Blackberry Chill Models | State Climate Office of North Carolina

Choose a station from the list below to retrieve current chill units from several different* chill models. Additional models will be added soon.

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This project is being done in collaboration with Dr. Gina Fernandez in the NCSU Department of Horticulture, and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS).

* Model 2 accumulates 1 chill unit when temperature is between 0 and 7° C. Chilling inception occurs at the first incidence of -2.2° C.
Warmund, Michele R., and J. Krumme, "A Chilling Model to Estimate Rest Completion of Erect Blackberries," HortScience 40(5):1259-1262. 2005.

** Forecast is made from State Climate Office numerical weather model MM5, initialized at 2008051700Z