Table 1.
Yearly meteorological data of the experimental site in western Spain (Badajoz) from 2014 to 2016. TMax: maximum temperature; TMn: mean temperature; Tmin: minimum temperature; GDD: growing degree day (base 10 °C).
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMax (°C) | TMn (°C) | TMin (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | TMax (°C) | TMn (°C) | TMin (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | TMax (°C) | TMn (°C) | TMin (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | |
| January | 14.7 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 59.4 | 13.5 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 34.7 | 14.7 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 69.3 |
| February | 14.8 | 10.1 | 5.7 | 73.0 | 14.6 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 46.1 |
| March | 18.9 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 28.2 | 20.1 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 24.8 | 17.0 | 10.2 | 4.0 | 29.9 |
| April | 22.7 | 16.0 | 9.9 | 56.5 | 22.8 | 16.0 | 9.5 | 33.9 | 20.2 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 64.8 |
| May | 27.2 | 19.1 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 29.5 | 21.0 | 11.5 | 0.2 | 23.4 | 16.8 | 10.5 | 94.5 |
| June | 29.2 | 21.5 | 13.4 | 16.9 | 31.9 | 24.1 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 31.2 | 22.9 | 14.1 | 3.2 |
| July | 32.2 | 23.8 | 14.8 | 6.6 | 34.8 | 25.7 | 16.6 | 9.1 | 35.6 | 26.6 | 17.1 | 14.9 |
| August | 32.6 | 23.8 | 14.9 | 0.0 | 32.5 | 24.5 | 16.3 | 1.0 | 35.8 | 26.6 | 16.7 | 0.4 |
| September | 28.1 | 21.3 | 15.6 | 47.9 | 28.4 | 20.5 | 13.0 | 18.2 | 31.5 | 22.3 | 13.4 | 6.3 |
| October | 25.7 | 18.1 | 12.3 | 84.2 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 12.9 | 109.3 | 24.8 | 17.5 | 11.4 | 73.7 |
| November | 18.1 | 13.2 | 8.9 | 91.1 | 20.1 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 74.9 |
| December | 13.6 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 15.0 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 37.9 |
| Annual | 23.1 | 16.3 | 10.0 | 490.6 | 24.0 | 16.4 | 9.4 | 310.2 | 23.5 | 16.4 | 9.9 | 515.7 |
| Vegetative–Productive | 28.7 | 20.9 | 13.3 | 136.0 | 30.0 | 22.0 | 13.7 | 78.6 | 29.6 | 21.6 | 13.7 | 184.0 |
| GDD (°C) | 2002 | 2194 | 2117 | |||||||||