Growing Season Maps

This application will plot an accumulated variable for a time period of your selection. Data is based on the automated sensors from the ISU AG Climate network. A similiar application exists based on the COOP network data, which is of higher quality for temperature and precipitation.

Plot Parameter Year Month Day Image Size

Dynamic Historical Data:

Daily Data Plots
Growing Season Plots

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*Note: Precipitation recorded from this network is not reliable. You should use precipitation obs from the COOP network.

Departure from climatology is shown below the accumulated value.

Note: Some stations are slightly moved on the map to improve readability.


# 2024 Growing Degree Days (base=50) (5/1 - 07/26)
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ID   ,StationName                             ,City           ,Latitude  ,Longitude ,gdd50     ,climate_gdd50
AHDI4,Ames - Hinds Farm                       ,Ames - Hinds Fa,   42.0628,  -93.6188,      1662,      1570
AHTI4,Ames - Horticulture (Vineyard)          ,Hort Vineyard  ,   42.1081,  -93.5860,      1689,      1595
AKCI4,Ames - Kitchen Farm                     ,Ames - Kitchen ,   41.9968,  -93.7031,      1613,      1570
AMFI4,Ames - Finch Farm                       ,Ames - Finch   ,   42.0621,  -93.6984,      1651,      1595
BNKI4,Bankston - Park Farm Winery (Vineyard)  ,Bankston       ,   42.5175,  -90.9142,      1531,      1499
BOOI4,Ames - AEA ISU-RDF                      ,AEA AgFarm     ,   42.0209,  -93.7743,      1664,      1595
CAMI4,Sutherland - Northwest ISU-RDF          ,Sutherland     ,   42.9269,  -95.5391,      1504,      1516
CHAI4,Chariton - McNay ISU-RDF                ,Chariton       ,   40.9727,  -93.4239,      1756,      1598
CIRI4,Cedar Rapids                            ,Cedar Rapids   ,   41.9114,  -91.6180,      1730,      1584
CNAI4,Castana - Western ISU-RDF               ,Castana        ,   42.0632,  -95.8342,      1639,      1591
CRFI4,Crawfordsville - Southeast ISU-RDF      ,Crawfordsville ,   41.1933,  -91.4839,      1804,      1671
CSII4,Inwood - Calico Skies Winery            ,Inwood         ,   43.3105,  -96.5043,      1534,      1494
DOCI4,Jefferson - Deals Orchard               ,Jefferson      ,   42.0030,  -94.4330,      1387,      1598
DONI4,Doon                                    ,Doon           ,   43.2988,  -96.1875,      1522,      1494
FRUI4,Fruitland - Muscatine Island ISU-RDF    ,Muscatine      ,   41.3560,  -91.1360,      1775,      1706
GREI4,Greenfield - Neely Kinyon ISU-RDF       ,Greenfield     ,   41.2801,  -94.4492,      1744,      1640
KNAI4,Kanawha                                 ,Kanawha        ,   42.9157,  -93.7918,      1510,      1454
NASI4,Nashua - Northeast ISU-RDF              ,Nashua         ,   42.9381,  -92.5702,      1497,      1482
NWLI4,Newell - Allee ISU-RDF                  ,Newell         ,   42.5896,  -95.0127,      1602,      1537
OSTI4,Oskaloosa - Tassel Ridge (Vineyard)     ,Oskaloosa      ,   41.3158,  -92.6485,      1761,      1638
SBEI4,CFE - Ocheyedan                         ,Ocheyedan      ,   43.3650,  -95.6425,      1436,      1422
TPOI4,Masonville - Timeless Prairie Orchard   ,Masonville     ,   42.3852,  -91.6771,      1533,      1477
WMNI4,Wellman                                 ,Wellman        ,   41.4754,  -91.8668,      1695,      1599
WTPI4,West Point                              ,West Point     ,   40.7641,  -91.4196,      1786,      1741

You should be able to 'copy & paste' this raw data listing into a simple text editor and save the data file on your machine. Most GIS systems can then import this dataset as a layer. You may have to omit the commented lines (#) if your GIS has trouble importing the data.