Table 1 Weather descriptive statistics for each meteorological season

Daily mean temperature (˚C)

9.74 ± 2.88 (2.55 – 17.1)

17.5 ± 2.39 (12.7 – 24.6)

13.1 ± 4.88 (0.44 – 22.3)

6.64 ± 2.97 (1.11 – 14.0)

Daily total rainfall (in)

0.04 ± 0.16 (0.00 – 0.96)

0.07 ± 0.21 (0.00 – 1.53)

0.05 ± 0.15 (0.00 – 0.90)

0.08 ± 0.11 (0.00 – 0.45)

Daily mean wind speed (mph)

2.56 ± 1.35 (0.50 – 7.50)

2.01 ± 1.11 (0.30 – 5.10)

2.15 ± 1.28 (0.00 – 5.60)

3.32 ± 1.96 (0.20 – 8.40)