Nikki Rothwell, Duke Elsner, Erin Lizotte and Rob Sirrine...Like all other regions in the state, northwest growers endured an unseasonably cool summer. The overall degree day totals as of September 21 are as follows: 3,143 base 42 and 1,947 base 50. Both of these accumulations are behind our 19-year averages where we accumulated 3,471 base 42 and 2,266 base 50. In essence, we are 328 GDD behind for our accumulations base 42 and 320 GDD behind for our accumulations base 50.

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Mira Danilovich...The weather has been cool. Our automated weather stations registered freezing or near freezing temperatures for May 16 through the May 18. Ludington was a cold spot on May 17 with 29.7°F while Hart experienced the coldest temperatures of 30°F on May 18. In low laying areas, temperatures were significantly lower creating conditions for various degrees of injury.

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