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
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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
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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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