2012 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 13-Sep 19 0.68 in 82 – 71°F 67 – 49°F 71.2
Sep 6-Sep 12 1.15 in 86 – 73°F 64 – 48°F 75.2
Aug 30-Sep 5 2.62 in 89 – 83°F 75 – 61°F 79.0
Aug 23-Aug 29 2.22 in 86 – 75°F 73 – 62°F 77.8
Aug 16-Aug 22 0.36 in 88 – 77°F 66 – 59°F 79.3
Aug 9-Aug 15 1.90 in 90 – 83°F 72 – 64°F 81.3
Aug 2-Aug 8 0.39 in 93 – 86°F 75 – 65°F 83.2
Jul 26-Aug 1 0.71 in 94 – 81°F 70 – 66°F 83.3
Jul 19-Jul 25 0.30 in 93 – 73°F 73 – 66°F 82.2
Jul 12-Jul 18 0.03 in 97 – 83°F 76 – 63°F 83.7
Jul 5-Jul 11 0.80 in 101 – 81°F 78 – 67°F 85.5
Jun 28-Jul 4 0.28 in 100 – 89°F 74 – 59°F 82.2
Jun 21-Jun 27 0.02 in 96 – 78°F 72 – 53°F 80.1
Jun 14-Jun 20 0.06 in 95 – 71°F 65 – 46°F 74.3
Jun 7-Jun 13 0.51 in 92 – 74°F 67 – 51°F 75.3
May 31-June 6 0.57 in 84 – 67°F 63 – 48°F 73.8
May 24-May 30 0.58 in 88 – 74°F 73 – 60°F 76.1
May 17-May 23 0.91 in 79 – 70°F 63 – 46°F 69.2
May 10-May 16 0.30 in 82 – 66°F 64 – 45°F 66.1
May 3-May 9 1.17 in 79 – 65°F 58 – 42°F 65.4
Apr 26-May 2 0.78 in 80 – 57°F 57 – 33°F 58.7
Apr 19-Apr 25 2.33 in 79 – 50°F 51 – 36°F 59.1
Apr 12-Apr 18 0.02 in 85 – 57°F 63 – 34°F 58.9
Apr 5-Apr 11 0.02 in 69 – 52°F 48 – 29°F 54.1
Mar 29-Apr 4 0.21 in 74 – 52°F 45 – 31°F 54.8
Mar 22-Mar 28 0.11 in 79 – 41°F 48 – 30°F 58.9
Feb 23-Feb 29 2.06 in 63 – 45°F 45 – 29°F 46.2

*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