Weather Data for the Weekly Period April 11, 2006 - April 17, 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.	Apr 1- Apr 17	Departure from long term avg.	Accumulated Since Apr. 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	81	57	94	46	68	+16	1.18	-0.51	199	+184
St. Joseph	Buchanan	78	58	90	53	68	+14	1.52	-0.28	188	+157
Brunswick	Chariton	79	56	90	47	69	+15	0.91	-0.82	201	+170
Albany	Gentry	78	54	92	44	66	+14	1.35	-0.61	170	+151
Auxvasse	Audrain	79	57	90	52	69	+15	0.42	-1.66	200	+168
Columbia	Boone	78	58	88	53	69	+14	0.60	-1.68	207	+156
Sanborn Field	Boone	80	59	90	52	71	+16	0.34	-1.95	229	+174
Novelty	Knox	78	54	88	50	67	+14	0.69	-1.09	167	+141
Linneus	Linn	76	55	87	47	67	+14	0.85	-0.93	177	+155
Monroe City	Monroe	78	54	87	47	68	+14	0.16	-1.80	177	+139
Versailles	Morgan	81	59	89	54	71	+15	0.36	-2.12	233	+159
Green Ridge	Pettis	80	57	88	51	69	+16	0.34	-1.80	208	+179
Lamar	Barton	85	59	90	52	72	+16	0.90	-1.17	240	+167
Cook Station	Crawford	83	56	87	46	70	+13	0.78	-1.26	217	+138
Alley Spring	Shannon	86	50	91	37	69	+13	0.43	-1.67	206	+139
Round Spring	Shannon	86	51	90	43	69	+13	0.63	-1.47	206	+139
Delta	Cape Girardeau	80	56	84	46	69	+11	0.50	-1.51	203	+102
Cardwell	Dunklin	85	61	91	49	73	+13	0.60	-1.97	272	+140
Clarkton	Dunklin	85	60	88	49	72	+12	0.72	-1.29	249	+123
Glennonville	Dunklin	84	61	88	50	73	+13	0.12	-1.81	256	+128
Charleston	Mississippi	81	60	85	46	71	+14	1.09	-1.12	231	+132
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	84	62	87	54	73	+14	1.29	-1.24	262	+135
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	84	63	88	56	73	+14	1.06	-1.46	269	+144
Steele	Pemiscot	87	62	89	52	74	+15	0.13	-2.47	287	+165

‡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