Quality Of Life Data


	General Kentucky Quality of Life Information


	Median Home Price (2004): Daviess County - $82,750 for 544 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, 2005	57.1 degrees
	Record Highest, July 1954 (65-year record)	105 degrees
	Record Lowest, February 1951 (65-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, 2005	41.17 inches
	Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record)	116.7
	Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (65-year record)	44.8
	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, 2005.
Station of record: Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, IN.


	Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures, 2005-2006

	Total Enrollment	Expenditures Per Pupil	Pupil To Teacher Ratio
Daviess County Schools	11,124	8,034	16.0
Owensboro Independent Schools	4,067	9,700	13.3