Alabama
2000 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through October 19, 2000

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at 1240 PM CDT on Thu October 19 2000

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 10/19

                                                                         NUM    0   0%
STATION            91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99    0|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle Mina       2729 2149 2565 2343 2661 2436 2265 2987 2834 2743| 2575  16  168  107
Milstead         3000 2572 2955 2743 3133 2581 2664 3344 3039 3056| 2924  14  132  105
Montgomery AP    3281 2807 3244 3177 3373 2888 2874 3549 3270 3245| 3184  16   61  102
Headland         3257 2871 3031 2695 3303 3005 2903 3919 3696 3559| 3198  16  361  111
Fairhope         3419 3094 3241 3240 3431 3252 3271 3753 3637 3632| 3344  16  288  109
 
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   October 19, 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  26  72  +2  18.09  -8.92   54 2782 +450 2332
Milstead        103  30  74  +2  15.82 -11.21   51 3103 +538 2565
Montgomery AP   104  31  76  +1  16.10 -10.59   45 3290 +247 3043
Headland        105  35  77  +2  11.22 -18.19   44 3605 +563 3042
Fairhope        102  37  77  +2  22.39 -15.22   56 3679 +504 3175
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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