Weather Data for the Week Ending December 13, 2004 By Pat Guinan

Weather Data for the Week Ending December 13, 2004
Station	County	Weekly Temperature (oF)						Monthly Precipitation (in.)		Growing Degree Days‡
		Avg. Max.	Avg. Min.	Extreme High	Extreme Low	Mean	Departure from long term avg.	Dec 1- Dec 13	Departure from long term avg.	Apr. 1- Oct. 31	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	45	28	56	16	37	+8	0.31	-0.30	3638	+364
St. Joseph	Buchanan	44	29	55	19	37	+6	0.45	-0.33	3447	+38
Brunswick	Chariton	44	32	53	20	38	+6	0.66	-0.26	3494	+21
Albany	Gentry	44	29	56	18	37	+7	0.31	-0.39	3264	-136
Auxvasse	Audrain	45	31	54	20	38	+5	1.19	+0.03	3432	-49
Columbia	Boone	45	31	54	20	38	+4	1.10	+0.07	3535	-107
Sanborn Field	Boone	46	33	54	21	39	+4	1.10	+0.05	3737	+23
Novelty	Knox	44	30	56	18	37	+6	0.96	-0.13	3191	-223
Linneus	Linn	44	30	54	18	37	+6	0.82	-0.05	3253	-69
Monroe City	Monroe	45	32	53	20	38	+6	1.61	+0.51	3283	-214
Versailles	Morgan	47	33	56	21	40	+4	0.84	-0.26	3752	+31
Green Ridge	Pettis	45	32	53	21	39	+5	0.93	-0.17	*	*
Lamar	Barton	49	35	56	24	42	+5	1.59	+0.32	3911	-27
Cook Station	Crawford	49	30	63	22	40	+3	0.95	-0.51	3459	-350
Delta	Cape Girardeau	50	35	61	26	44	+6	1.34	-0.40	3916	-249
Cardwell	Dunklin	54	37	62	30	47	+7	1.43	-0.70	4393	-123
Clarkton	Dunklin	53	36	62	28	46	+7	1.80	+0.30	4298	-153
Glennonville	Dunklin	53	37	62	28	46	+7	1.96	+0.50	4250	-179
Charleston	Mississippi	52	37	63	27	45	+7	1.65	-0.27	4170	+80
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	53	38	62	29	47	+7	1.75	-0.11	4452	+47
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	53	39	62	29	47	+7	1.69	-0.16	4446	+71
Steele	Pemiscot	55	39	63	30	47	+6	1.79	-0.42	4570	+152

* Complete data not available for report

‡Growing degree days are calculated by subtracting a 50 degree (Fahrenheit) base temperature from the average daily temperature. Thus, if the average temperature for the day is 75 degrees, then 25 growing degree days will have been accumulated.

Pat Guinan, Commercial Agriculture Program
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