April 2015 Cumulative Heating Degree Days and Rainfall

Reflecting the month-early start to the season, April season-to-date heating degree days, at 134 HDDs, are the highest in recent years.  However, due to colder weather after budbreak, vine growth has been slow and steady, leaving us at approximately the same point in canopy development as this time last year.

Rainfall, so far this season, at 31.4 inches, is approximately 2 inches less that "normal", and about 7.5 inches more than last year.