Alabama
2002 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through September 12, 2002



Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA
Produced at 1111 AM CDT on Thu Sep 12 2002

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 09/12

                                                                         NUM    2   2%
STATION            93   94   95   96   97   98   99    0    1    2|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina       2305 2100 2382 2250 1905 2503 2513 2465 2261 2470| 2296  18  174  108
Milstead         2547 2417 2695 2326 2212 2816 2627 2744 2516 2688| 2550  16  138  105
Montgomery_AL_A  2763 2763 2921 2568 2379 2965 2832 2872 2631 2844| 2745  18   99  104
Headland         2607 2350 2805 2702 2310 3291 3150 3220 2859 3026| 2783  18  243  109
Fairhope         2708 2753 2894 2806 2668 3145 3056 3294 3090 3042| 2874  18  168  106
 
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:     Monday     April  1, 2002
            To:   Thursday September 12, 2002
                                                    GDD  GDD
                      AIR                          BASE BASE
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina       99  34  74  +3  17.66  -5.38   53 2507 +442 2065
Milstead         98  35  76  +3  13.62  -9.89   42 2729 +515 2214
Montgomery_AL_A  99  40  77  +2  13.07  -9.82   41 2883 +268 2615
Headland        101  43  78  +3  15.82  -9.95   52 3067 +439 2628
Fairhope         98  45  78  +2  26.86  -5.64   60 3084 +375 2709
 
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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