2011 Season-Long Summary of Weather Conditions at the Carvel REC, Georgetown, DE
| Week | Rainfall | Range of Daily Highs | Range of Daily Lows | Average Soil Temp* |
| Sep 15-Sep 21 | 0.26 in | 85 – 64°F | 55 – 46°F | 70.4 |
| Sep 8-Sep 14 | 2.67 in | 87 – 76°F | 70 – 58°F | 77.2 |
| Sep 1-Sep 7 | 0.30 in | 86 – 75°F | 70 – 55°F | 75.5 |
| Aug 25-Aug 31 | 7.42 in | 88 – 75°F | 72 – 53°F | 76.5 |
| Aug 18-Aug 24 | 0.99 in | 89 – 80°F | 68 – 55°F | 78.9 |
| Aug 11-Aug 17 | 0.90 in | 87 – 80°F | 68 – 58°F | 80.7 |
| Aug 4-Aug 10 | 0.11 in | 92 – 79°F | 75 – 61°F | 83.7 |
| Jul 28-Aug 3 | 0.19 in | 97 – 81°F | 74 – 65°F | 85.8 |
| Jul 21-Jul 27 | 0.97 in | 101 – 87°F | 82 – 70°F | 88.0 |
| Jul 14-Jul 20 | 0.17 in | 93 – 80°F | 73 – 56°F | 82.7 |
| Jul 7-Jul 13 | 1.33 in | 93 – 87°F | 75 – 64°F | 83.8 |
| Jun 30-Jul 6 | 0.03 in | 90 – 83°F | 71 – 58°F | 83.4 |
| Jun 23-Jun 29 | 0.00 in | 90 – 82°F | 72 – 64°F | 82.0 |
| Jun 16-Jun 22 | 0.95 in | 89 – 76°F | 67 – 56°F | 78.2 |
| Jun 9-Jun 15 | 0.80 in | 97 – 74°F | 72 – 54°F | 80.4 |
| Jun 2-Jun 8 | 0.10 in | 95 – 77°F | 68 – 49°F | 76.9 |
| May 26-Jun 1 | 0.05 in | 94 – 84°F | 69 – 64°F | 76.6 |
| May 19-May 25 | 0.27 in | 87 – 70°F | 70 – 55°F | 70.7 |
| May 12-May 18 | 0.78 in | 79 – 65°F | 63 – 44°F | 66.6 |
| May 5-May 11 | 0.00 in | 73 – 65°F | 50 – 44°F | 62.4 |
| Apr 28-May 4 | 1.34 in | 82 – 62°F | 63 – 42°F | 64.3 |
| Apr 21-Apr 27 | 0.16 in | 84 – 50°F | 67 – 42°F | 63.0 |
| Apr 14-Apr 20 | 1.12 in | 84 – 59°F | 51 – 41°F | 58.5 |
| Apr 7-Apr 13 | 0.40 in | 77 – 52°F | 52 – 41°F | 55.2 |
| Mar 31-Apr 6 | 0.83 in | 79 – 43°F | 45 – 31°F | 47.9 |
| Mar 24-Mar 30 | 0.11 in | 50 – 41°F | 33 – 25°F | 45.2 |
| Mar 3-Mar 9 | 1.10 in | 63 – 36°F | 42 – 23°F | 45.2 |
*Soil temperature taken at a 2 inch depth under sod.
The weather data from the Carvel Research and Education Center is logged by Delaware Environmental Observing System (DEOS) and is available online at http://www.deos.udel.edu/agirrigation_retrieval.html