Weather Data for the Week Ending April 11, 2005 By Pat Guinan

Weather Data for the Weekly Period April 5, 2005 - April 11, 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.	Apr 1- Apr 11	Departure from long term avg.	Accumulated Since Apr. 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	71	51	78	35	61	+12	3.74	+2.75	111	+110
St. Joseph	Buchanan	68	50	78	34	60	+10	2.40	+1.28	98	+91
Brunswick	Chariton	73	51	83	33	62	+12	0.59	-0.51	112	+107
Albany	Gentry	69	50	80	33	60	+10	2.07	+0.88	99	+97
Auxvasse	Audrain	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Columbia	Boone	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sanborn Field	Boone	72	53	83	37	63	+11	1.48	+0.04	124	+107
Novelty	Knox	70	52	80	40	61	+12	1.51	+0.49	98	+97
Linneus	Linn	70	50	80	31	60	+11	0.92	-0.05	99	+97
Monroe City	Monroe	70	50	82	36	61	+10	1.15	-0.10	100	+93
Versailles	Morgan	72	52	82	39	62	+9	2.03	+0.30	117	+89
Green Ridge	Pettis	71	51	81	36	61	+11	1.10	-0.23	109	+105
Lamar	Barton	69	52	77	42	61	+8	1.61	+0.32	101	+71
Cook Station	Crawford	73	51	82	37	62	+8	1.40	+0.18	106	+71
Delta	Cape Girardeau	72	53	79	46	62	+8	0.94	-0.27	100	+53
Cardwell	Dunklin	71	55	81	48	62	+5	3.05	+1.44	108	+37
Clarkton	Dunklin	71	54	79	47	62	+6	1.47	+0.18	103	+41
Glennonville	Dunklin	71	55	78	49	62	+6	1.60	+0.34	108	+45
Charleston	Mississippi	71	54	79	49	62	+8	1.47	+0.07	107	+59
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	72	55	78	49	63	+7	2.05	+0.51	113	+47
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	72	55	79	48	63	+7	1.87	+0.37	116	+52
Steele	Pemiscot	70	55	79	49	62	+6	2.25	+0.70	108	+46

* 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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