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Summary for 2008
Summary for 2007
Summary for 2006
Summary for 2005
Summary for 2004
Summary for 2003
Summary for 2002

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Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2008

Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	44	25	41	40	34	33	2.47	-1.09		52	16
February	45	29	44	42	40	36	6.38	2.98		56	-14
March	59	39	51	48	49	42	12.48	8.19		169	-16
April	69	47	63	60	59	53	7.81	3.33		324	-29
May	78	56	72	69	68	61	5.35	0.08	5.35	531	-16	531
June	89	68	85	80	83	74	2.32	-1.72	7.67	797	86	1328
July	91	68	86	81	86	76	6.88	3.15	14.55	835	7	2163
August	88	66	84	81	82	74	2.78	-0.61	17.33	800	3	2963
September	86	62	79	76	79	69	1.27	-2.30	18.60	683	71	3646
October	74	47	67	64	65	56	2.66	-0.96	21.26	422	27	4068
November	56	36	55	53	50	46	3.40	-1.31		115	-57
December	48	28	44	42	38	34	4.59	0.05		69	13
Totals							58.39	9.79		4850	91

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2007

Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	44	29	44	42	39	35	6.10	2.68		25	-11
February	41	23			36	34	4.14	0.81		31	-40
March	67	44			56	49	1.71	-2.82		323	140
April	65	43			62	53	3.28	-1.17		279	-79
May	80	57			76	68	2.92	-2.42	2.92	583	34	583
June	88	65	84	79	83	72	2.85	-1.17	5.77	752	42	1335
July	89	66	85	81	87	76	3.96	0.23	9.73	807	-22	2141
August	97	72	88	84	92	81	1.79	-1.72	11.52	861	66	3002
September	90	64	82	78	82	73	2.97	-0.67	14.49	746	136	3748
October	77	53	71	68	68	61	7.07	3.61	21.56	515	127	4263
November	59	38	57	55	52	46	2.06	-2.72		177	5
December	46	30	47	46	42	39	7.55	3.11		24	-32
Totals							46.40	-2.24		5120	367

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2006

Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	55	35	47	45	43	38	4.78	1.46		103	70
February	50	27	46	43	42	37	2.63	-0.73		81	8
March	61	39	54	51	53	43	7.25	2.85		202	17
April	77	52	70	65	68	57	2.98	-1.46		488	134
May	77	56	74	69	71	61	4.07	-1.27	4.07	517	-28	517
June	87	63	84	79	85	73	2.81	-1.34	6.88	715	8	1232
July	89	67	86	83	85	77	8.50	4.87	15.38	810	-17	2042
August	90	69	86	83	86	76	3.08	-0.34	18.46	832	43	2874
September	78	56	75	71	72	63	8.52	5.13	26.98	515	-95	3388
October	69	45	64	61	60	53	6.60	3.22	33.58	319	-68	3707
November	58	38	54	51	49	45	5.42	0.78		143	-27
December	51	34	48	46	44	39	5.27	0.99		74	19
Totals							61.91	14.14		4796	63

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2005

Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	47	33	48	45	42	39	5.21	1.88		85	52.0
February	53	35	50	46	45	39	3.00	-0.44		73	0.5
March	58	36	52	48	48	40	3.93	-0.66		137	-46.5
April	71	49	66	62	62	54	4.01	-0.50		343	-8.0
May	78	52	74	68	71	60	1.86	-3.58	1.86	514	-30.0	514
June	88	66	85	79	83	74	2.59	-1.60	4.45	752	50.0	1266
July	89	69	87	83	85	77	4.32	0.75	8.77	838	12.5	2104
August	92	70	86	83	84	78	7.26	3.54	16.03	864	74.5	2968
September	86	62	80	78	77	71	2.72	-0.83	18.75	691	94.5	3659
October	74	48	68	67	64	59	0.42	-2.93	19.17	404	21.0	4063
November	63	41	60	57	55	49	3.73	-0.92		248	80.5
December	43	26	42	42	35	33	1.02	-3.43		20	-35.5
Totals							40.07	-8.72		4966	265.5

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2004

Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	44	25	40	39	34	32	3.18	-0.15		47	13.5
February	50	28	42	40	38	34	1.55	-1.89		60	-12.5
March	64	43	57	53	54	46	3.65	-0.94		248	64.5
April	71	48	64	59	61	52	2.61	-1.90		371	20.0
May	80	60	78	74	75	67	5.41	-0.03	5.41	633	88.5	633
June	85	61	83	79	80	71	2.15	-2.04	7.56	676	-26.5	1308
July	87	66	85	80	85	75	3.24	-0.33	10.80	780	-45.0	2088
August	86	60	83	78	82	72	1.91	-1.81	12.71	682	-107.0	2770
September	85	58	79	73	78	68	0.00	-3.55	12.71	641	44.5	3411
October	75	52	69	67	65	59	4.70	1.35	17.41	471	88.0	3882
November	61	45	61	59	55	51	7.32	2.67		180	13.0
December	47	28	47	45	40	37	3.07	-1.38		47	-8.0
Totals							38.79	-10.01		4833	133.0

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2003

Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	39	23	40	39	35	32	1.69	-1.74		8	-17.5
February	41	26	41	40	36	33	5.62	2.22		19	-33.0
March	59	36	56	51	54	46	2.12	-2.28		172	13.5
April	68	45	66	61	63	53	4.94	0.28		309	-11.5
May	72	52	74	72	73	64	12.86	7.62	12.86	409	-87.0	409
June	78	55	79	76	77	68	4.77	0.53	17.63	506	-152.5	915
July	84	63	85	81	88	78	1.58	-2.03	19.21	723	-34.5	1637
August	86	63	86	82	90	77	5.4	2.10	24.61	737	12.5	2374
September	76	52	78	75	76	66	5.03	1.52	29.64	455	-115.5	2828
October	68	42	66	63	63	54	2.05	-1.46	31.69	287	-70.0	3115
November	55	37	60	57	56	49	5.71	1.03		132	-15.0
December	49	34	47	45	41	38	2.07	-2.62		46	-2.5
Totals							53.84	5.16		3799	-543

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2002

Totals							59.12	10.91		5038	725.5
Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	50	31	43	42	39	35	6.24	2.98		66	40.5
February	52	31	47	44	44	37	2.54	-0.84		65	12.5
March	56	36	52	48	50	42	7.35	2.89		121	-37.5
April	73	50	66	62	64	54	7.59	3.14		423	102.5
May	78	56	73	69	70	60	9.89	4.85	9.89	558	61.5	558
June	90	68	86	80	87	74	1.23	-3.05	11.12	792	134.0	1350
July	94	71	90	85	92	80	2.02	-1.67	12.14	882	125.0	2232
August	92	70	87	81	87	76	2.86	-0.53	16.00	859	135.0	3091
September	89	64	82	76	81	70	7.50	4.08	23.50	726	156.0	3817
October	69	51	69	67	65	57	3.88	0.43	27.38	363	5.5	4179
November	58	39	53	51	48	40	1.88	-2.89		132	-15.5
December	48	33	46	44	41	37	6.14	1.52		54	6.0

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2001

Totals							53.76	6.25		4934	619.5
Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	43	26	39	39	35	33	0.94	-2.35		7	-18.5
February	54	35	48	45	45	39	3.30	-0.09		89	37.0
March	56	35	50	47	49	39	2.76	-1.72		102	-56.5
April	75	54	67	62	66	54	2.41	-2.06		498	177.5
May	81	58	77	71	77	64	3.35	-1.73	3.35	599	103.0	599
June	85	63	84	78	85	73	3.72	-0.68	7.07	602	-56.5	1201
July	92	71	87	82	88	77	6.34	2.68	13.41	876	119.0	2077
August	90	69	85	83	87	76	3.90	0.65	17.31	847	123.0	2924
September	82	57	76	74	76	65	3.72	0.40	21.03	595	25.0	3519
October	71	47	65	63	63	54	7.74	4.43	28.77	378	21.0	3897
November	66	42	57	54	54	44	7.26	2.72		259	111.5
December	52	35	51	48	47	42	8.32	4.00		82	34.0

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 2000

Totals							45.99	-1.96		5040	728
Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	46	29	44	42	38	34	5.65	+2.41		56	+31.0
February	57	35	48	46	46	40	5.5	+2.14		133	+81
March	65	41	58	54	55	47	3.32	-1.36		246	+88
April	71	47	63	59	60	50	2.48	-2.13		351	+31
May	80	62	76	73	74	65	6.32	+1.33	6.32	650	+154	650
June	86	65	81	78	81	71	6.04	+1.81	12.36	734	+76	1383
July	87	65	85	81	85	76	2.72	-1.01	15.08	778	+21	2161
August	91	68	85	81	87	76	1.52	-1.95	16.60	839	+115	2999
September	83	58	77	73	77	65	3.31	-0.04	19.91	622	+52	3621
October	77	50	68	65	67	58	0.58	-2.8	20.49	491	+134	4112
November	59	38	56	54	51	44	4.32	-0.25		133	-14
December	36	20	42	41	34	33	4.23	-0.11		7	-41

Dixon Springs Weather Summary for 1999

Totals							39.75	-8.73		5080	767
Month	AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURES						RAINFALL			GROWING DEGREE DAYS (GDD)
	Monthly Ave Air Temperature		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Sod		Monthly Ave Soil Temp. 4" Bare		Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1	GDD Monthly Total	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	Monthly Total Rainfall	Depart. From Normal	Since May 1
	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(°F)	(in)	(in)	(in)
January	43	26	39	39	35	33	8.65	5.58		60	35
February	54	35	48	45	45	39	1.74	-1.64		111	59
March	56	35	50	47	49	39	3.71	-1.03		111	-48
April	75	54	67	62	66	54	4.05	-0.51		406	86
May	86	44	77	68	75	60	2.73	-2.39	2.73	547	51	547
June	94	52	85	74	84	67	6.70	2.57	9.43	770	112	1317
July	88	71	90	79	94	71	2.65	-1.02	12.08	880	+123	1317
August	99	54	86	77	91	71	0.53	-3.37	12.61	784	+60	2980
September	100	40	86	64	89	56	0.43	-3.04	13.04	611	+41	3591
October	84	27	74	55	72	47	3.19	-0.14	16.23	445	+88	4036
November	82	21	65	46	67	36	0.56	-4.23		282	+135
December	66	11	52	39	48	31	4.81	+0.49		73	+25

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