WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- COLBY, KANSAS, 2008 NORTHWEST RESEARCH CENTER AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 71 45 0.00 449.4 73 64 75 62 45 7.9 19 SEP 30 81 39 0.00 459.2 74 60 78 57 44 3.6 11 OCT 1 77 43 0.00 449.4 73 60 77 58 48 5.3 12 OCT 2 78 41 0.00 426.0 71 60 74 58 58 8.2 20 OCT 3 78 46 0.00 407.3 72 61 76 59 60 8.6 17 OCT 4 85 49 0.00 279.3 70 62 72 61 61 12.2 27 OCT 5 71 60 0.00 182.8 69 66 70 65 68 20.3 32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 77.3 46.3 0.00 379.1 71.9 62.0 74.5 59.9 54.9 9.5 32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, 2008 SOUTHWEST RESEARCH CENTER AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 75 53 0.00 406.9 79 67 77 68 49 10.5 24 SEP 30 81 42 0.00 409.1 81 62 78 64 49 4.3 11 OCT 1 81 43 0.00 408.8 81 63 78 64 55 6.2 15 OCT 2 81 43 0.00 337.2 78 63 75 64 68 9.4 19 OCT 3 83 47 0.00 376.6 81 63 78 65 71 7.8 16 OCT 4 89 50 0.02 355.3 81 65 78 66 61 13.5 28 OCT 5 68 56 0.08 78.0 73 66 73 67 92 17.6 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 79.7 47.5 0.10 338.8 79.1 64.0 76.8 65.4 63.5 9.9 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- HAYS, KANSAS, 2008 K-STATE RESEARCH CENTER AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 74 45 0.00 478.7 81 61 81 61 51 6.3 23 SEP 30 79 39 0.00 467.1 81 56 78 56 59 5.3 15 OCT 1 76 43 0.00 477.3 78 56 78 57 58 5.8 18 OCT 2 77 38 0.00 482.3 77 52 73 54 58 5.3 14 OCT 3 79 48 0.00 397.5 78 55 77 56 55 6.2 18 OCT 4 81 51 0.00 405.2 80 59 76 59 63 7.7 16 OCT 5 74 63 0.00 311.0 79 64 78 65 64 9.3 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 77.3 46.5 0.00 431.3 79.0 57.5 77.2 58.4 58.5 6.5 23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- HESSTON, KANSAS, 2008 HARVEY COUNTY EXPERIMENT FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 75 45 0.09 213.8 84 64 79 67 82 6.3 16 SEP 30 76 41 0.00 265.7 86 58 80 61 74 2.7 10 OCT 1 77 46 0.00 260.7 85 60 79 62 72 5.1 18 OCT 2 73 39 0.00 259.9 84 57 72 60 78 3.0 9 OCT 3 78 50 0.00 203.8 79 60 74 62 77 7.6 14 OCT 4 83 57 0.00 223.2 81 62 76 64 85 12.8 25 OCT 5 81 64 0.00 144.0 75 66 74 67 78 15.6 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 77.6 48.9 0.09 224.4 82.0 60.9 76.4 63.0 78.1 7.6 25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 2008 SOUTHCENTRAL RESEARCH FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 76 46 0.00 440.8 73 63 71 66 61 7.6 20 SEP 30 79 42 0.00 551.5 70 60 68 63 59 2.2 9 OCT 1 78 46 0.00 534.6 70 60 68 62 56 5.4 16 OCT 2 74 39 0.00 527.4 69 58 67 61 61 3.2 11 OCT 3 78 48 0.00 381.8 77 58 76 62 72 7.6 14 OCT 4 82 57 0.00 479.5 70 63 68 64 65 11.1 21 OCT 5 79 64 0.00 328.8 70 65 68 66 58 11.9 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 78.0 48.9 0.00 463.5 71.3 61.1 69.5 63.2 61.7 7.0 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 2008 NORTH AGRONOMY FARM AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 74 45 0.00 437.6 75 67 75 67 68 6.2 21 SEP 30 77 39 0.00 406.7 78 60 77 66 65 5.3 18 OCT 1 72 43 0.00 508.7 72 60 72 63 65 6.0 19 OCT 2 73 37 0.00 486.7 72 60 70 60 67 3.3 15 OCT 3 77 42 0.00 453.0 75 59 72 60 65 4.9 13 OCT 4 81 52 0.00 405.6 78 61 77 63 65 6.8 20 OCT 5 81 62 0.00 282.5 75 64 75 65 63 10.0 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 76.6 45.5 0.00 425.8 75.1 61.6 74.0 63.5 65.7 6.1 23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- OTTAWA, KANSAS, 2008 EAST CENTRAL RESEARCH FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 77 50 0.00 315.3 76 63 74 65 84 2.6 9 SEP 30 78 46 0.00 459.4 75 58 71 60 80 1.5 8 OCT 1 73 47 0.00 445.0 74 57 70 59 68 1.7 6 OCT 2 72 41 0.00 449.0 74 53 70 56 74 1.6 7 OCT 3 76 44 0.00 332.9 70 55 67 56 73 2.9 9 OCT 4 80 52 0.00 365.3 72 57 69 58 76 6.7 14 OCT 5 81 60 0.00 358.5 73 61 70 61 73 8.8 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 76.6 48.7 0.00 389.3 73.5 57.6 70.2 59.3 75.5 3.7 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- PARSONS, KANSAS, 2008 SOUTHEAST RESEARCH CENTER AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 78 55 0.00 293.4 72 67 71 68 73 3.4 18 SEP 30 74 47 0.00 393.2 69 62 68 64 62 2.8 13 OCT 1 78 45 0.00 435.1 68 60 67 62 63 5.5 16 OCT 2 72 40 0.00 457.9 67 58 66 60 69 2.3 14 OCT 3 72 44 0.00 408.8 66 58 65 60 71 4.3 10 OCT 4 78 56 0.00 352.0 69 62 67 62 75 3.5 21 OCT 5 79 58 0.00 227.3 70 63 68 64 73 3.3 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 75.9 49.2 0.00 366.8 68.6 61.5 67.4 62.8 69.7 3.6 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- POWHATTAN, KANSAS, 2008 RESEARCH FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 77 50 0.00 364.3 78 62 75 63 84 4.9 13 SEP 30 74 43 0.00 448.4 75 58 71 60 80 3.8 13 OCT 1 70 42 0.00 470.4 74 53 70 57 70 4.0 13 OCT 2 72 39 0.00 422.0 74 49 70 53 70 3.8 14 OCT 3 77 41 0.00 332.9 72 53 69 56 77 4.7 13 OCT 4 78 48 0.00 398.3 72 57 69 58 76 6.7 14 OCT 5 83 60 0.00 337.5 77 61 75 61 73 8.8 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 75.8 46.1 0.00 396.3 74.5 56.1 71.5 58.3 75.9 5.2 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- SCANDIA, KANSAS, 2008 IRRIGATION EXPERIMENT FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 74 46 0.00 508.7 81 63 74 63 55 7.5 16 SEP 30 78 40 0.00 503.1 81 56 72 56 58 3.0 12 OCT 1 71 42 0.00 496.8 78 57 70 57 62 4.5 14 OCT 2 75 36 0.00 486.7 79 53 70 54 63 3.1 12 OCT 3 78 44 0.00 425.5 78 57 70 56 58 5.0 14 OCT 4 82 54 0.00 434.7 78 61 70 59 62 8.9 19 OCT 5 80 65 0.00 298.0 79 66 71 63 60 10.2 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 76.9 46.8 0.00 450.5 79.0 59.0 70.9 58.4 59.8 6.0 19 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- SILVER LAKE, KANSAS, 2008 KANSAS RIVER VALLEY AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 75 48 0.13 249.1 73 62 73 66 73 5.8 16 SEP 30 76 43 0.00 370.1 72 58 70 62 69 3.0 14 OCT 1 71 43 0.00 372.0 70 58 68 62 70 4.6 16 OCT 2 72 38 0.00 372.0 71 55 68 59 75 2.3 9 OCT 3 76 43 0.00 307.3 71 57 67 60 66 3.1 9 OCT 4 80 51 0.00 308.2 72 59 69 62 71 6.4 15 OCT 5 81 63 0.00 264.0 72 63 69 65 68 8.0 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 75.8 47.0 0.13 320.4 71.6 58.9 69.1 62.2 70.3 4.8 16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- ST. JOHN, KANSAS, 2008 SANDYLAND EXPERIMENT FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 77 47 0.00 422.1 78 62 78 64 56 6.3 24 SEP 30 79 42 0.00 551.5 77 60 74 63 56 4.4 15 OCT 1 80 46 0.00 534.6 77 60 77 60 53 4.6 18 OCT 2 76 38 0.00 527.4 76 58 72 58 57 4.7 20 OCT 3 80 52 0.00 423.8 79 55 78 62 60 7.2 16 OCT 4 83 53 0.00 447.2 78 61 74 64 60 10.7 24 OCT 5 79 63 0.00 289.8 79 65 74 65 57 13.7 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 79.0 48.7 0.00 456.6 77.7 60.1 75.1 62.2 57.1 7.4 27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- TRIBUNE, KANSAS, 2008 RESEARCH FIELD AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 73 47 0.00 426.0 77 63 73 66 48 2.6 10 SEP 30 81 42 0.00 443.3 77 60 73 63 46 2.3 15 OCT 1 79 44 0.00 444.4 77 60 73 63 49 4.5 14 OCT 2 80 43 0.00 394.6 74 60 71 63 60 3.7 17 OCT 3 82 48 0.00 415.0 77 62 73 64 59 5.0 11 OCT 4 88 48 0.02 363.3 77 64 73 65 66 6.0 26 OCT 5 69 56 0.00 257.1 70 65 69 67 82 15.8 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 79.0 46.8 0.02 392.0 75.5 62.1 72.1 64.5 58.5 5.7 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- ROSSVILLE, KANSAS, 2008 KANSAS RIVER VALLEY AIR TOTAL SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGE MEAN PEAK TEMPERATURE TOTAL SOLAR 2 INCH 4 INCH RELATIVE WIND WIND DAY MAX MIN PRECIP RAD MAX MIN MAX MIN HUMIDITY SPEED GUST (F) (F) (in) (ly) (F) (F) (F) (F) (%) (mph) (mph) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEP 29 76 47 0.11 406.6 75 67 74 70 72 5.8 19 SEP 30 77 42 0.00 374.7 73 63 71 66 67 3.7 16 OCT 1 72 42 0.00 451.7 69 63 68 65 68 4.7 15 OCT 2 73 37 0.00 427.7 70 60 69 62 71 2.2 8 OCT 3 77 42 0.00 392.0 70 61 69 63 67 3.6 11 OCT 4 82 50 0.00 357.6 71 63 70 65 70 7.5 16 OCT 5 83 62 0.00 252.5 71 66 70 67 67 8.6 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 77.2 45.9 0.11 380.4 71.2 63.4 70.1 65.4 68.9 5.2 19 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION