WEATHER AND CRANBERRY PRODUCTION 



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Table 8.— Temperature and Cranberry Production in Wisconsin. 



Crop P^oduafon Mean Temperatures^ (Degrees F.) 



^^^' ^To'm'^ ^M.'v'v'"'"'^^'''^^ Departure from Average, 



rrom May, Year Year of Deo^rees F 



Average! Before Year Crop ° ^^ ^' 



of Crop (a) (b) (a) -(b) (a) (b) ( a) - (b) 



B---"iM i il - =- ii:^ -^li 



ions z^-^ H-^ ^^-5 8-0 -1.5 +4.0 -5 5 



S?:::::::: ;|| g |i| -,- -j +- -&» 



:::::::: +4 | -» g- ±n -j +-» 



^^^* -7-4 42.8 28.8 14.0 -0.2 -0.7 +0:1 



}'J^ -1-5 43.8 27.0 16.8 +0.8 -2 5 +^3 



lll'y +fl 43.8 26.5 17.3 Xo.l -1% SJ 



Joig ?2.^ 41.7 27.0 14.7 -1.3 -2.5 +1.2 



1919 T}f-? 400 36.3 3.7 -3.0 +6.8 -9.3 



^^^^ +11-7 45.8 31.9 13.9 +2.8 +2.4 +0.4 



mi I^O.S 43.6 31.6 12.0 +0.6 +2.1 -1.5 



io,i 7,2-^ 42.1 36.0 6.1 -0.9 +6 5 -7 4 



\lll +37.8 48.5 30.8 17.7 +5.5 +13 +II 



nil 0.0 45.9 21.9 24.0 +2.9 -7.6 +10 5 



^^''^ -2.6 40.1 25.6 14.5 -2.9 -3.9 +1.0 



1^^^ lili 39.2 33.1 6.1 -3.8 • +3.6 -7.4 



Illy +11-1 45.2 20.6 24.6 +2.2 -8.9 +11.1 



1928 ~^li ^?-f 35.0 4.8 -3.2 +5.5 -8.7 



1929 if-? 43.6 29.2 14.4 +0.6 Io.3 +0.9 



^^^^ +5-1 40.5 30.9 9.6 -2.5 +1.4 -3.9 



llfl ~^\i 42.7 30.8 11.9 -0.3 +1.3 -1.6 



I9I2 rAi 44.8 30.4 14.4 +1.8 +0.9 +0.9 



nil +"-3 43.7 22.5 21.2 +0.7 -7.0 +7.7 



nil ttli ^H 28.6 11.2 -3.2 -0.9 -2.3 



^^^4 +4.8 42.7 27.2 15.5 -0.3 -2.3 +2.0 



I936 -tvl ^i ^}-8 12.9 +1.7 +2.3 -0.6 



lliy T?I-f 41.9 31.7 10.2 -1.1 +2.2 -3.3 



llil +28.^ 43.4 24.4 19.0 +0.4 -5.1 +5.5 



I939 T^Vl ^H ^^-4 3.8 -0.8 +8.9 -9.7 



J945 +^2-4 47.2 29.9 17.3 +4.2 +0.4 +3.8 



1^40 +21.9 45.2 24.1 21.1 +2.2 -5.4 +7.6 



Average 43 .O 29.5 13.5 



Th^'^ J^»'l ^K, • X. . „ 'At Meadow Valley (Table 16). 



cranberry Jroduction-^^^ following correlation coefficients between mean temperatures and 



(a) +0.648 + 0.065 



(b) -0.695 ±0.058 

 (a) - (b) +0.801 ± 0.040 



