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Beaumont period[edit | edit source]

Period of 48 consecutive hours in which at least 46 hourly readings have had temperatures not less than 20°C and relative humidity not less than 75%.

The occurrence of this period has been widely used as a criterion for issuing warnings for the onset of potato blight.
See operational weather limits.


Period of 48 consecutive hours in which at least 46 hourly readings have had temperatures not less than 20°C and relative humidity not less than 75%.

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