IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 07 October 2005

GDDs to spare

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 06:58 AM


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1 May - 6 Oct 2005 GDD departure
With the growing season basically over, it is good to look at summary stats to see how the season compares. According to our calculations, all of the state received above normal totals of growing degree days since 1 May. The average surplus appears to be around 400 units, which is roughly equivalent to adding 20 days to the growing season.

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