Table 3. Average daily maximum temperature and total monthly precipitation data input to the residential water-demand model for the Union County, Mississippi, water-service area
[Precipitation data for New Albany, Mississippi, and temperature data for Benton County, Mississippi, from Dr. Charles L. Wax, State Climatologist, State of Mississippi, written commun., 1999]
Month |
1998 |
Average, 1956 to 1998 |
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Average maximum daily temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit |
Total monthly |
Average maximum daily |
Total monthly precipitation, in inches |
|
January |
53.5 |
5.46 |
50.6 |
6.75 |
February |
57.1 |
5.09 |
56.0 |
5.18 |
March |
62.3 |
3.48 |
65.0 |
7.57 |
April |
73.4 |
7.30 |
71.3 |
3.25 |
May |
84.6 |
2.82 |
81.4 |
7.50 |
June |
91.3 |
2.05 |
87.9 |
8.82 |
July |
91.8 |
7.13 |
91.2 |
2.92 |
August |
90.8 |
2.21 |
90.5 |
1.71 |
September |
91.6 |
0.95 |
85.0 |
2.83 |
October |
79.1 |
1.58 |
75.5 |
4.72 |
November |
66.6 |
2.59 |
63.4 |
1.76 |
December |
54.5 |
8.63 |
54.4 |
4.78 |