Weather Data for the Weekly Period May 16, 2006 - May 22, 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 22	Departure from long term avg.	Accumulated Since Apr. 1	Departure from long term avg.
Corning	Atchison	83	52	95	47	68	+3	0.58	-2.58	539	+200
St. Joseph	Buchanan	80	55	92	50	67	+2	0.76	-2.70	509	+127
Brunswick	Chariton	79	52	90	47	65	0	1.33	-2.34	544	+152
Albany	Gentry	78	48	93	43	64	-1	0.31	-2.98	444	+89
Auxvasse	Audrain	76	52	85	49	64	-1	1.35	-2.49	529	+138
Columbia	Boone	76	52	86	48	64	-1	0.91	-2.93	546	+116
Sanborn Field	Boone	77	54	87	50	66	0	1.18	-2.68	613	+167
Novelty	Knox	75	49	87	46	62	-3	1.80	-1.71	438	+65
Linneus	Linn	77	50	91	47	63	-1	1.50	-2.13	453	+97
Monroe City	Monroe	75	50	86	47	62	-3	0.60	-2.91	473	+71
Versailles	Morgan	77	55	89	50	66	0	2.32	-1.63	607	+123
Green Ridge	Pettis	78	54	90	48	66	+2	0.21	-3.86	568	+201
Lamar	Barton	81	57	88	50	69	+3	4.05	-0.20	659	+168
Cook Station	Crawford	75	51	88	46	63	-3	3.99	+0.42	555	+48
Alley Spring	Shannon	76	50	89	40	63	-2	6.06	+2.37	569	+112
Round Spring	Shannon	77	51	86	41	63	-2	5.00	+1.31	566	+110
Delta	Cape Girardeau	75	54	83	49	65	-4	4.74	+1.12	631	+41
Cardwell	Dunklin	83	60	91	51	71	0	2.32	-1.24	834	+145
Clarkton	Dunklin	79	58	89	50	68	-2	3.59	+0.88	755	+86
Glennonville	Dunklin	79	57	88	50	67	-3	3.33	+0.77	762	+92
Charleston	Mississippi	76	56	84	50	66	-2	4.38	+1.05	700	+129
Portageville-Delta Center	Pemiscot	79	58	90	52	69	-1	3.61	+0.43	802	+136
Portageville-Lee Farm	Pemiscot	79	58	90	51	68	-2	3.51	+0.27	807	+150
Steele	Pemiscot	84	60	92	53	71	+1	2.31	-1.40	867	+200

‡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