Alabama
2000 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through September 14, 2000

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at 1240 PM CDT on Thu September 14 2000


Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 09/14

                                                                         NUM    0   0%
STATION            91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99    0|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina       2526 1946 2341 2130 2417 2260 1927 2531 2551 2492| 2316  16  176  108
Milstead         2701 2288 2584 2445 2736 2336 2241 2843 2654 2771| 2575  14  196  108
Montgomery_AP    2939 2471 2805 2796 2963 2593 2409 2995 2865 2915| 2783  16  132  105
Headland         2918 2557 2642 2378 2847 2729 2346 3322 3185 3189| 2793  16  396  114
Fairhope         3028 2708 2751 2791 2937 2843 2708 3180 3096 3239| 2884  16  355  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:   Saturday     April  1, 2000 
            To:   Thursday September 14, 2000 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina      103  30  74  +2  16.33  -6.91   48 2526 +425 2101
Milstead        103  30  76  +3  14.13  -9.57   46 2811 +554 2257
Montgomery_AP   104  31  77  +2  14.35  -8.81   40 2953 +289 2664
Headland        105  35  78  +3   7.04 -18.96   39 3228 +554 2674
Fairhope        102  37  78  +3  18.37 -14.57   49 3277 +519 2758
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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