Table 3.
Temperature (T) and rainfalls during the soybean growing season 2014–2016.
| Month | Year | Average from 2002 to 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
| T (°C) (min/max) | Rainfall (mm) | T (°C) (min/max) | Rainfall (mm) | T (°C) (min/max) | Rainfall (mm) | T (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | |
| April | 9.4 (−6.0/22.7) | 36.5 | 8.2 (−1.7/24.3) | 30.1 | 9.2 (−1.2/22.6) | 68.4 | 8.5 | 41.2 |
| May | 13.7 (0.5/27.7) | 208.3 | 12.7 (1.5/24.9) | 108.6 | 13.8 (2.6/26.7) | 61.3 | 12.7 | 63.4 |
| June | 16.1 (6.7/28.9) | 67.1 | 17.4 (6.6/30.5) | 14.1 | 18.1 (4.2/31.5) | 97.1 | 17.7 | 68.6 |
| July | 20.3 (10.0/31.0) | 104.2 | 19.6 (8.4/33.4) | 59.2 | 19.5 (8.8/31.2) | 107.6 | 18.9 | 79.1 |
| August | 18.2 (6.3/34.0) | 115.4 | 21.6 (5.6/35.5) | 23.4 | 18.2 (7.1/30.7) | 95.3 | 19.4 | 71.8 |
| September | 13.7 (3.7/25.8) | 89.4 | 15.1 (4.2/34.5) | 137.6 | 15.2 (1.6/28.7) | 41.2 | 14.1 | 69.2 |
| Average/Total | 15.1 | 620.9 | 15.8 | 373.0 | 17.1 | 470.9 | 15.2 | 393.3 |