
62
44
75
52
92
60
92
68
5
70
45
59
41
69
40
81
47
88
59
94
68
6
58
43
68
38
78
46
83
48
90
68
85
63
7
52
33
65
43
65
43
86
56
91
66
90
58
8
66
31
61
38
69
39
87
62
88
65
92
63
9
72
34
64
36
78
45
69
53
81
67
98
63
10
73
43
67
34
83
57
72
50
88
67
98
73
11
76
50
66
45
83
62
74
57
85
68
94
69
12
78
49
48
34
81
58
75
56
83
56
76
68
13
75
52
52
29
84
57
75
56
85
53
84
73
14
64
44
60
27
85
57
83
52
91
58
90
74
15
62
34
71
33
67
42
86
57
89
60
92
73
16
70
42
72
42
78
41
85
56
72
57
85
73
17
75
42
80
47
82
53
86
66
82
51
84
68
18
69
34
82
49
71
52
78
64
85
54
80
65
19
64
31
64
52
73
48
87
63
92
62
88
71
20
74
42
73
51
84
56
85
65
93
63
91
71
21
80
57
81
57
82
60
88
60
96
62
92
70
22
78
59
82
54
68
51
82
63
94
64
91
69
23
81
66
81
58
67
52
86
65
92
68
91
69
24
81
60
67
51
67
45
88
63
93
67
90
72
25
69
47
78
60
65
40
89
59
93
65
85
74
26
63
37
69
46
63
38
88
68
91
68
89
71
27
65
35
65
40
65
36
84
60
96
68
88
72
28
72
42
70
42
76
42
75
57
98
71
92
71
29
77
48
--
--
81
50
77
54
86
68
90
70
30
70
61
--
--
78
55
73
57
87
64
73
73
31
65
40
--
--
79
55
--
--
86
67
--
--
AVG.
71
46
69
44
75
49
82
58
88
62
89
69
Table 3. Daily rainfall amounts (inches) at the Plant Science Research and Education Unit at Hastings, FL - Jan.1 - June 30, 2006.
Day
January
February
March
April
May
June
1
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2
0.88
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.33
3
0.00
3.55
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
4
0.00
0.74
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
6
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.92
0.25
0.00
9
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
10
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
11
0.00
0.14
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.14
12
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.55
13
0.64
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.14
14
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
15
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.04
16
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
17
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
18
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.05
19
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
21
0.00
0.00
0.51
0.00
0.00
0.00
22
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
23
0.00
0.57
0.07
0.00
0.00
0.00
24
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
25
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.32
26
0.00
1.32
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.43
27
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.10
28
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.21
29
0.00
--
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
30
0.51
--
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
31
0.03
--
0.00
--
0.00
--
Total
2.07
6.36
0.58
0.94
0.31
4.60
Footnotes
1. This document is HS1097, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July, 2007. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.2. C. M. Hutchinson, Associate Professor, Doug Gergela, Sr. Biological Scientist, Horticultural Sciences Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 32611
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