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Long-term climate  Temperature and precipitation near the Bull Shoals Field Station. Data are from 1951-88 at Ozark Beach, Missouri. Data source: Soil Survey of Taney County, Missouri, USDA, NRCS; Feb. 1996 

Temperature (ºF)

Precipitation (Inches)

Month Ave. daily max. Ave. daily min. Ave. daily

2 years in 10 will have

Ave.
number of growing degree days*
Ave. 2 years in 10 will have Ave. number of days which 0.10" or more Ave. snowfall
Max. temp. higher than Min. temp. lower than Less than More than

Jan.

45.1

19.3

32.2

73

7

8

1.83

.060

2.84

4

3.0

Feb.

50.3

23.3

36.8

78

1

10

2.43

1.16

3.51

5

2.9

March

59.2

31.4

45.3

86

12

69

3.61

1.86

5.14

6

2.0

April

71.2

42.2

56.7

90

25

227

3.94

2.08

5.56

7

0.1

May

79.0

51.1

65.1

92

34

468

4.54

2.59

6.26

7

0.0

June

86.4

59.6

73.0

98

45

690

4.47

2.46

6.23

7

0.0

July

91.4

63.7

77.6

102

51

856

3.63

1.65

5.33

5

0.0

Aug.

90.9

61.8

76.4

103

48

818

3.28

1.60

4.73

5

0.0

Sept.

83.7

54.9

69.3

99

37

579

3.79

1.34

5.82

6

0.0

Oct.

73.3

43.0

58.2

92

27

268

3.36

1.31

5.07

5

0.0

Nov.

60.1

32.5

46.3

82

13

40

3.67

1.59

5.43

5

0.6

Dec.

49.3

24.4

36.9

74

3

16

3.11

1.25

4.67

5

1.5

Yearly:

 

 

Average