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. 2020 Jan 10;10:1644. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01644

Table 2.

Weather information. Cumulative precipitation (Cum PPT) in millimeters, maximum, minimum, and average daily temperature (T) in Celsius during the growing season and average of 30 years (1981–2011), cumulative growing degree-days (Cum GDD) in Celsius, and cumulative evapotranspiration (Cum ET) in millimeters per day at each location during the 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 growing seasons.

Year Site Season Cum PPT (mm) 30-yr avg Cum PPT (mm) T max °C T min °C T avg °C 30-yr avg T max °C 30-yr avg T min °C Cum GDD (°C) Cum ET (mm day-1)
2015–2016 Conway Fall 189 148 15 2 8 14 1 699 148
Winter 80 133 13 −2 5 10 −3 658 198
Spring 494 324 26 13 20 25 13 1,919 447
McPherson Fall 117 125 15 2 8 14 1 963 159
Winter 39 119 11 −2 4 12 −1 772 187
Spring 351 325 25 12 19 24 11 1,982 426
2016–2017 Ellsworth Fall 30 108 15 −1 7 13 −1 783 NA
Winter 135 102 12 −2 5 9 −6 615 172
Spring 239 276 25 11 18 24 11 1,573 383
Conway Fall 36 148 15 1 8 14 1 566 202
Winter 187 133 13 0 7 10 −3 443 244
Spring 332 324 25 12 19 25 13 1,284 391
McPherson Fall 43 125 14 1 8 14 1 524 151
Winter 132 119 12 −1 5 12 −1 357 221
Spring 217 325 24 11 18 24 11 1,170 405

There were no solar radiation data available for the fall period at the Ellsworth site, therefore cum ET in this location was calculated from January to June (harvesting). Fall; October to December, Winter; January to March, Spring; April to Harvest.