REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS No. 38 5
CLIMATE
Venice has a subtropical climate. The monthly and yearly averages of temperatures and rainfall at the U. S. Weather Bureau station at Venice are shown in table 1. The average annual temperature is 72.4oF. July and August are the warmest months; whereas January is the coldest.
TABLE 1.
Average Monthly Temperature, in Degrees Fahrenheit, and Average Monthly Rainfall, in Inches, at Venice, 1952-62.
Month Temperature Rainfall
January 60.0 3.04 February 64.4 3.10 March 66.0 4.02 April 71.3 4.31 May 76.6 2.74 June 79.8 4.23 July 81.5 7.77
August 81.4 6.49 September 80.5 7.34 October 75.6 4.78 November 68.9 1.06 December 62.7 1.75 Yearly average 72.4 51.23
The average annual rainfall at Venice, based on the period of record, is 51.23 inches. The annual rainfall ranged from 74.15 inches in 1957 to 36.50 inches in 1961, and the monthly rainfall ranged from 13.85 inches in April 1957 to 0.10 inch in March 1956. The rains are usually the heaviest during the period June through October.
POPULATION
The population of Venice only increased from 507 in 1940 to 927 by 1950. Between 1950 and 1960, however, the population increased almost fivefold to 3,444, and the prospects are for a continued rapid increase.