TABLE 2.
Geographical descriptors and summary of historical weather data (30‐year normals) as descriptors of environmental conditions for the planting sites of the reciprocal garden platform
| Reciprocal garden planting site (Town, County) Soil Type | Elev. (m) |
Lat. (°N) Long (W) |
Rainfall 6‐year mean 2006–2009 (range) (cm) |
Annual number of Pcp events >1.25 cm (NOPPT) | Pcp driest year (cm) (PPT DRY) | Mean annual rainfall (cm) MAP | Growing season mean rainfall (cm) (sum + sp) | Annual diurnal temp (°C) | Growing seasonal diurnal temp (°C) (sum + sp) | Annual mean temp (°C) | Growing Season mean temp (°C) (sum + sp) | Temp severity index (# days over 95F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Western KS (Colby, KS Thomas, Co) KSU Ag Expt Station (Ulysses Silt Loam) |
972 |
39.39 101.06 |
48.0 (29.4–66.8) | 13.0 | 28.37 (1967) | 52.5 | 39.44 | −2.0 | −2.0 | 10.9 | 16.7 | 21.3 |
|
Central KS (Hays KS Ellis Co) KSU Ag Expt Station (McCook Silt Loam) |
603 |
38.85 99.34 |
54.6 (38.3–67.9) | 15.4 | 36.27 (1988) | 59.6 | 43.18 | −3.2 | −3.4 | 12.3 | 18.3 | 29.2 |
|
Eastern KS (Manhattan, KS Riley Co) USDA plant materials (Belvue Silt Loam) |
315 |
39.19 96.58 |
89.1 (61.5–110.2) | 21.9 | 39.16 (1966) | 90.5 | 63.47 | −4.2 | −4.3 | 12.8 | 18.9 | 23 |
|
Southern Illinois (Carbondale IL Jackson, Co) SIU Ag Research Station (Stoy Silt Loam) |
127 |
37.73 89.17 |
125.6 (76.2–173.8) | 32.7 | 67.38 (1963) | 119.8 | 64.51 | −5.3 | −5.1 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 6.3 |