Information provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center.
Data obtained on March, 1997

                        Growing Season Summary
                   Station: ( 97600) ROME                     
                Years:  1961 To 1990    Missing Data:   0.4%

Base   Date of Last Spring Occurrence          Date of First Fall Occurrence
Temp  Median  Early   90%    10%    Late    Median  Early   10%    90%    Late
 32     4/11   3/22   3/27   4/23   6/25     10/26   9/30  10/09  11/09  11/17 
 28     3/23   2/26   3/11   4/12   6/25     11/10  10/03  10/24  11/28  12/06 
 24     3/09   2/10   2/12   3/29   6/25     11/15  10/23  11/05  12/03  12/19 
 20     2/18   1/14   2/06   3/14   6/25     12/08  11/07  11/23  12/25  12/26 
 16     2/10   1/13   1/15   3/04   3/21     12/16  11/24  12/02  12/26  12/29 


Base           Length of Season (Days)
Temp   Median  Shortest    10%      90%   Longest
 32      196      125      176      219      223
 28      231      142      205      259      276
 24      256      158      233      283      288
 20      289      182      254      313      325
 16      302      282      290      338      343