NORTON, KANSAS

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		12		-2		---		4		11		16		22		26		25		21		13		5		---

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		20		5		8		12		19		24		30		34		33		30		22		13		7

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		4		-9		-7		-3		3		9		15		18		17		12		5		-2		-7

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		47		27		27		33		37		40		45		47		46		44		38		30		28

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		-31		-31		-30		-28		-15		-3		2		6		3		-7		-13		-23		-28

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 6

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		60		---		---		---		---		2		14		17		14		9		1		---		---

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 6

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		150		30		25		23		11		1		---		---		---		---		6		22		30

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 6

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		8		4		1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		1		1

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		530		10		10		30		50		70		90		60		60		40		30		20		10

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		69		3		5		7		7		10		9		6		7		5		4		3		3

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		203		47		54		67		68		156		161		203		127		109		82		79		35

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		---		---		---		6		2		28		18		7		8		7		1		---		2

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mm		124		16.3		29.5		26.7		33		67.1		102.4		124		66		56.6		35		34		22.4

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		40		1		2		4		4		6		6		4		5		3		3		1		1

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		15		---		---		1		1		3		3		3		2		1		1		---		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		4		---		---		---		---		1		1		1		1		---		---		---		---

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 53

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		45		1		2		3		4		6		6		5		5		3		2		2		1

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		63		10		13		18		4		---		---		---		---		---		---		6		9

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 15

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
cm		53.9		39.4		40.6		53.9		25.4		---		---		---		---		---		2.5		43.2		33

Average Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 6

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		62		64		64		63		59		68		61		63		67		58		60		58		64

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 6

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		3		-10		-5		-4		1		8		14		16		16		10		3		-3		-7

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3365.2		628.6		502.2		421.9		208.3		43.1		---		---		---		---		146.4		391.7		568.3

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		707.2		---		---		---		---		---		141.7		249.7		232.5		83.3		---		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 48

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2092.8		---		---		---		41.7		215.3		391.7		508.1		490.8		333.3		111.9		---		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.7		10.2		11.2		12.5		13.8		14.9		15.5		15.2		14.1		12.9		11.6		10.5		9.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		15.5		7.7		10.3		14.3		18.2		21		24		24.1		21		17.1		12.4		8.5		7

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		5.3		2.7		3.7		5.2		6.8		8		8.1		7.6		6.8		5.4		4		2.9		2.3

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.5		13.6		14.7		17.2		18.6		19.3		20.8		21.4		20.6		19.5		17.3		13.9		13.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		18.9		14.4		15.2		17.4		19		20.3		24.4		25.3		22.9		21		18.2		14.9		14.2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		15.5		7.7		10.3		14.3		18.2		21		24		24.1		21		17.1		12.4		8.5		7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		5.8		2.8		4		5.6		7.3		8.5		9.1		8.6		7.5		6.2		4.5		3.2		2.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		20.6		17.4		19.8		21.6		22.4		21.7		23		22.8		22.8		21.5		20.7		17.1		16.8

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		24.4		20.2		23.5		24.4		25.9		25.6		29.7		28.8		27.4		24.4		23.5		19.7		19.4

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		12.3		6.7		7.9		10.4		15.6		14.6		19.2		20.1		18.3		13.4		9.8		6.2		6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		4.6		2.2		2.9		4.4		5.9		7.3		7.3		7.1		6.1		4.9		3.4		2.5		1.9

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		13.4		11.1		10.3		11.7		15.7		13.4		16.9		18		17.8		14.6		12.5		8.8		10.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		12.2		10.8		8.9		9.2		13.8		9.7		15.6		17.8		17.5		13		11.4		8		10.4