Alabama
2003 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through June 27, 2003

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA        
Produced at  936 AM CDT on Fri Jun 27 2003

Accumulated Degree Days (Base  60: No Max/Min Temp Caps)
Totals From: 04/01 To 06/26

                                                                         NUM    3   3%
STATION            94   95   96   97   98   99    0    1    2    3|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina        842  808  892  527  980  920  912  859  890  803|  841  19  -38   95
Milstead         1015  971  941  708 1125  981 1075  989 1075  971|  968  17    3  100
Montgomery_AL_A  1185 1178 1028  774 1217 1095 1120 1044 1171 1104| 1076  19   28  103
Headland         1028 1145 1161  825 1500 1311 1391 1231 1354 1244| 1174  19   70  106
Fairhope         1210 1180 1140  994 1342 1297 1349 1386 1373 1374| 1203  19  171  114
 
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      June 26, 2003 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina       92  30  68  +1  16.26  +3.35   33  822  +99  723
Milstead         90  35  70  +2  22.66 +10.20   28  988 +191  797
Montgomery_AL_A  92  39  72  +2  14.56  +2.86   27 1127 +120 1007
Headland         93  38  73  +2  19.29  +6.32   30 1265 +188 1077
Fairhope         91  40  75  +3  16.73  +1.60   33 1395 +286 1109
 
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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