Alabama
2000 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through September 21, 2000

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at 1240 PM CDT on Thu September 21 2000

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 09/21

                                                                         NUM   00  00%
STATION            91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   00|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina       2631 2046 2404 2215 2512 2314 2049 2669 2632 2565| 2405  16  160  107
Milstead         2838 2397 2711 2540 2859 2416 2372 2980 2747 2863| 2688  14  175  107
Montgomery_AP    3080 2598 2944 2912 3090 2685 2543 3146 2965 3013| 2904  16  109  104
Headland         3054 2677 2772 2470 2970 2820 2491 3461 3303 3295| 2909  16  386  113
Fairhope         3163 2832 2893 2914 3076 2966 2855 3320 3219 3372| 3015  16  357  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 21, 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  73  +2  16.47  -7.62   49 2602 +425 2177
Milstead        103  30  76  +3  14.13 -10.41   46 2906 +555 2351
Montgomery_AP   104  31  77  +2  14.39  -9.74   41 3054 +278 2776
Headland        105  35  78  +3   8.15 -18.68   40 3336 +555 2781
Fairhope        102  37  78  +3  18.38 -15.85   50 3413 +539 2874
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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