Research and Education Center
Georgetown, Delaware

Weather Summary for May 2000

2000 Julian Date Max. Temp.   F Max Temp   C Min. Temp.   F Min. Temp   C GDD 0 GDD40 GDD50 GDD60 GDD65 Rainfall Inches Rainfall mm Max. Soil Temp. Min. Soil Temp.
1-May 122 72.07 22.26 36.60 2.56 12.4 14.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 77.14 42.85
2 123 71.20 21.78 49.01 9.45 15.6 20.1 10.1 0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 76.66 54.41
3 124 73.80 23.22 40.68 4.82 14.0 17.2 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 87.84 47.17
4 125 75.29 24.05 46.96 8.31 16.2 21.1 11.1 1.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 87.37 50.52
5 126 85.87 29.93 57.81 14.34 22.1 31.8 21.8 11.8 6.8 0.00 0.00 91.94 59.25
6 127 87.37 30.76 62.83 17.13 23.9 35.1 25.1 15.1 10.1 0.00 0.00 96.93 63.09
7 128 92.52 33.62 64.18 17.88 25.8 38.4 28.4 18.4 13.4 0.00 0.00 99.68 65.03
8 129 90.16 32.31 66.99 19.44 25.9 38.6 28.6 18.6 13.6 0.00 0.00 100.54 67.23
9 130 87.15 30.64 70.47 21.37 26.0 38.8 28.8 18.8 13.8 0.00 0.00 98.47 69.17
10 131 86.59 30.33 59.43 15.24 22.8 33.0 23.0 13.0 8.0 0.12 3.05 96.58 65.17
11 132 76.66 24.81 54.09 12.27 18.5 25.4 15.4 5.4 0.4 0.00 0.00 87.30 56.44
12 133 88.20 31.22 58.23 14.57 22.9 33.2 23.2 13.2 8.2 0.00 0.00 96.62 61.20
13 134 90.01 32.23 61.23 16.24 24.2 35.6 25.6 15.6 10.6 0.01 0.25 102.78 67.21
14 135 74.68 23.71 55.89 13.27 18.5 25.3 15.3 5.3 0.3 0.00 0.00 96.48 63.70
15 136 68.68 20.38 48.00 8.89 14.6 18.3 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 92.34 59.41
16 137 72.18 22.32 40.72 4.84 13.6 16.4 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 93.20 53.06
17 138 74.88 23.82 54.88 12.71 18.3 24.9 14.9 4.9 0.0 0.01 0.25 89.91 59.74
18 139 83.48 28.60 60.84 16.02 22.3 32.2 22.2 12.2 7.2 0.00 0.00 90.86 63.19
19 140 84.61 29.23 53.44 11.91 20.6 29.0 19.0 9.0 4.0 0.00 0.00 93.56 65.37
20 141 57.67 14.26 52.88 11.60 12.9 15.3 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.14 3.56 65.35 58.59
21 142 61.92 16.62 54.21 12.34 14.5 18.1 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.56 14.22 71.49 57.16
22 143 59.72 15.40 53.74 12.08 13.7 16.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 1.11 28.19 63.84 57.22
23 144 67.10 19.50 55.96 13.31 16.4 21.5 11.5 1.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 76.30 58.33
24 145 82.80 28.22 60.64 15.91 22.1 31.7 21.7 11.7 6.7 0.10 2.54 87.67 61.23
25 146 75.52 24.18 60.62 15.90 20.0 28.1 18.1 8.1 3.1 0.00 0.00 74.82 60.85
26 147 76.60 24.78 51.85 11.03 17.9 24.2 14.2 4.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 88.47 54.86
27 148 66.76 19.31 56.10 13.39 16.4 21.4 11.4 1.4 0.0 0.13 3.30 69.24 60.13
28 149 63.01 17.23 53.91 12.17 14.7 18.5 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.13 3.30 67.66 55.81
29 150 58.80 14.89 53.58 11.99 13.4 16.2 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.25 61.57 53.74
30 151 57.87 14.37 51.87 11.04 12.7 14.9 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 63.28 52.81
31 152 72.43 22.46 48.42 9.12 15.8 20.4 10.4 0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 85.59 50.72
Average   75.34 24.08 54.71 12.62               6.12 58.54
Total                     2.32 58.9    
GDD Sum           569 776 466 190 106        
YTD                            
Average   58.1 14.5 38.0 3.3               60.6 42.5
Total                     15.3 389.1    
GDD Sum           1447 1639 727 221 110