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Daily Temperatures, Rain Events, Humidity, and Growing Degree Days 2008

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March 1st - October 31st 2008: Table showing the daily maximum and minimum temperatures, rain events, humidity, and growing degree days observed at our weather station, Lockwood Farm, Hamden at 8:00am.  Our Growing Degree Days are based on 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Day of the Month 24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F) 24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F) Rain Event (inches) Humidity Growing degree days
March 1
24
28
0.51
*
0.00
2
26
42
0.04
*
0.00
3
22
42
0
*
0.00
4
39
52
0
*
0.33
5
38
57
0.56
*
1.99
6
26
55
Trace
*
2.90
7
26
47
0
*
2.90
8
38
50
2.00
*
2.90
9
29
60
0.37
*
5.20
10
20
42
0
*
6.36
11
27
42
0
*
6.36
12
33
44
Trace
*
6.36
13
29
49
0
*
6.36
14
32
43
0
*
6.36
15
36
54
0.07
*
7.14
16
36
47
Trace
*
7.14
17
28
50
0
*
7.14
18
27
47
0.31
*
7.14
19
36
43
0.31
*
7.14
20
39
43
1.12
*
7.14
21
31
47
Trace
*
7.14
22
27
44
0
*
7.14
23
23
49
0
*
7.14
24
23
46
0
*
7.14
25
26
50
0
*
7.14
26
37
44
Trace
*
7.14
27
29
58
0
*
9.13
28
38
53
0.05
*
9.58
29
28
44
0.06
*
9.58
30
21
42
0
*
9.58
31
26
47
0
*
9.58
Day of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
30
58
0.51
*
11.55
2
37
57
0.09
*
13.15
3
23
57
0
*
14.67
4
37
50
0.55
*
14.67
5
46
50
0.56
*
14.67
6
41
59
0
*
17.83
7
45
52
0
*
18.19
8
37
57
0
*
19.86
9
30
56
0
*
21.51
10
45
57
0.01
*
24.14
11
48
72
0
*
33.54
12
45
64
0.52
*
39.16
13
40
69
0
*
45.66
14
31
62
0
*
48.87
15
29
56
0
*
50.06
16
30
61
0
*
52.99
17
32
64
0
*
57.62
18
39
73
0
*
66.46
19
44
81
0
*
79.83
20
47
74
0
*
90.78
21
45
65
0
*
97.11
22
40
67
0
*
103.44
23
43
68
0
*
111.16
24
56
77
0
*
126.34
25
41
76
0
*
137.18
26
49
71
0
*
147.48
27
47
63
0
*
153.32
28
46
54
0.20
*
154.81
29
45
51
2.42
*
154.94
30
33
57
0.24
*
156.47
ay of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
May 1
28
56
0
*
158.17
2
46
59
0.10
*
161.54
3
46
52
Trace
*
162.07
4
44
54
0.17
*
163.09
5
40
68
0
*
169.62
6
39
68
0
*
176.94
7
54
78
0
*
192.39
8
54
74
0.12
*
206.28
9
48
75
0.15
*
217.81
10
45
72
0.70
*
227.09
11
40
67
0
*
233.89
12
49
64
0
*
240.51
13
46
55
0
*
242.20
14
40
70
0
*
250.16
15
50
70
Trace
*
260.27
16
52
68
Trace
*
270.00
17
45
66
0.71
*
276.80
8
49
73
Trace
*
287.16
19
42
68
0.05
*
293.86
20
35
60
0
*
297.04
21
41
59
0.30
*
300.31
22
47
68
0.17
*
307.65
23
42
62
0.04
*
312.43
24
49
71
0
*
321.95
25
47
70
0
*
330.91
26
46
77
0
*
343.45
27
59
75
0.10
*
360.07
28
50
76
0.49
*
372.49
29
40
70
0
*
380.45
30
45
78
0
*
393.29
31
60
79
0
*
412.57
Day of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
57
71
0.05
*
426.84
2
54
80
0
*
443.13
3
50
80
0
*
458.46
4
56
82
0.80
*
477.51
5
59
73
0.13
*
493.84
6
56
70
0.20
*
507.17
7
59
66
0.20
*
520.39
8
68
89
0
*
547.57
9
67
93
0.50
*
577.46
10
69
95
0
*
609.18
11
66
96
0.19
*
639.91
12
62
87
0
*
664.52
13
55
82
0
*
683.51
14
59
80
0
*
703.23
15
61
85
0.51
*
726.12
16
64
72
Trace
*
744.56
17
59
73
0.94
*
756.96
18
49
76
0
*
772.58
19
52
72
0.17
*
785.02
20
56
74
0
*
799.91
21
56
77
0.09
*
816.58
22
62
80
0
*
837.69
23
67
78
0
*
860.08
24
63
75
Trace
*
878.91
25
57
79
0
*
896.86
26
60
82
0
*
917.86
27
63
78
Trace
*
938.63
28
64
79
0
*
960.41
29
70
87
0
*
988.41
30
69
89
0.02
*
1017.03
Day of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
64
85
0
*
1041.69
2
63
84
0
*
1065.03
3
59
84
0
*
1086.97
4
67
88
0.30
*
1114.25
5
67
75
1.00
*
1135.91
6
66
74
Trace
*
1156.13
7
69
79
0
*
1179.80
8
68
83
0
*
1205.13
9
69
87
0
*
1232.91
10
70
86
0
*
1260.31
11
57
84
0
*
1281.30
12
64
84
0
*
1305.47
13
67
83
0
*
1330.63
14
69
82
0.45
*
1355.64
15
59
80
0.03
*
1375.47
16
63
86
0
*
1399.64
17
63
87
0
*
1424.69
18
65
90
0
*
1452.30
19
70
92
0
*
1483.14
20
69
92
0
*
1513.97
21
75
90
0.01
*
1546.25
22
69
85
0
*
1573.52
23
69
84
0.07
*
1600.02
24
68
77
1.55
*
1622.30
25
57
77
0.31
*
1639.52
26
61
85
0
*
1662.25
27
64
86
0.17
*
1709.13
28
65
78
0.10
*
1709.13
29
64
83
0
*
1732.30
30
63
86
0
*
1756.97
31
69
84
0.08
*
1783.30
Day of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
64
84
0.59
*
1807.36
2
65
86
0
*
1832.47
3
60
80
0.72
*
1852.91
4
62
79
0
*
1873.69
5
66
83
0
*
1898.08
6
68
81
1.00
*
1922.47
7
64
81
0.47
*
 1944.75
8
60
80
0.75
*
1964.58
9
56
75
0.03
*
1980.52
10
59
79
0
*
1999.41
11
61
79
0
*
2019.30
12
59
72
0.85
*
2035.13
13
58
79
0
*
2053.58
14
64
80
0
*
2075.47
15
63
80
0
*
2096.75
16
59
78
0
*
2115.19
17
56
79
0.15
*
2132.91
18
61
83
0
*
2154.80
19
63
86
0
*
2178.37
20
49
78
0
*
2192.99
21
51
75
0
*
2206.48
22
56
79
0
*
2223.71
23
55
80
0
*
2241.48
24
61
78
0
*
2261.31
25
65
79
0
*
2282.54
26
52
80
0.33
*
2298.43
27
51
76
0
*
2312.32
28
54
77
0
*
2327.93
29
57
80
0
*
2346.65
30
64
76
0.30
*
2366.70
31
61
79
0.03
*
2386.10
Day of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
53
82
0
*
2403.71
2
58
83
0
*
2424.21
3
59
84
Trace
*
2445.87
4
63
82
0.15
*
2468.70
5
67
86
0
*
2495.20
6
71
83
0.45
*
2522.20
7
68
80
4.00
*
2545.71
8
56
80
0
*
2563.93
9
60
76
0
*
2581.71
10
52
74
0.52
*
2594.76
11
51
73
0
*
2607.04
12
55
70
0
*
2620.09
13
62
68
1.00
*
2635.48
14
67
77
0.20
*
2657.20
15
71
82
0.03
*
2682.60
16
56
82
0
*
2701.38
17
52
72
0
*
2713.87
18
51
73
0
*
2725.43
19
44
70
0
*
2733.70
20
43
65
0
*
2739.64
21
44
69
0
*
2747.83
22
56
78
0
*
2763.90
23
48
68
0
*
2772.64
24
47
68
0
*
2780.59
25
46
69
0
*
2789.21
26
54
66
1.04
*
2799.71
27
60
63
1.00
*
2811.70
28
66
67
0.30
*
2828.20
29
70
75
0.27
*
2849.49
30
56
70
0
*
2862.71
Day of the Month
24 hours ending observation:  MIN. temperature (F)
24 hours ending observation:  MAX. temperature (F)
Rain Event (inches)
Humidity
Growing degree days
55
72
0.08
*
2875.99
2
53
73
0.51
*
2888.38
3
43
64
0
*
2893.66
4
37
63
0
*
2898.24
5
43
64
0.10
*
2903.59
6
46
58
0.11
*
2906.39
7
38
58
0.01
*
2908.56
8
36
64
0
*
2914.19
9
55
67
0.13
*
2924.86
10
52
75
0
*
2937.64
11
47
71
0
*
2947.33
12
48
70
0
*
2956.58
13
47
69
0
*
2965.50
14
54
72
0
*
2978.00
15
48
64
0
*
2984.75
16
49
70
0
*
2993.77
17
44
75
0
*
3003.79
18
37
62
0
*
3007.54
19
35
55
0
*
3008.49
20
30
53
0
*
3008.97
21
30
62
0
*
3012.86
22
42
61
Trace
*
3016.28
23
34
51
0
*
3016.41
24
26
52
0
*
3016.78
25
41
56
0
*
3018.87
26
48
65
1.90
*
3024.83
27
40
65
0
*
3030.12
28
39
65
0.58
*
3035.26
29
37
56
0.35
*
3036.57
30
27
46
0
*
3036.57
31
27
47
0
*
3036.57
* humidity instrument failure--no data