Warm weather has been difficult to come by so far this growing season and with often chilly overnight lows, the growing degree day accumulation is running behind average. The featured chart shows the accumulation for Ames since 1 May. The dashed line in the bottom chart shows the to date departure. Since mid May, we have been loosing ground. Today will be the warmest high temperatures we have seen this year, but rain and a bit cooler weather is in the forecast for the rest of the week.

Voting:
Good = 13
Bad = 6
Abstain = 5

Tags:   gdd