The warmth earlier this month is becoming a distant memory as chilly weather has mostly dominated since about the 15th. The forecast now into May looks to continue this weather and is frustrating for those with crops planted and those that wish to soon do so. The featured map presents an IEM calculated growing degree day departure over the next seven days using the NWS grid forecast information and a computed GDD climatology. Only very isolated areas are shown with an above average accumulation. Average daily accumulations this time of year are somewhere around 5-10 units, so a departure of 20 would indicate falling behind by two to three days over this period.

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