1996

The Hi and Lo air temperature averages I kept for each month were randomly taken and don't represent an actual average for those months.

MonthWater Added Rain Inches T. Rain GallonsRain Overflow TDSpH AmmoniaAir Temp. Water Temp
Jan
--
--
--
--
--
7.7
--
record low -19
32.5 F
Feb
--
--
--
--
--
7.7
--
record low -25
32.5
March
650
1.5
843
500
100
7.8
--
record low -5
36 F
April
1250
1.6
900
300
100
7.9
0
--
45 F
May
--
8
4500
2476
150
7.9
0
Hi 54
Lo 44
58 F
June
2190
6.7
3768
3156
285
9
0
--
75 F
July
1800
7.75
4359
3500
290
8.9
0
Hi 78
Lo 57
88 F
Aug
1860
7.3
4106
3287
290
8.2
0
Hi 76
Lo 65
75 F
Sept
910
5.1
2869
1700
188
8.1
0
Hi 53
Lo 42
66 F
Oct
760
2.8
1575
925
195
8.2
0
Hi 53
Lo 31
56.5 F
Nov
--
2.55
1434
1013
175
7.7
0
Hi 35
Lo 21
40 F
Dec
--
.4
225
--
--
7.7
0
--
32.5 F
Totals 1996
9420
43.7
24582
16857
--
--
--
---
--
Totals 1995
9560
27.1
15238
8926
--
--
--
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--

I subtracted the total Overflowed Gallons (16857) from the total Rain & Added Water Gallons (9420+24582=34002)-(16857) to figure out the total gallons that had evaporated from the Pond (17145). Then I divided the Total Evaporated Gallons (17145) by the number of days I logged the Pond Water (266) to come up with an average of 64.45 gallons of water evaporated per day.

Records!!!!

In May we broke the 1903 Iowa record rainfall level for the month.
Iowa's temperature for the year was the 2nd coldest for the century, since 1917.
We had record lows in January, February and March.
November averaged 20 degrees below normal for each day.
Iowa has had below normal yearly temperatures for the last 5 years. (1992-96)
On Jan. 31 we had a record low of -19

On Feb. 1 we had a record low of -26

On Feb 2 we had a record low of -25

On Feb 3 we had a record low of -18

This cold spell broke the Iowa record for number of hours below zero which was in 1983.
The new record is 133 hours of below zero F temperatures.

On March 7 we had a record low of -5

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