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Climate Center.(Disclaimer)
Date obtained: April, 2004.
Growing Degree Day Summary
From the Midwestern Regional Climate Center
Station: ( 91665) CARTERSVILLE Missing Data: 1.9%
Growing Degree Days to Selected Base Temperatures (F)
Base Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
40 M 147 214 422 607 868 1049 1185 1155 956 653 364 196 7816
S 147 361 783 1390 2258 3307 4492 5647 6603 7256 7620 7816
45 M 76 126 286 460 713 899 1030 1001 807 500 241 111 6250
S 76 202 488 948 1661 2560 3590 4591 5398 5898 6139 6250
50 M 34 63 174 320 558 749 875 846 657 352 144 55 4827
S 34 97 271 591 1149 1898 2773 3619 4276 4628 4772 4827
55 M 13 26 89 198 405 599 720 692 508 220 73 24 3567
S 13 39 128 326 731 1330 2050 2742 3250 3470 3543 3567
60 M 3 7 35 101 260 449 565 537 362 115 28 7 2469
S 3 10 45 146 406 855 1420 1957 2319 2434 2462 2469
Modified* Growing Degree Days (Base 50F, Ceiling 86F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
50 M 78 135 269 394 573 718 814 798 646 419 222 110 5176
S 78 213 482 876 1449 2167 2981 3779 4425 4844 5066 5176
Derived from the 1971-2000 Data
M = Monthly Data S = Running Sum of Monthly Data
*Modified == If Low < 50F then Reset to 50F, If High > 86F then Reset to 86F
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