Here is your Growing Degree Day (GDD) summary ending May 31, 2022. As we turn the page into a new month, the information will be compiled for the month previous. And as always, you can monitor the site more regularly, and compare years by using the summary icon on the webpage.
Ohio City (County) |
Zip Code |
GDD Unit Accumulation |
Bryan (Williams) |
43506 |
653 |
Toledo (Lucas) |
43615 |
644 |
Sandusky (Erie) |
44870 |
650 |
Elyria (Lorain) |
44035 |
638 |
Burton (Geauga) |
44021 |
605 |
Jefferson (Ashtabula) |
44047 |
572 |
Van Wert (Van Wert) |
45891 |
661 |
Findlay (Hancock) |
45840 |
658 |
Medina (Medina) |
44256 |
649 |
Mt. Gilead (Morrow) |
43338 |
668 |
Mt. Vernon (Knox) |
43050 |
686 |
Steubenville (Jefferson) |
43952 |
712 |
Dayton (Montgomery) |
45417 |
757 |
Springfield (Clark) |
45505 |
749 |
Columbus (Franklin) |
43210 |
753 |
Lancaster (Fairfield) |
43130 |
786 |
Marietta (Washington) |
45750 |
808 |
Cincinnati (Hamilton) |
45223 |
816 |
Hillsboro (Highland) |
45133 |
831 |
Ironton (Lawrence) |
45638 |
835 |
GGD Species List (Common Name, Scientific Name, Phenological Event, GDD)
The list includes both plants and insects. Insects are bolded within the list.
…Potato Leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, adult arrival, 568; Juniper Scale, Carulaspis juniperi, egg hatch, 571; Snowmound Nippon Spirea, Spiraea nipponica, full bloom, 583; Beautybush, Kolkwitzia amabalis, full bloom, 592; Chinese Dogwood, Cornus kousa, first bloom, 593; Common Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius, full bloom, 596; American Yellowwood, Cladrastis kentukea, full bloom, 599; Smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, full bloom, 611; Arrowwood Viburnum, Viburnum dentatum, full bloom, 621; Japanese Tree Lilac, Syringa reticulata, first bloom, 622; Bumald Spirea, Spiraea x bumalda, first bloom, 624; Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae, egg hatch, 627; Bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, egg hatch, 630; Washington Hawthorn, Crataegus phaenopyrum, first bloom, 635; American Holly, Ilex opaca, full bloom, 642; Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, full bloom, 643; Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa, first bloom, 675; Large Crabgrass, Digitaria sanguinalis, 50% seedling emergence, 692; American Elderberry, Sambucus nigra, first bloom, 707; Sweet Mockorange, Philadelphus coronarius, full bloom, 717; Red Prince Weigela, Weigela florida, full bloom, 727; Fuzzy Deutzia, Deutzia scabra, first bloom, 727; Fletcher Scale, Parthenolecanium fletcheri, egg hatch, 1st generation, 730; Washington Hawthorn, Crataegus phaenopyrum, full bloom, 731; Calico Scale, Eulecanium cerasorum, egg hatch, 748; European Fruit Lecanium Scale, Parthenolecanium corni, egg hatch, 767; Greater Peach Tree Borer, Synanthedon exitiosa, adult emergence, 775; Striped Pine Scale, Toumeyella pini, egg hatch, 783; Winterberry Holly - Ilex verticillata first bloom 794; Japanese Tree Lilac, Syringa reticulata, full bloom, 808; Rhododendron Borer, Synanthedon rhododendriÂ, adult emergence, 815; Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa, full bloom, 816; Mountain-laurel, Kalmia latifolia, full bloom, 822; Dogwood Borer, Synanthedon scitula, adult emergence, 830; Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia, first bloom, 835; Cottony Maple Scale, Pulvinaria innumerabilis, egg hatch, 851; Panicle Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculate, first bloom, 856; Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea, egg hatch, 867; Mimosa Webworm, Homadaula anisocentra, egg hatch - 1st generation, 874; Fuzzy Deutzia, Deutzia scabra, full bloom, 884; Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, first adult emergence, 887; Winged Euonymus Scale, Lepidosaphes yanagicola, egg hatch, 892; Spruce Budscale, Physokermes piceae, egg hatch, 894…
Now that you have read this summary, what is your GDD? Check out this link https://weather.cfaes.osu.edu/gdd/, type in your Ohio zip code, and see where your location is at in this biological calendar.