| Background Information for this page | ||||
| Return to radar list for Middletown RI | ||||
| Weather data for Middletown RI. Forecast values begin August 3, 2008 | ||||
| Shoots near overwintered fireblight cankers would start showing obvious symptoms around Saturday, June 14 | ||||
| If canker blight
infection spreads to other shoots, symptoms on those shoots would become obvious around Monday, June 23 |
||||
| If fire blight blossom infection occurred on June 15, then blossom blight would be noticeable by June 25, and shoot blight by July 1. | ||||
| Range of
potential open-blossom dates Gray box indicates dates when most trees will have lost open blossoms and susceptibility to blossom infection, but late blooming cultivars or young trees may still be susceptible. |
Inches Rain, Leaf Wet Hours, DH65 heat units, & Avg. Temperature |
Daily
fireblight risk rating as per Maryblyt model criteria by Dr. Paul Steiner and Gary Lightner. In absence of rain, 3 or more hours of leaf wetness counted as possible dew conditions for adequate wetting, which may overstate risk on such days. |
||
| Infection requirements: Any rain, or >0.1 inch rain on previous day, + 198 cumulative degree hours > 65F, + Average temp. on wetting day >= 60F |
||||
| Mac King Bloom Wed, May 7 |
0.'', 0 hrs., 7 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, May 8 | 0.18'', 16 hrs., 7 DH, 59F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, May 9 | 0.51'', 16 hrs., 5 DH, 51F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 10 | 0.'', 8 hrs., 4 DH, 51F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, May 11 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 0 DH, 51F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, May 12 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 0 DH, 48F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, May 13 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 1 DH, 55F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, May 14 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 1 DH, 54F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, May 15 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 1 DH, 54F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, May 16 | 0.35'', 10 hrs., 1 DH, 54F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 17 | 0.57'', 11 hrs., 32 DH, 58F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, May 18 | 0.01'', 7 hrs., 33 DH, 58F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, May 19 | 0.'', 7 hrs., 21 DH, 54F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, May 20 | 0.39'', 9 hrs., 16 DH, 51F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, May 21 | 0.'', 10 hrs., 0 DH, 54F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, May 22 | 0.03'', 9 hrs., 0 DH, 52F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, May 23 | 0.'', 6 hrs., 22 DH, 59F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 24 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 34 DH, 59F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, May 25 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 74 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, May 26 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 74 DH, 59F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, May 27 | 0.14'', 16 hrs., 76 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, May 28 | 0.'', 3 hrs., 54 DH, 56F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, May 29 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 48 DH, 59F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, May 30 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 52 DH, 63F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 31 | 0.12'', 16 hrs., 35 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 1 | 0.'', 13 hrs., 98 DH, 65F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, June 2 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 186 DH, 67F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 3 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 250 DH, 66F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, June 4 | 0.54'', 19 hrs., 168 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, June 5 | 0.'', 16 hrs., 125 DH, 58F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, June 6 | 0.19'', 21 hrs., 0 DH, 56F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, June 7 | 0.'', 12 hrs., 124 DH, 67F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 8 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 435 DH, 78F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, June 9 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 830 DH, 82F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 10 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 996 DH, 77F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, June 11 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 968 DH, 77F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, June 12 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 723 DH, 71F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, June 13 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 505 DH, 66F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, June 14 | 0.'', 1 hrs., 328 DH, 68F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 15 | 0.39'', 24 hrs., 220 DH, 61F | INFECTION RISK | ||
| Mon, June 16 | 0.75'', 10 hrs., 179 DH, 61F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 17 | 0.04'', 11 hrs., 174 DH, 66F | No FB infection | ||