PART V: DATA AVAILABILITY/RESULTS 

 Data Availability 



85. Table 3 is intended as a quick reference guide to show the dates 

 for which various types of data are available. Wave and tide gage histories 

 and other status information which may explain major gaps in the data are 

 provided in the respective results sections and in the appendices . 



Results 



86. This part provides results of the weather, wave, tidal, water char- 

 acteristics, survey, photography, and sediment measurements made during the 

 year. Although this report is intended to provide basic data for analysis by 

 users, many of the daily observations have been summarized by month, season, 

 or year to aid in interpretation. If individual data are required where sum- 

 maries appear, the user can obtain the detailed information by following the 

 procedures described in paragraphs 6 and 7. 



Meteorological data 



87. In this section, results of air temperature, precipitation, and 

 wind speed and direction measurements are presented and discussed. Daily 

 values are tabulated in Appendix A. 



88. Air temperature. Air temperature measurements are summarized 

 herein by describing the tendencies of the daily highest and lowest tempera- 

 tures. Daily average temperatures were not computed since only one observa- 

 tion of the "present" was obtained in the morning, which could be misleading. 

 Temperature distribution during 1980 was similar to past years of measurements. 



89. Figure 7 and Table 4 present the monthly average and extreme high 

 and low temperatures. The warmest months were July, August, and September, 

 when the average high and low temperatures varied between 21° and 30° C. The 

 highest temperature recorded in 1980 was 37° C on 2 August; the 1979 high was 

 43° C in July. The lowest temperature measured at the FRF to date, -11° C, 

 was observed on the 18th of February 1980. February continued to be the 

 coldest month with the smallest difference between the average daily high of 

 3° C and low of -2° C. The widest range of temperatures occurred during the 

 cold months, January through March, November, and December, with February 



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