GROWING DEGREE DAY ACCUMULATION from April 1 -  October 19, 2011

                Current Average                 Current Average  
                Corn    Corn                    Sorghum Sorghum  
                GDU     GDU     Departure       GDU     GDU     Departure 
Colby           3370    3286     84             6098    6051     47 
Garden City     3707    3557    150             6744    6413    331 
Hays            3873    3622    251             7015    6611    404 
Hutchinson      4125    3929    196             7476    7079    397 
Manhattan       4050    3737    313             7248    6707    541 
Ottawa          4107    3981    126             7347    7108    239 
Parsons         4213    4007    207             7518    7125    394 
Rossville       3924    3737    187             6927    6707    220 
St. John        3999    3948     51             7397    7062    335 
Scandia         3701    3671     30             6533    6628    -96 
Silver Lake     4034    3813    221             7142    6791    351 
Tribune         3468    3339    129             6229    6067    162 

*Corn GDU: (ATmx+ATmn)/2- 50			
**Sorghum GDU: (Tmx+Tmn)/2-35, when Tmn greater than 32 oF

Due to widespread freeze, this will be the last report of the season.