Growing Degree-Day Comparisons: 2000 vs. 2001 (cumulative through end of May)

Things evened out considerably during the month of May. Whereas most stations were considerably higher in 2001 vs. 2000 for the month of April, we saw a reversal in many locations (8 of 22 stations), which brought the seasonal accumulation for 2001 to virtually the same point as that for 2000. The remaining locations continued their torrid pace, exceeding last year's seasonal accumulations by quite a bit (the biggest differential was for Buffalo, which was 75 GDD ahead of last year at the end of May).

City	2000	2001		City	2000	2001
Albany	340	341		Ogdensburg	268	349
Binghamton	285	284		Penn Yan	343	342
Buffalo	274	349		Plattsburgh	197	248
Elmira	247	283		Poughkeepsie	388	413
Glens Falls	258	301		Rochester	361	390
Islip	370	399		Saranac	125	123
Ithaca	348	359		Shirley	325	356
Jamestown	282	281		Syracuse	332	371
Montauk	266	299		Utica	297	299
Monticello	270	273		Watertown	231	284
New York City	598	603		White Plains	378	433