Growing Degree Day (GDD) Summary, February 2023

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Here is your Growing Degree Day (GDD) summary ending February 28, 2023. This summary is a year to date summary and includes the months of January and February. Stay tuned for these year-to-date summaries each month in 2023. 

 

GDD Chart, February 28, 2023

 

Ohio City (County)

Zip Code   

GDD Unit Accumulation 

Bryan (Williams)

43506

28

Toledo (Lucas)

43615

30

Sandusky (Erie)

44870

33

Elyria (Lorain)

44035

36

Burton (Geauga)

44021

34

Jefferson (Ashtabula)

44047

31

Van Wert (Van Wert)

45891

30

Findlay (Hancock)

45840

31

Medina (Medina)

44256

42

Mt. Gilead (Morrow)

43338

46

Mt. Vernon (Knox)

43050

51

Steubenville (Jefferson)

43952

63

Dayton (Montgomery)

45417

69

Springfield (Clark)

45505

68

Columbus (Franklin)

43210

69

Lancaster (Fairfield)

43130 

83

Marietta (Washington)

45750

94

Cincinnati (Hamilton)

45223

105

Hillsboro (Highland) 

45133

113

Ironton (Lawrence)

45638

115

 

GGD Species List (Common Name, Scientific Name, Phenological Event, GDD)

The list includes both plants and insects. Insects are bolded within the list. 

 

Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum, first bloom, 34; Corneliancherry Dogwood, Cornus mas, first bloom, 40; Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum, full floom, 42; Red Maple, Acer rubrum, first bloom, 44; Speckled Alder, Alnus incaca spp.,rugosa, first bloom, 52; Northern Lights Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia, first bloom, 58; Japanese Pieris, Pieris japonica, first bloom, 60; Red Maple, Acer rubrum, full bloom, 75; Star Magnolia, Magnolia stella, first bloom, 83; White Pine Weevil, Pissodes strobi, adult emergence, 84; Border Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia, first bloom, 86; Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum, egg hatch, 92; Manchu Cherry, Prunus tomentosa, first bloom, 93; Northern Lights Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia, full bloom, 94; Speckled Alder, Alnus incana, full bloom, 97; Corneliancherry Dogwood, Cornus mas, full bloom, 98; Norway Maple, Acer plantanoides, first bloom, 116; Border Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia, full bloom, 116; Chanticleer Callery Pear, Pyrus calleryana, first bloom, 123; Sargent Cherry, Prunus sargentii, first bloom, 127, Larch Casebearer, Coleophora laricella, larval feeding begins, 128; Japanese Pieris, Pieris japonica, full bloom, 129; Saucer magnolia, Magnolia soulangeana, first bloom, 133.....

 

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. You can also hit the summary tab and it will list the GDD accumilations for that zipcode for previous years as well - it is nice to see the history, and the average of those years.