Swan Lake Research Farm, Stevens County, MN

(Terms are described on the Weather Page)

											Soil Temperatures
	Air Temp. ( oF)		Relative Humidity(%)		*Solar Radiation (kwh/m 2) (kwh/m 2)	Wind Speed (m/s)	Growing Degree Days			Precip.(Inches)	2 Inches ( oF)		4 Inches ( oF)
Date	Max	Min	Max	Min	Mean	Mean	50/86	50	40	Total	Max	Min	Max	Min
12/31/2008	12.7	-24.6	86	68	.090	4.24	--	--	--	.00	20.3	16.1	23.2	19.0
12/30/2008	14.4	-15.6	94	75	.040	6.78	--	--	--	.00	24.5	20.2	25.4	23.1
12/29/2008	36.1	7.0	93	76	.087	6.01	--	--	--	.01	25.0	22.9	25.6	24.3
12/28/2008	22.8	-5.1	92	74	.089	1.92	--	--	--	.00	24.9	21.3	26.9	23.5
12/27/2008	29.9	-.8	100	89	.042	5.51	--	--	--	.00	29.2	24.9	29.2	26.8
12/26/2008	35.4	21.8	100	86	.032	4.28	--	--	--	.01	28.9	26.0	28.7	26.6
12/25/2008	23.0	-6.3	88	80	.088	5.70	--	--	--	.00	26.0	24.5	26.6	25.4
12/24/2008	2.9	-13.7	90	76	.087	3.38	--	--	--	.00	24.6	22.7	25.4	23.6
12/23/2008	17.5	2.8	97	81	.056	4.85	--	--	--	.00	22.7	16.9	23.6	18.9
12/22/2008	6.5	-14	100	70	.08	4.25	--	--	--	.00	16.9	-7	18.9	-3
12/21/2008	17.1	.0	100	100	.105	9.15	--	--	--	.00	21.5	-7	26.5	-1.1
12/20/2008	18.2	-.3	100	85	.054	7.65	--	--	--	.00	26.4	.7	27.4	5.4
12/19/2008	18.1	2.4	91	73	.059	2.85	--	--	--	.00	24.2	22.3	25.3	23.7
12/18/2008	8.4	-10.3	88	74	.092	1.81	--	--	--	.00	22.3	20.3	23.7	22.4
12/17/2008	8.0	-10.0	90	69	.098	1.00	--	--	--	.00	21.6	20.5	23.3	22.4
12/16/2008	3.1	-20.4	89	70	.037	3.19	--	--	--	.00	20.7	15.9	22.5	19.5
12/15/2008	-8.7	-19.0	83	70	.083	6.66	--	--	--	.00	20.7	16.8	23.7	20.5
12/14/2008	25.9	-11.7	94	81	.029	10.11	--	--	--	.00	28.2	19.6	29.0	23.7
12/13/2008	29.5	16.0	100	92	.024	3.40	--	--	--	.00	28.1	22.8	28.8	25.1
12/12/2008	25.1	-9.7	100	84	.067	3.16	--	--	--	.00	24.6	17.2	26.1	21.9
12/11/2008	14.1	-8.6	88	74	.037	3.53	--	--	--	.00	27.2	18.1	28.8	23.0
12/10/2008	33.9	-4.1	91	72	.050	4.68	--	--	--	.00	28.1	24.6	29.0	26.7
12/09/2008	17.6	-5.8	92	80	.090	4.13	--	--	--	.00	28.4	25.2	29.4	27.4
12/08/2008	24.2	17.5	97	83	.025	3.68	--	--	--	.00	28.4	24.7	29.4	26.5
12/07/2008	18.4	-.2	91	76	.020	4.39	--	--	--	.00	24.7	20.0	26.6	24.0
12/06/2008	16.4	-1.3	90	73	.084	6.43	--	--	--	.00	27.7	20.0	29.4	24.2
12/05/2008	27.8	9.1	97	67	.035	5.12	--	--	--	.00	28.0	23.2	29.5	26.6
12/04/2008	16.2	2.4	95	69	.087	5.43	--	--	--	.00	27.9	23.4	29.8	27.2
12/03/2008	21.1	9.8	94	54	.085	5.13	--	--	--	.00	30.6	25.6	31.6	29.0
12/02/2008	42.6	13.7	93	52	.063	6.25	--	--	--	.00	31.3	25.7	31.6	29.0
12/01/2008	22.0	12.1	93	68	.086	4.92	--	--	--	.00	30.4	26.1	31.7	29.6
11/30/2008	33.2	19.3	99	62	.059	3.90	--	--	--	.00	31.4	29.0	31.9	30.8
11/29/2008	37.3	17.8	99	65	.069	2.97	--	--	--	.00	31.6	29.0	32.0	30.9
11/28/2008	42.6	18.5	94	46	.093	1.96	--	--	--	.00	31.7	27.6	32.1	30.4
11/27/2008	39.1	23.0	96	48	.088	6.03	--	--	--	.00	31.8	30.0	32.1	31.4
11/26/2008	42.2	15.5	99	53	.099	1.68	--	--	--	.00	31.7	26.5	32.0	30.0
11/25/2008	36.3	14.7	98	63	.068	2.12	--	--	--	.00	31.4	26.3	31.9	30.2
11/24/2008	29.7	21.3	91	75	.052	4.67	--	--	--	.00	31.1	28.0	32.1	30.9
11/23/2008	33.3	26.4	100	84	.037	2.97	--	--	--	.00	31.7	30.6	32.3	31.7
11/22/2008	29.4	20.7	98	80	.033	4.86	--	--	--	.00	31.3	28.4	32.1	31.0
11/21/2008	22.2	2.9	95	57	.096	3.71	--	--	--	.00	30.6	24.7	32.5	30.7
11/20/2008	23.6	6.2	90	61	.078	6.52	--	--	--	.00	31.3	27.2	33.1	32.2
11/19/2008	31.1	23.5	96	72	.025	7.23	--	--	--	.00	31.9	30.9	33.2	32.6
11/18/2008	29.9	14.2	96	71	.047	5.03	--	--	--	.00	32.2	30.9	33.7	32.8
11/17/2008	28.7	14.8	95	63	.076	4.09	--	--	--	.00	33.4	32.0	34.5	33.3
11/16/2008	36.3	23.5	98	69	.062	4.47	--	--	--	.00	33.5	32.9	34.8	33.9
11/15/2008	30.5	23.3	92	63	.100	4.96	--	--	--	.00	34.2	33.2	35.6	34.3
11/14/2008	38.0	28.3	100	77	.050	5.94	--	--	--	.00	38.3	33.7	37.6	34.7
11/13/2008	40.9	31.0	100	87	.030	3.94	--	--	--	.05	36.9	32.8	36.5	33.9
11/12/2008	33.5	30.8	100	96	.033	3.10	--	--	--	.05	33.0	32.5	34.4	33.8
11/11/2008	32.2	21.3	100	87	.026	3.42	--	--	--	.00	32.9	32.4	34.6	33.8
11/10/2008	29.4	18.6	99	77	.078	1.89	--	--	--	.00	33.4	32.5	35.6	34.1
11/09/2008	24.6	19.3	95	76	.049	5.30	--	--	--	.00	33.8	32.8	35.9	34.7
11/08/2008	29.8	22.5	98	80	.034	8.18	--	--	--	.00	35.5	33.7	38.0	35.8
11/07/2008	38.0	29.7	100	93	.023	5.83	--	--	--	.28	38.5	35.5	41.4	37.9
11/06/2008	56.8	32.3	100	73	.008	4.03	--	--	--	1.35	55.8	37.4	55.4	41.3
11/05/2008	65.4	56.7	89	62	.039	4.78	--	--	--	.00	58.4	53.1	55.9	52.9
11/04/2008	66.5	40.7	98	50	.075	3.24	--	--	--	.01	57.3	45.6	54.3	47.7
11/03/2008	74.0	51.3	86	39	.109	4.66	--	--	--	.00	60.1	47.3	56.0	48.0
11/02/2008	68.2	41.5	100	42	.112	2.27	--	--	--	.00	58.6	43.2	54.0	44.6
11/01/2008	59.5	32.9	82	22	.123	3.39	--	--	--	.00	52.6	37.3	49.3	40.1
10/31/2008	59.0	32.7	97	25	.124	2.31	--	--	--	.00	54.0	39.2	50.4	41.7
10/30/2008	68.4	39.3	84	35	.125	3.34	--	--	--	.00	55.7	38.4	51.0	40.0
10/29/2008	59.2	28.1	87	29	.130	2.39	--	--	--	.00	49.7	34.2	46.1	36.4
10/28/2008	53.0	23.3	93	17	.135	1.78	--	--	--	.00	44.9	33.1	42.4	35.5
10/27/2008	38.1	25.6	84	49	.132	4.76	--	--	--	.00	42.5	34.2	41.4	36.6
10/26/2008	42.6	31.2	98	48	.040	8.33	--	--	--	.00	42.1	36.2	44.8	38.6
10/25/2008	57.9	33.7	100	42	.129	4.21	--	--	--	.01	51.8	38.1	49.0	40.8
10/24/2008	43.6	38.8	100	86	.015	1.64	--	--	--	.15	45.2	41.8	45.4	43.5
10/23/2008	46.2	38.7	98	72	.046	2.95	--	--	--	.00	46.5	40.4	45.7	42.0
10/22/2008	43.0	35.7	98	78	.019	4.17	--	--	--	.34	43.7	40.4	45.2	42.0
10/21/2008	50.3	33.4	93	37	.112	4.40	--	--	--	.11	48.7	36.5	47.4	40.2
10/20/2008	52.7	33.2	100	34	.152	2.26	--	--	--	.00	55.9	39.9	52.7	43.5
10/19/2008	62.2	42.7	96	62	.111	3.04	--	--	--	.04	57.7	44.0	54.3	45.9
10/18/2008	60.2	37.4	98	49	.138	4.62	--	--	--	.00	55.3	39.8	52.0	42.8
10/17/2008	51.8	40.9	97	64	.057	1.42	--	--	--	.07	53.0	43.6	51.6	46.4
10/16/2008	54.4	28.7	98	40	.151	1.05	--	--	--	.00	58.1	37.0	53.4	40.8
10/15/2008	52.8	34.2	92	35	.160	4.52	--	--	--	.00	54.7	41.5	52.3	45.0
10/14/2008	60.4	32.7	93	46	.133	2.59	2384	2199	3825	.00	55.9	38.7	53.3	42.9
10/13/2008	50.7	38.0	100	53	.118	4.32	2379	2199	3818	.10	58.6	44.3	58.9	48.5
10/12/2008	67.6	50.7	100	81	.020	4.23	2379	2199	3814	.25	60.5	53.1	59.1	53.0
10/11/2008	57.2	46.4	100	83	.032	1.43	2370	2190	3795	.24	54.6	46.5	53.4	47.9
10/10/2008	49.2	42.0	97	68	.025	4.27	2366	2188	3783	.61	49.8	46.0	51.7	47.7
10/09/2008	57.9	37.1	81	27	.143	3.46	2366	2188	3777	.00	57.5	41.5	54.6	45.6
10/08/2008	66.2	41.1	100	30	.137	3.32	2362	2188	3769	.00	59.4	45.3	57.1	48.6
10/07/2008	61.4	43.8	100	43	.137	2.71	2354	2184	3755	.23	61.7	49.8	59.4	53.2
10/06/2008	72.6	52.5	98	67	.056	4.42	2348	2181	3742	1.80	63.5	54.5	61.1	55.0
10/05/2008	56.7	50.9	96	66	.035	5.74	2335	2168	3719	.13	55.9	52.2	56.2	53.6
10/04/2008	65.9	40.5	82	31	.175	4.14	2331	2164	3705	.00	65.0	45.6	60.9	49.3
10/03/2008	61.4	38.1	94	27	.189	2.17	2323	2161	3692	.00	67.1	46.3	62.4	50.1
10/02/2008	71.1	37.8	95	33	.185	2.53	2317	2161	3682	.00	67.0	44.1	62.2	47.8
10/01/2008	55.8	35.9	100	54	.113	1.89	2306	2157	3668	.00	59.2	46.1	57.7	50.1

*The Solar Radiation sensor is often covered with snow during the winter months so the value may be incorrect during those times.