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Quality Of Life

  General Kentucky Quality of Life Information  
  Median Home Price (2006): Daviess County - $95,000 for 539 homes, Daviess County - $95,000 for 539 homes,  
  Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for last six months of year indicated.  
  Climate  
  Temperature    
  Normal (30-year record) 56 degrees  
  Average Annual, 2006 57.3 degrees  
  Record Highest, July 1954 (66-year record) 105 degrees  
  Record Lowest, February 1951 (66-year record) -23 degrees  
  Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record) 4,617  
  Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record) 1,422  
  Precipitation    
  Normal (30-year record) 44.27 inches  
  Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record) 14.2 inches  
  Total Precipitation, 2006 66.18 inches  
  Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record) 116.7  
  Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (59-year record) 43.5  
  Prevailing Winds Southwest  
  Relative Humidity (30-year record)    
  12 midnight 80 percent  
  6 a.m. 83 percent  
  12 noon 59 percent  
  6 p.m. 63 percent  
  Note: Heating degree day totals are the sums of positive departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F.  Cooling degree day totals are the sum of negative departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data, 2006.
Station of record: Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, IN.
 
  Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures, 2006-2007  
    Total Enrollment Expenditures Per Pupil Pupil To Teacher Ratio  
  Daviess County Schools 11,092 8,445 15.6  
  Owensboro Independent Schools 4,143 9,985 13.0  
  Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability.  
  Certified Non-Public School Enrollments, 2004-2005  
  Number of Schools Total Enrollment  
  7 1,779  
  Source: Kentucky Non-Public School Commission.
Note:  Recognized as certified by the Kentucky Department of Education.
 
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