1999 Growing Degree Day Summary

Date: April 1 through August 5, 1999


Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc. OBSERVED Degree Day Information For ALABAMA Produced at 237 PM CDT on Thu Aug 5 1999

Accumulated Degree Days (Base 60: No Max/Min Temp Caps) Totals From: 04/01 To 08/05

                                                                         NUM   99  99%
STATION            90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99|  AVG YRS  DFA  AVG
-------            --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --   --|  ---  --  ---  ---
Belle_Mina       1536 1763 1391 1635 1526 1624 1631 1307 1820 1759| 1611  15  148  109
Milstead         1836 1940 1607 1786 1754 1884 1676 1521 2042 1823| 1783  13   40  102
Montgomery_AP    1950 2107 1726 1938 2007 2083 1860 1626 2150 1981| 1944  15   37  102
Headland         1846 2148 1857 1850 1721 2005 2013 1620 2478 2241| 1988  15  253  113
Fairhope         1956 2196 1941 1899 2007 2053 2032 1853 2320 2179| 2030  15  149  107
 
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    August  5, 1999 
                                                    GDD  GDD     
                      AIR                          BASE BASE     
                  TEMPERATURE      PRECIPITATION     60   60 NORM
STATION          HI  LO AVG DFN  TOTAL    DFN DAYS  TOT  DFN DD60
-------          --  --  --  --  -----   ----   --  ---  --- ----
Belle_Mina      100  35  73  +3  18.79  +0.08   43 1787 +338 1449
Milstead         99  36  74  +3  22.06  +3.58   45 1850 +306 1544
Montgomery_AP    99  37  75  +2  19.74  +1.57   44 2012 +157 1855
Headland        100  41  77  +3  15.79  -4.65   50 2272 +375 1897
Fairhope         98  43  77  +2  22.28  -2.18   46 2212 +264 1948
 
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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