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Figure 8.3. Winter clouds at the farm in Wilmington, Ohio. Field in the foreground is used as
pasture.
hovers between 33 and 358C, and thus Leyte is more than 108C warmer than Quito. At
Wilmington, Ohio, the temperature goes from an average low of 1.78C in January to an
average high of 298C in July and then back to 4.38C in December. Thus there is a
dramatic, cyclic change in temperature, which is not seen in either Quito or Leyte.
Figure 8.4. Shows the average precipitation for the sites of the three farms. Rain W and Snow
W are for Wilmington, Ohio; and Rain Q and L are for Quito, Ecuador, and Leyte, Philippines,
respectively. Rain and snow for Wilmington are 10-year averages while those for Leyte are
2-year averages and 20-year averages for Quito. [Data from Clinton Country Soil Survey,
Leyte State University Climatological Station and Qwikcast (http: // qwikcast.weatherbase.
com), respectively.]