Station Name: ROCK RAPIDS, IA WMO Station Number: National I.D. Number: 00137147 Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WMO Region: REGION IV - NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA Latitude: 43d 26m N Longitude: 096d 10m W Elevation: 412 m In the following tables, byr = beginning year of normals or extremes data period eyr = ending year of normals or extremes data period NA = Not Applicable, data not submitted or not computed * = value > 0 but < units resolution Ann-NCDC = annual value computed by NCDC from monthly values provided by Members ========================================================== The normals data and climate variable descriptions are presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member country. ========================================================== Element 01: Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan -10.5 30 Feb -7.2 30 Mar -.1 30 Apr 8.3 30 May 15.2 30 Jun 20.7 30 Jul 23.4 30 Aug 21.7 30 Sep 16.1 30 Oct 9.3 30 Nov .8 30 Dec -7.7 30 Annual 7.5 30 Ann-NCDC 7.5 NA -------------------------- Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan -4.2 30 Feb -1.0 30 Mar 5.8 30 Apr 15.2 30 May 22.3 30 Jun 27.5 30 Jul 30.3 30 Aug 28.6 30 Sep 23.3 30 Oct 16.8 30 Nov 6.7 30 Dec -1.9 30 Annual 14.1 30 Ann-NCDC 14.1 NA -------------------------- Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN #_YEARS Month -------------------------- Jan -16.8 30 Feb -13.4 30 Mar -6.1 30 Apr 1.4 30 May 8.0 30 Jun 13.8 30 Jul 16.5 30 Aug 14.6 30 Sep 8.9 30 Oct 1.8 30 Nov -5.2 30 Dec -13.4 30 Annual .8 30 Ann-NCDC 0.8 NA -------------------------- Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value QUIN20% (Statistic 22): First Quintile QUIN40% (Statistic 23): Second Quintile QUIN60% (Statistic 24): Third Quintile QUIN80% (Statistic 25): Fourth Quintile MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value #_YEARS (Statistic 98): Number of Years used to Calculate Normal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEANMLY MIN_MLY QUIN20% QUIN40% QUIN60% QUIN80% MAX_MLY #_YEARS Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12.7 0.0 3.0 6.9 11.9 20.3 56.6 30 Feb 16.8 0.3 2.8 7.6 14.5 27.2 85.6 30 Mar 45.0 3.6 18.5 31.0 45.5 67.1 128.5 30 Apr 62.0 6.1 25.9 42.9 62.7 92.2 159.5 30 May 74.7 10.7 37.3 56.1 77.0 106.9 172.2 30 Jun 103.6 38.9 55.9 80.8 107.7 145.5 278.9 30 Jul 84.1 17.8 39.6 61.7 86.4 122.7 188.0 30 Aug 96.3 7.6 40.4 66.8 97.5 143.8 239.0 30 Sep 75.7 17.8 32.3 52.8 77.0 112.8 193.5 30 Oct 48.3 1.5 10.4 24.4 43.9 77.7 162.8 30 Nov 31.8 1.0 5.8 14.7 28.2 51.8 121.2 30 Dec 20.6 2.3 7.4 13.2 20.3 31.5 73.7 30 Annual 671.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA 30 Ann-NCDC 671.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA --------------------------------------------------------------------------