IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 25 April 2017

High and Low Distributions

Posted: 25 Apr 2017 05:35 AM

High and low temperatures on Monday were on the mild side of average with lows generally in the mid 40s and highs in the mid to upper 70s. The featured chart presents histograms for April 24th highs and lows based on period of record observations from long term Iowa climate sites. The stepped line represents the actual distribution, while the dashed line is the simple normal distribution based on the mean and standard deviation. The high temperature distribution is slightly wider showing the increased variability over low temperatures for this time of year.

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