2000 Growing Degree Day Summary

Alabama
2001 Growing Degree Day Summary Through July 12

Dale Monks, Extension Crop Physiologist
Charles Burmester, Extension Agronomist
Dennis Delaney, Extension Assoc.
Erin Owens, Web Page Maintenance

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA
Produced at 1100 AM CDT on Thu Jul 12 2001

Accumulated Degree Days (Base 60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 07/12

                                                                         NUM   01 01%
STATION            92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   00   01| AVG YRS DFA AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --| --- -- --- ---
Belle_Mina        981 1115 1128 1093 1187 817 1348 1244 1236 1143| 1144 17   -1 100
Milstead         1134 1223 1310 1298 1207 1031 1519 1296 1446 1304| 1289 15   15 101
Montgomery_AP    1231 1351 1516 1502 1368 1117 1616 1427 1494 1376| 1414 17 -38   97
Headland         1365 1322 1302 1475 1502 1146 1935 1654 1786 1569| 1501 17   68 105
Fairhope         1430 1362 1542 1512 1507 1357 1757 1648 1730 1719| 1534 17 185 112

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      July 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       96 34 70 +2 21.76 +6.49   40 1168 +164 1004
Milstead         94 33 72 +2 17.72 +2.84   36 1327 +239 1088
Montgomery_AP    96 35 73 +0   9.48 -4.86   36 1398 +56 1342
Headland         96 38 74 +1 15.43 -0.60   28 1596 +199 1397
Fairhope         95 40 75 +2 18.40 -0.49   26 1745 +301 1444

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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