Alabama
2001 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through April 12, 2001

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at 1040 AM CDT on Thu Apr 12 2001

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 04/12

                                                                         NUM   01  01%
STATION            92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   00   01|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina         24   14   41   43    7   25   27  115   24   89|   38  17   51  234
Milstead           27   19   44   35    9   37   41  133   48   79|   45  15   34  176
Montgomery_AP      34   23   59   62   10   42   50  146   53  100|   56  17   44  179
Headland           44   19   54   57    9   49   73  178   71  115|   66  17   49  174
Fairhope           53   15   61   50   20   79   69  167   78  158|   69  17   89  229
 
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:     Sunday     April  1, 2001 
            To:   Thursday     April 12, 2001 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina       88  41  65  +8   1.66  -0.42    3   92  +69   23
Milstead         85  35  64  +5   2.83  +0.55    3   81  +50   31
Montgomery_AP    85  38  67  +6   2.47  +0.51    3  103  +54   49
Headland         86  41  68  +4   2.26  +0.52    2  117  +58   59
Fairhope         85  45  69  +6   0.00  -1.73    0  161  +96   65
 
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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