Weather Data for the Weekly Period April 18, 2006 - April 24, 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 24	Departure from long term avg.	Accumulated Since Apr. 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	75	45	79	35	60	+5	1.21	-1.32	271	+222
St. Joseph	Buchanan	74	49	83	43	61	+5	1.71	-1.25	267	+196
Brunswick	Chariton	77	48	85	40	63	+6	1.07	-1.53	290	+212
Albany	Gentry	74	44	79	35	59	+4	1.57	-1.49	232	+177
Auxvasse	Audrain	76	50	83	46	63	+6	0.64	-2.39	294	+216
Columbia	Boone	76	51	84	46	64	+7	0.88	-2.37	302	+200
Sanborn Field	Boone	78	52	85	46	65	+7	0.65	-2.60	334	+226
Novelty	Knox	74	44	78	41	60	+4	0.75	-1.93	237	+168
Linneus	Linn	74	45	86	38	60	+4	1.06	-1.68	245	+183
Monroe City	Monroe	75	46	79	42	61	+4	0.29	-2.49	255	+168
Versailles	Morgan	78	51	90	47	65	+6	0.97	-2.55	336	+201
Green Ridge	Pettis	77	50	90	43	64	+8	1.00	-2.02	304	+231
Lamar	Barton	81	53	94	45	67	+8	1.87	-1.54	360	+225
Cook Station	Crawford	81	49	91	42	65	+6	2.05	-1.16	320	+176
Alley Spring	Shannon	83	50	92	39	66	+8	1.07	-2.19	316	+193
Round Spring	Shannon	83	52	92	41	66	+8	1.39	-1.87	319	+196
Delta	Cape Girardeau	79	55	87	45	67	+7	1.02	-2.05	320	+147
Cardwell	Dunklin	83	59	96	52	71	+9	1.73	-2.07	417	+200
Clarkton	Dunklin	81	59	94	53	69	+7	1.57	-1.62	386	+173
Glennonville	Dunklin	81	58	92	51	70	+8	0.85	-2.28	393	+178
Charleston	Mississippi	78	58	88	49	68	+8	2.20	-1.23	358	+191
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	81	61	91	53	70	+8	1.99	-1.76	404	+193
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	82	60	92	52	70	+8	1.61	-2.13	411	+204
Steele	Pemiscot	83	61	95	54	72	+10	1.04	-2.66	438	+233

‡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