WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- COLBY, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 71 39 0.00 484.0 66 48 60 50 68 12.1 36 APR 9 64 16 0.00 105.6 59 34 58 40 83 11.9 34 APR 10 28 16 0.00 288.8 37 33 40 37 81 14.6 28 APR 11 50 18 0.00 606.9 49 32 45 35 58 11.9 34 APR 12 57 22 0.16 410.9 57 36 50 39 72 5.8 25 APR 13 73 28 0.00 531.7 58 37 52 40 64 12.6 32 APR 14 59 34 0.00 402.6 54 44 51 47 35 15.6 42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 57.5 24.8 0.16 404.4 54.3 37.6 50.8 41.4 65.7 12.1 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- SCANDIA, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 76 45 0.00 391.8 60 52 58 52 81 10.4 27 APR 9 62 18 0.00 99.9 58 45 57 46 90 22.2 35 APR 10 37 16 0.00 563.6 47 42 47 43 61 16.6 28 APR 11 60 18 0.00 634.9 51 41 49 42 49 6.9 25 APR 12 64 26 0.01 585.0 55 44 53 44 65 6.5 27 APR 13 78 29 0.00 619.7 55 46 54 47 61 16.3 36 APR 14 66 37 0.00 488.4 58 52 56 51 35 13.1 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 63.3 27.0 0.01 483.3 54.9 45.8 53.3 46.6 63.2 13.1 36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- HAYS, KANSAS, 2013 K-STATE RESEACH 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 73 47 0.01 291.4 59 52 57 53 78 10.5 29 APR 9 67 23 0.19 76.1 57 41 56 45 86 12.9 37 APR 10 32 23 0.00 210.8 41 38 45 41 85 12.3 28 APR 11 53 22 0.00 617.1 50 36 46 39 63 11.8 28 APR 12 60 23 0.00 548.0 54 38 50 41 58 7.2 22 APR 13 71 33 0.00 535.7 56 43 53 45 56 12.7 38 APR 14 68 36 0.00 459.6 57 50 54 51 36 16.8 42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.6 29.6 0.20 391.2 53.4 42.5 51.7 44.9 66.1 12.0 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 74 56 0.00 312.0 61 54 58 53 80 11.1 27 APR 9 68 28 0.89 83.7 59 41 57 44 87 16.0 34 APR 10 30 26 0.00 138.2 43 42 45 43 95 6.4 24 APR 11 53 25 0.45 586.3 49 40 47 42 75 7.2 26 APR 12 59 27 0.00 589.0 56 40 52 42 67 5.5 18 APR 13 71 32 0.00 592.4 56 44 53 45 60 10.4 29 APR 14 70 51 0.00 543.5 61 51 57 51 49 13.5 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.8 34.9 1.34 406.4 55.1 44.5 52.9 45.8 73.2 10.0 34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 76 54 0.00 319.7 66 54 60 54 77 6.3 26 APR 9 73 36 0.55 124.6 64 45 59 46 85 9.9 29 APR 10 37 33 0.30 78.4 45 41 47 44 88 9.5 21 APR 11 41 31 0.00 233.9 44 40 45 43 74 8.8 20 APR 12 55 30 0.00 601.9 55 38 50 41 64 8.1 22 APR 13 70 31 0.00 546.4 61 42 54 44 60 6.5 26 APR 14 73 44 0.00 420.9 62 51 57 51 48 12.7 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.7 37.0 0.85 332.3 56.7 44.6 53.1 46.3 70.9 8.8 35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- OTTAWA, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 70 53 0.00 277.9 68 51 64 52 83 8.7 25 APR 9 72 43 0.16 129.6 69 53 65 57 80 8.7 23 APR 10 45 33 0.75 84.0 57 44 53 40 97 5.4 18 APR 11 43 30 0.00 261.4 53 35 50 39 74 5.4 19 APR 12 54 30 0.00 569.7 64 33 58 36 66 5.0 17 APR 13 67 30 0.00 523.5 67 36 61 40 69 6.6 23 APR 14 74 50 0.01 317.1 65 48 61 50 60 11.2 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.7 38.5 0.92 309.0 63.2 42.8 58.8 44.9 75.5 7.3 34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- PARSONS, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 72 60 0.00 197.7 58 55 56 54 75 8.1 23 APR 9 74 47 0.00 166.1 60 57 58 56 73 6.8 29 APR 10 47 34 0.53 72.3 58 49 57 49 94 10.6 27 APR 11 49 32 0.00 488.0 52 47 51 47 72 8.6 25 APR 12 56 32 0.00 617.6 55 47 53 47 63 6.5 26 APR 13 70 36 0.00 558.9 58 48 55 49 64 6.2 23 APR 14 78 54 0.11 523.4 60 53 58 52 56 9.1 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 63.6 41.9 0.64 374.9 57.5 50.7 55.5 50.6 71.2 8.0 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- POWHATTAN, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 76 50 0.00 296.5 70 51 66 52 80 6.0 25 APR 9 77 41 0.10 129.6 69 53 65 57 80 8.7 23 APR 10 47 37 0.80 88.4 55 41 54 42 97 5.4 18 APR 11 41 34 0.00 254.1 53 35 52 35 76 10.0 19 APR 12 50 32 0.00 512.8 60 35 60 35 66 5.0 17 APR 13 61 29 0.00 523.5 67 36 61 40 69 6.1 15 APR 14 72 48 0.03 361.5 65 48 64 48 60 11.2 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.6 38.6 0.93 309.5 62.8 42.8 60.4 44.1 75.4 7.5 34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- SCANDIA, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 74 51 0.00 228.0 67 52 63 52 85 5.9 19 APR 9 65 28 0.11 57.5 59 36 58 40 89 14.3 34 APR 10 31 27 0.00 92.2 36 34 40 36 91 7.4 18 APR 11 37 24 0.21 279.7 41 34 40 35 81 8.5 22 APR 12 52 28 0.00 563.6 55 33 51 35 67 9.0 25 APR 13 66 30 0.00 481.4 58 35 53 37 66 6.9 22 APR 14 67 36 0.00 365.6 58 40 54 44 46 12.7 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 55.8 32.0 0.32 295.4 53.5 37.8 51.4 40.0 75.0 9.3 34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- SILVER LAKE, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 74 52 0.00 255.6 68 53 65 53 80 4.5 18 APR 9 75 38 0.56 187.3 71 49 66 52 76 6.6 29 APR 10 43 34 0.34 92.6 49 41 52 43 93 11.1 23 APR 11 42 32 0.00 244.5 47 37 47 40 77 12.0 26 APR 12 54 31 0.00 555.2 57 35 54 37 66 9.3 22 APR 13 67 31 0.00 504.1 65 38 61 39 65 4.5 22 APR 14 71 49 0.01 169.9 61 49 59 50 58 9.6 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.8 38.1 0.91 287.0 59.8 43.2 57.7 45.0 73.4 8.2 35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- ST. JOHN, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 75 56 0.04 309.5 58 54 57 54 80 10.8 26 APR 9 66 25 0.05 62.7 58 47 57 50 89 11.1 28 APR 10 32 23 0.01 193.8 47 42 50 44 82 8.2 16 APR 11 56 23 0.02 623.8 46 41 46 43 61 9.2 23 APR 12 60 25 0.00 583.4 49 42 48 43 61 5.6 18 APR 13 73 32 0.00 616.6 53 44 52 45 57 7.9 26 APR 14 70 49 0.00 612.1 56 51 55 51 35 8.7 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 61.8 33.3 0.12 428.8 52.6 45.9 52.3 47.2 66.3 8.8 28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- TRIBUNE, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 75 43 0.00 529.4 64 51 60 52 54 11.3 31 APR 9 64 15 0.00 143.1 59 41 58 45 79 16.7 35 APR 10 34 14 0.00 556.1 48 37 46 41 60 11.4 28 APR 11 56 15 0.00 592.5 53 37 49 40 52 7.8 34 APR 12 65 28 0.01 470.1 57 42 52 44 64 6.5 27 APR 13 81 24 0.00 583.8 58 44 54 46 52 11.6 34 APR 14 63 36 0.00 468.2 61 49 57 50 30 8.1 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 62.6 24.8 0.01 477.6 57.0 43.1 53.9 45.3 55.8 10.5 35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION WEEKLY WEATHER INFORMATION -- ROSSVILLE, KANSAS, 2013 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 8 76 50 0.00 234.8 63 53 58 53 75 7.8 24 APR 9 74 37 0.93 145.5 63 50 59 55 95 10.9 31 APR 10 40 33 0.55 80.7 50 42 55 45 89 6.0 21 APR 11 41 32 0.00 220.7 45 40 45 43 73 6.1 18 APR 12 54 31 0.00 550.5 53 38 50 40 62 4.8 18 APR 13 66 30 0.00 465.0 55 41 52 43 64 7.3 23 APR 14 70 45 0.00 162.1 56 50 53 50 53 12.1 37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUM. 60.3 36.7 1.48 265.6 55.1 44.9 53.2 47.0 73.0 7.9 37 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA OBTAINED FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDING STATION