Alabama
2003 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through August 14, 2003

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at  955 AM CDT on Thu Aug 14 2003

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 08/14

                                                                         NUM    3   3%
STATION            94   95   96   97   98   99    0    1    2    3|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina       1674 1808 1777 1447 1996 1970 1904 1778 1895 1684| 1784  19 -100   94
Milstead         1921 2083 1852 1694 2235 2039 2164 1966 2082 1891| 1983  17  -92   95
Montgomery_AL_A  2190 2286 2039 1813 2350 2211 2248 2061 2212 2076| 2141  19  -65   97
Headland         1872 2202 2189 1786 2676 2475 2576 2259 2405 2215| 2213  19    2  100
Fairhope         2187 2255 2226 2054 2528 2410 2543 2476 2434 2391| 2273  19  118  105
 
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:    Tuesday     April  1, 2003 
            To:   Thursday    August 14, 2003 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina       96  30  71  +0  24.68  +4.96   52 1713 +102 1611
Milstead         92  35  73  +2  34.64 +14.90   47 1921 +206 1715
Montgomery_AL_A  93  39  75  +0  25.81  +6.58   48 2114  +70 2044
Headland         93  38  76  +1  28.68  +6.84   59 2247 +170 2077
Fairhope         93  40  77  +2  38.85 +12.42   64 2426 +289 2137
 
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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