Weather Data for the Week Ending March 14, 2005 By Pat Guinan

Weather Data for the Week Ending March 14, 2005
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.	Mar 1- Mar 14	Departure from long term avg.	Accum. since April 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	50	25	61	16	38	+1	0.03	-0.96	*	*
St. Joseph	Buchanan	50	27	59	21	39	0	0.00	-0.85	*	*
Brunswick	Chariton	49	25	60	20	37	-2	0.22	-0.71	*	*
Albany	Gentry	48	23	58	18	36	-2	0.00	-0.96	*	*
Auxvasse	Audrain	48	25	58	23	36	-4	0.22	-0.92	*	*
Columbia	Boone	49	26	59	23	38	-4	0.23	-0.99	*	*
Sanborn Field	Boone	49	28	60	23	39	-3	0.20	-1.03	*	*
Novelty	Knox	45	23	55	20	34	-5	0.01	-1.00	*	*
Linneus	Linn	48	24	58	21	35	-3	0.03	-0.83	*	*
Monroe City	Monroe	46	25	56	21	34	-7	0.10	-0.93	*	*
Versailles	Morgan	53	28	71	25	40	-3	0.09	-1.21	*	*
Green Ridge	Pettis	52	28	69	23	40	0	0.58	-0.51	*	*
Lamar	Barton	56	31	80	26	44	0	0.24	-1.48	*	*
Cook Station	Crawford	53	25	77	17	40	-5	0.27	-1.14	*	*
Delta	Cape Girardeau	54	28	77	22	41	-4	0.06	-1.48	*	*
Cardwell	Dunklin	55	34	78	27	44	-3	0.34	-2.05	*	*
Clarkton	Dunklin	55	31	80	23	43	-3	0.26	-1.37	*	*
Glennonville	Dunklin	55	31	81	23	44	-2	0.20	-1.42	*	*
Charleston	Mississippi	53	31	77	23	42	-3	0.20	-1.49	*	*
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	54	33	79	25	44	-2	0.36	-1.57	*	*
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	55	33	78	24	44	-2	0.42	-1.50	*	*
Steele	Pemiscot	55	34	78	26	45	-1	0.32	-1.95	*	*

* 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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