1999 Growing Degree Day Summary
Date: April 1 through April 29, 1999
Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc. OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA Produced at 135 PM CDT on Thu Apr 29 1999
Accumulated Degree Days (Base 60: No Max/Min Temp Caps) Totals From: 04/01 To 04/29
NUM 99 99%
STATION 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99| AVG YRS DFA AVG
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Belle_Mina 93 137 137 74 164 111 81 37 79 209| 116 15 93 180
Milstead 136 208 137 72 210 124 118 75 105 238| 142 13 96 168
Montgomery_AP 148 245 155 95 263 196 146 86 144 282| 176 15 106 160
Headland 162 287 185 90 216 194 151 111 199 363| 199 15 164 182
Fairhope 166 293 192 107 278 203 167 151 206 358| 210 15 148 170
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: Thursday April 1, 1999
To: Thursday April 29, 1999
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 87 35 65 +6 3.77 -0.90 11 215 +132 83
Milstead 87 36 67 +5 1.42 -3.62 6 244 +139 105
Montgomery_AP 90 37 69 +5 2.22 -2.14 8 290 +135 155
Headland 92 41 71 +6 1.10 -2.86 4 369 +183 186
Fairhope 89 43 71 +5 0.11 -3.88 3 364 +163 201
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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