In other words, when MIT gets an award without full recovery, desirable as that may be for many other reasons, it causes us to âloseâ F&A revenue whether or not the activity actually incurs extra indirect costs.
In Davenport, the summers are long, warm, humid, and wet; the winters are freezing, dry, and windy; and it is partly cloudy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from  16Â°F to 85Â°F and is rarely below -4Â°F or above 93Â°F.
Although severe temperature drops occur, the state isn't always frigid -- the average temperature ranges from 7.2 degrees Celsius (45 Fahrenheit) in the extreme north to 11.1 degrees Celsius (52 Fahrenheit) in the southeastern corner. Temperatures can also reach 30.6 degrees Celsius (87 Fahrenheit) in the southwest. Northwesterly winds from Canada make winters dry and cold with January being the coldest month. Iowa is also relatively flat with elevation changing minimally -- it only varies from 480 feet to 1,679 feet. The lowest recorded temperatures throughout the month of January in Des Moines tend to fall below -17.8 degrees Celsius (0 Fahrenheit), according to Weather Warehouse.