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OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA 
Produced at 1006 AM CDT on Thu May 19 2005 
 
Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)  
Totals From: 04/01 To 05/19 
                                                                          NUM    5   5% 
 STATION            96   97   98   99    0    1    2    3    4    5|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG 
 -------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  --- 
 Belle_Mina        276  126  255  363  283  373  346  359  324  192|  285  20  -93   67 
 Milstead          331  206  329  388  372  388  528  414  336  240|  348  19 -108   69 
 Montgomery_AL_A   369  239  386  459  387  430  565  484  428  284|  405  20 -121   70 
 Headland          418  279  539  580  533  551  703  582  474  352|  469  20 -117   75 
 Fairhope          414  351  493  597  546  607  700  641  511  387|  491  20 -104   79 
  
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:     Friday     April  1, 2005 
             To:   Thursday       May 19, 2005 
                                                     GDD  GDD      
                       AIR                          BASE BASE      
                   TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM 
 STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60 
 -------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ---- 
 Belle_Mina       92  32  61  -2   5.81  -1.94   13  199  -19  218 
 Milstead         88  38  63  -2   9.10  +1.54   16  247  -13  260 
 Montgomery_AL_A  89  38  65  -3   9.52  +2.56   14  293  -67  360 
 Headland         88  42  66  -3  10.88  +4.13   13  364  -52  416 
 Fairhope         88  40  67  -3  26.75 +19.54   10  397  -39  436 
 
 
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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