February's high temperatures were a couple of degrees above normal for the month. The lowest high temperature of the month was 46° on the 5th, and the highest high temperature of the month was a very mild 60° on the 15th. This came out to a 14° range of high temperatures this month. Low temperatures, on the other hand, were very slightly below normal. There were no record high or low temperatures set this month. In terms of temperature, the month of February was pretty average in Corvallis. Overall, temperatures were 0.5° above normal.

We recorded a below normal 3.59 inches of precipitation in February. This is the first month since November that Corvallis has received below normal precipitation. There were no record setting days of rainfall this month. After this month's substantial precipitation deficit Corvallis fell to .06 inches below the normal water year level.

Table 1 - daily data recorded at the Hyslop Experiment Station.

Table 2 - access to the daily data recorded at the Corvallis Agri-Met Automated Station. You choose the station and parameters.

Summary:

Parameter                 Observed   Dep.*   Parameter                       Observed   Dep.*
 
Average maximum temperature  52.6    +2.2    Days with measurable precip.      11       -7.0   
                                                                         
Average minimum temperature  34.7    -0.4    Days with .10" or more precip.    6        -6.0    
                                                                       
Monthly precipitation        3.59    -1.45   Days with .50" or more precip.    3        -1.2    
                                                                                    
Growing degree days @ 50F     1       -6     Days with 1" or more precip.      1         0.0       
                                                                   
* departure from 1971-00 normal

Looking ahead to March:

Maxima rise to about 56°
Minima rise to about 38°
Average precipitation is 4.59 inches
There are an average of 19 days with measurable precipitation

Oregon Climate Service

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Mandy Matzke, Research Asst./Manager of Data Services

Kelly Jenson, Undergraduate Assistant

Melanie Mitchell, Student Assistant

Sandra Terra, Undergraduate Assistant

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