Alabama
2000 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through May 4, 2000


Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at 1136 AM CDT on Thu May  4 2000

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 05/04

                                                                         NUM   00  00%
STATION            91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   00|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina        168  173   98  179  124  102   52   91  225   93|  140  16  -47   66
Milstead          263  167  102  255  149  136  108  133  247  132|  173  14  -41   76
Montgomery_AP     310  192  133  314  233  172  121  176  297  157|  216  16  -59   73
Headland          361  233  123  264  237  188  148  257  366  258|  248  16   10  104
Fairhope          366  238  142  336  243  193  199  249  386  281|  261  16   20  108
 
Where: AVG = AVeraGe Accumulations Over Given NUMber of YeaRS
       DFA = Current Year Departure From Average
             (Current Year Total - Average Total)
      %AVG = Current Year % of Average)
         M = Missing (If >  15% Data Missing for Individual Years)
             (If <  75% of Years available for Averages)

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Weather Summary For Alabama

For the Period:   Saturday     April  1, 2000 
            To:   Thursday       May  4, 2000 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina       83  30  58  -3   8.29  +2.91   13   95  -19  114
Milstead         87  30  61  -3   2.24  -3.41   10  138   -3  141
Montgomery_AP    86  31  63  -3   1.63  -3.33    8  164  -39  203
Headland         87  35  66  -1   0.41  -4.20    5  266  +25  241
Fairhope         85  37  66  -2   1.22  -3.49    6  286  +28  258
 
NORM = Normal long term averages (30 years using 1961-90 data).
DFN  = Departure From The 30 Year Normal.
Precipitation Days = Days with precip of 0.01 inch or more.

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