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Simulation of Projected Water Demand and Ground-Water Levels in the Coffee Sand and Eutaw-McShan Aquifers in Union County, Mississippi, 2010 through 2050

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

Average maximum daily temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit

Total monthly
precipitation, in inches

Average maximum daily
temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit

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