Weather data for the Week Ending May 30, 2006
By Pat Guinan

Weather Data for the Week Ending May 30, 2006
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 30	Departure from long term avg.	Accumulated Since Apr. 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	88	66	93	56	77	+11	1.95	-2.38	756	+293
St. Joseph	Buchanan	86	66	90	61	76	+11	1.66	-3.06	717	+213
Brunswick	Chariton	89	67	92	61	78	+12	3.47	-1.67	758	+237
Albany	Gentry	88	64	92	55	76	+10	0.70	-3.89	652	+174
Auxvasse	Audrain	89	66	92	61	77	+11	1.90	-2.97	735	+217
Columbia	Boone	89	66	91	60	77	+10	1.15	-3.78	754	+190
Sanborn Field	Boone	90	69	93	65	79	+12	2.24	-2.74	832	+250
Novelty	Knox	88	64	93	60	76	+11	2.29	-2.52	638	+143
Linneus	Linn	88	65	92	57	76	+11	2.35	-2.54	657	+182
Monroe City	Monroe	89	66	93	60	77	+12	0.60	-4.31	681	+156
Versailles	Morgan	88	67	91	61	77	+10	2.35	-2.76	820	+200
Green Ridge	Pettis	89	66	91	57	77	+11	0.66	-4.78	781	+289
Lamar	Barton	88	67	90	63	78	+10	5.39	-0.17	878	+243
Cook Station	Crawford	88	62	89	57	75	+8	4.32	-0.34	747	+103
Alley Spring	Shannon	88	60	92	56	74	+7	6.27	+1.57	755	+167
Round Spring	Shannon	89	61	93	57	75	+8	5.54	+0.84	756	+167
Delta	Cape Girardeau	90	65	92	60	77	+7	5.32	+0.54	835	+83
Cardwell	Dunklin	93	71	96	65	81	+9	2.72	-2.40	1078	+215
Clarkton	Dunklin	92	70	97	62	80	+8	4.39	+0.20	984	+142
Glennonville	Dunklin	92	70	95	63	80	+8	3.39	-0.64	992	+150
Charleston	Mississippi	90	66	93	60	78	+9	6.72	+2.14	913	+189
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	91	71	96	66	80	+9	4.70	+0.16	1037	+199
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	92	70	96	64	80	+9	5.44	+0.85	1042	+215
Steele	Pemiscot	92	71	98	65	81	+9	4.86	-0.20	1110	+270

‡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
(573) 882-5908