SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
						Long Range Forecast
						Issued February 20, 2012
	LONG RANGE PERIOD
			March		Mar-May		Spring		Summer
	Temperature Trend		Below		Equal Chances		Equal Chances		Above
	Confidence		low		**		**		low
	Precipitation Trend		Below		Equal Chances		Equal Chances		Equal Chances
	Confidence		low		**		**		**
	TEMPERATURES NORMALS 1981-2010
	temperature		max	min	max	min	max	min	max	min
	Stockton		66	43	73	47	81	51	91	59
	Merced		65	42	74	46	82	51	92	59
	Fresno		68	46	75	50	84	56	95	65
	Bakersfield		69	47	76	51	83	57	94	68
	PRECIPITATION NORMALS 1981-2010
	precipitation		inches		inches		inches		inches
	Stockton		2.16		3.67		1.59		0.31
	Merced		2.07		3.60		1.66		0.31
	Fresno		2.03		3.41		1.40		0.19
	Bakersfield		1.21		1.91		0.78		0.12
	Winter = Jan-Mar, Spring = Apr-Jun, Summer = Jul-Sep, Fall = Oct-Dec
	Note: Equal chances denotes an equal probability of above, below or a near normal event will occur.
	(**) means not applicable as a forecast of equal chances does not have a confidence associated with it.