Weather Data for the Week Ending May 9, 2005 By Pat Guinan

Weather Data for the Weekly Period May 1, 2005 - May 9, 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.	May 1- May 9	Departure from long term avg.	Accumulated Since Apr. 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	77	50	84	33	63	+3	0.23	-1.18	336	+172
St. Joseph	Buchanan	73	50	80	35	62	+2	0.14	-1.05	295	+93
Brunswick	Chariton	75	48	82	31	62	+1	0.22	-1.2	321	+110
Albany	Gentry	74	47	82	30	61	+1	0	-1.44	291	+107
Auxvasse	Audrain	74	49	81	35	62	+1	0.15	-1.5	307	+98
Columbia	Boone	73	49	80	34	62	+1	0.1	-1.42	310	+67
Sanborn Field	Boone	74	50	81	34	63	+1	0.22	-1.33	342	+89
Novelty	Knox	72	47	80	32	60	0	0.21	-1.35	273	+74
Linneus	Linn	74	45	81	28	61	+1	0.4	-1.19	284	+96
Monroe City	Monroe	74	47	82	31	61	0	0.19	-1.44	286	+61
Versailles	Morgan	74	49	82	36	62	0	1.11	-1.6	334	+45
Green Ridge	Pettis	74	49	80	33	62	+2	0.12	-1.61	318	+123
Lamar	Barton	73	49	81	35	61	-1	0.03	-1.68	309	+16
Cook Station	Crawford	76	43	82	30	60	-3	0.01	-1.51	283	-30
Delta	Cape Girardeau	75	47	85	37	62	-2	0.22	-1.3	325	-36
Cardwell	Dunklin	77	50	86	42	64	-2	0.26	-1.44	411	-25
Clarkton	Dunklin	77	49	87	40	64	-2	0.4	-0.75	380	-43
Glennonville	Dunklin	76	50	85	39	64	-2	0.14	-1.02	388	-38
Charleston	Mississippi	75	50	84	43	63	0	0.2	-1.27	369	+23
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	75	52	83	44	65	-1	0.32	-1.12	417	0
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	76	51	85	43	65	0	0.27	-1.16	420	+11
Steele	Pemiscot	77	52	85	41	65	-1	0.36	-1.23	428	+11

‡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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