Alabama
2000 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through May 11, 2000
 
Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at 1120 AM CDT on Thu May 11 2000

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 05/11

                                                                         NUM   00  00%
STATION            91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   00|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina        221  188  182  205  180  199   84  142  288  183|  194  16  -11   94
Milstead          338  186  184  300  230  243  146  210  311  233|  237  14   -4   98
Montgomery_AP     396  216  226  380  330  274  167  262  373  254|  290  16  -36   88
Headland          460  275  221  325  332  302  200  373  470  368|  333  16   35  111
Fairhope          458  272  237  426  350  300  250  360  489  380|  348  16   32  109
 
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 11, 2000 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina       86  30  61  -1   8.41  +1.92   14  187  +27  160
Milstead         87  30  63  +0   2.24  -4.28   10  240  +46  194
Montgomery_AP    88  31  65  -2   1.63  -4.24    8  262  -12  274
Headland         91  35  68  +0   0.41  -5.18    5  376  +55  321
Fairhope         88  37  67  -2   1.22  -4.61    6  387  +48  339
 
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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