Automated Data Plotter

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Accumulated Station Departures of Precip/GDD/SDD (Automated Stations) (#51)

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[IA0200] AMES-8-WSW [1893-01-01 till now]
 

Plot Description:

This report displays the number of cycles between two temperature thresholds of your choice. A cycle representing one round trip from below some threshold to above the second threshold.
# IEM Climodat https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat/
# Report Generated: 04 Aug 2025
# Climate Record: 1893-01-01 -> 2025-08-04
# Site Information: [IA0200] AMES-8-WSW
# Contact Information: Daryl Herzmann akrherz@iastate.edu 515.294.5978
# seasonal temperature cycles per year, spring is Jan-Jun, fall is Jul-Dec
# 1 CYCLE IS A TEMPERATURE VARIATION FROM A VALUE BELOW A THRESHOLD
# TO A VALUE EXCEEDING A THRESHOLD.  THINK OF IT AS FREEZE/THAW CYCLES
# FIRST DATA COLUMN WOULD BE FOR CYCLES EXCEEDING 26 AND 38 DEGREES F
THRES  26-38   26-38   24-40   24-40   20-44   20-44   14-50   14-50
YEAR   SPRING  FALL    SPRING  FALL    SPRING  FALL    SPRING  FALL
1893   18      19      13      12      6       8       1       4       
1894   27      16      21      13      8       7       4       4       
1895   16      21      13      15      11      8       6       4       
1896   27      13      19      11      11      6       4       5       
1897   14      11      7       8       3       3       1       0       
1898   20      9       13      4       3       1       2       1       
1899   12      16      8       8       5       3       2       0       
1900   14      16      11      11      4       3       2       1       
1901   13      15      10      12      7       6       4       2       
1902   21      11      15      5       7       1       2       0       
1903   23      18      13      10      9       5       1       0       
1904   22      16      15      11      5       4       2       1       
1905   12      24      8       16      3       8       1       1       
1906   15      20      9       15      5       8       1       2       
1907   26      27      18      17      11      7       4       2       
1908   21      26      16      11      10      4       1       1       
1909   20      7       11      5       6       4       4       2       
1910   12      22      5       14      0       7       0       2       
1911   31      24      22      15      12      5       4       3       
1912   7       26      4       19      0       11      0       1       
1913   26      19      20      14      13      5       6       2       
1914   27      6       20      5       10      3       3       1       
1915   15      12      6       8       3       4       0       1       
1916   25      8       18      5       13      2       2       2       
1917   22      16      15      11      7       3       1       1       
1918   26      12      16      7       4       2       2       1       
1919   23      11      11      6       4       1       3       1       
1920   9       12      7       8       1       4       0       1       
1921   26      10      15      9       9       4       4       3       
1922   16      17      10      11      4       5       1       0       
1923   24      25      15      15      6       5       1       0       
1924   11      11      5       9       4       5       3       2       
1925   17      15      11      10      5       5       3       3       
1926   20      10      16      8       9       3       2       2       
1927   16      12      8       7       4       2       1       2       
1928   21      10      14      5       7       3       2       0       
1929   6       12      3       8       0       3       0       2       
1930   23      14      17      11      6       4       3       1       
1931   31      9       22      4       8       2       3       0       
1932   11      12      8       9       4       2       2       1       
1933   29      23      21      17      8       8       3       2       
1934   23      10      18      5       12      2       6       0       
1935   15      11      9       8       4       3       1       0       
1936   12      20      7       16      4       8       1       2       
1937   7       12      3       8       2       4       3       2       
1938   20      11      9       8       4       2       2       1       
1939   23      20      16      14      6       5       2       0       
1940   8       10      5       8       2       3       1       3       
1941   13      8       8       5       3       4       1       2       
1942   12      11      5       8       1       1       0       0       
1943   14      21      11      11      6       4       3       1       
1944   28      2       20      2       10      0       3       0       
1945   7       9       3       5       1       3       0       1       
1946   14      16      10      10      5       5       3       2       
1947   11      10      10      7       6       2       2       0       
1948   8       13      7       8       4       1       3       0       
1949   13      17      6       14      2       6       1       2       
1950   24      13      16      9       3       6       2       3       
1951   14      4       10      4       4       3       4       3       
1952   11      22      8       16      4       2       2       0       
1953   11      21      6       13      2       5       0       0       
1954   22      13      16      9       11      5       5       0       
1955   12      13      7       12      3       4       1       2       
1956   22      12      16      6       5       4       2       2       
1957   18      15      15      11      5       3       2       1       
1958   11      14      3       6       2       3       0       1       
1959   14      15      10      8       3       4       0       4       
1960   7       10      3       9       0       5       0       2       
1961   21      7       12      6       6       3       2       0       
1962   10      13      5       7       2       4       0       1       
1963   11      10      4       7       4       3       1       0       
1964   29      10      21      7       9       3       5       2       
1965   11      16      8       9       4       7       0       2       
1966   17      20      10      11      6       5       4       5       
1967   14      18      10      13      5       7       4       3       
1968   25      10      20      6       9       3       5       2       
1969   2       14      2       10      2       3       1       2       
1970   21      6       16      5       9       4       5       2       
1971   12      9       7       5       2       2       0       1       
1972   15      8       9       5       4       2       1       1       
1973   11      5       4       2       2       1       0       0       
1974   11      11      7       5       5       1       2       0       
1975   6       11      4       9       3       6       1       3       
1976   28      26      18      15      8       8       3       5       
1977   18      6       15      3       5       2       2       0       
1978   1       5       1       2       0       0       0       0       
1979   5       18      5       12      2       7       0       4       
1980   14      19      9       12      4       6       2       3       
1981   28      8       24      7       10      2       2       0       
1982   8       11      6       7       3       4       2       3       
1983   11      0       7       0       4       0       1       0       
1984   7       14      3       11      1       7       1       2       
1985   8       3       6       2       2       1       0       1       
1986   12      11      8       6       4       3       1       1       
1987   28      13      23      7       8       3       3       0       
1988   20      14      10      11      5       7       2       3       
1989   17      17      9       13      5       7       3       2       
1990   39      6       31      3       15      3       3       1       
1991   14      8       11      6       6       3       2       1       
1992   22      6       14      3       4       1       2       0       
1993   6       13      3       7       1       4       0       0       
1994   14      7       11      6       5       1       1       0       
1995   7       12      4       9       2       6       1       4       
1996   21      5       14      4       7       2       5       1       
1997   17      8       10      6       3       4       1       1       
1998   6       11      5       5       3       0       2       0       
1999   13      14      8       8       5       3       2       1       
2000   21      10      10      8       7       3       2       0       
2001   5       13      2       8       1       1       1       0       
2002   31      23      23      20      12      11      7       2       
2003   14      13      10      9       4       4       2       3       
2004   17      12      12      9       9       5       2       1       
2005   19      5       12      4       6       3       4       1       
2006   31      17      22      10      12      7       5       1       
2007   9       4       7       2       5       0       2       0       
2008   7       13      5       12      2       7       1       0       
2009   15      5       7       1       3       0       3       0       
2010   2       10      0       10      0       4       0       2       
2011   10      12      6       11      5       6       3       1       
2012   23      10      14      7       8       3       2       1       
2013   21      12      14      6       6       4       0       1       
2014   14      10      10      9       6       6       2       2       
2015   4       3       3       3       2       2       1       1       
2016   8       8       6       7       2       2       1       0       
2017   15      21      9       17      5       5       3       2       
2018   18      10      12      8       5       4       2       2       
2019   6       19      4       13      3       7       1       3       
2020   22      22      13      13      6       7       2       2       
2021   7       12      6       8       0       6       0       3       
2022   20      18      12      13      6       4       3       3       
2023   17      12      14      9       8       6       3       1       
2024   22      8       13      7       5       3       3       2       
2025   20      0       12      0       8       0       2       0       
AVG    16.6    13.2    11.2    9.1     5.6     4.4     2.5     1.8     
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