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Table 1 The air temperature from January to March at Changsha, Hunan province, China in 2008, 2010, and 2011 (°C)

From: Studies on the cold tolerance of ratoon ‘Chaling’ common wild rice

Year

Month

A period of ten days

ADTmean (°C)

ADTmin. (°C)

ADTmax. (°C)

Tmin. (°C)

Tmax. (°C)

2008

Jan.

Early

8.38

4.09

14.43

− 0.9

19.5

Middle

0.29

− 0.28

1.42

− 1.8

7.8

Late

− 1.43

− 1.96

− 0.52

− 3.2

1.5

Feb.

Early

1.46

− 1.20

4.89

− 4.7

7.3

Middle

6.18

2.82

10.30

− 0.9

15.0

Late

9.17

5.56

14.64

1.4

23.0

March

Early

13.01

8.89

19.07

7.3

23.7

Middle

16.75

13.90

21.55

11.9

27.0

Late

15.71

12.27

20.12

9.4

27.2

2010

Jan.

Early

5.06

3.00

8.49

− 1.7

16.2

Middle

7.97

4.38

13.01

− 0.1

22.1

Late

6.79

5.38

8.97

1.6

12.7

Feb.

Early

7.21

6.13

9.03

3.4

15.5

Middle

3.80

1.44

7.02

− 1.3

17.8

Late

16.64

12.20

23.21

6.9

30.6

March

Early

5.12

3.31

8.29

− 1.1

21.2

Middle

16.74

12.11

22.5

3.9

28.6

Late

15.23

11.56

19.88

7.0

26.4

2011

Jan.

Early

1.28

− 0.17

3.29

− 2.2

5.2

Middle

2.41

0.57

5.14

− 2.7

9.5

Late

2.41

0.58

4.47

− 1.4

7.7

Feb.

Early

9.92

5.41

16.66

0.2

24.3

Middle

5.84

3.55

9.16

0.9

14.8

Late

10.61

8.13

14.68

3.0

22.3

March

Early

8.35

5.65

12.21

0.8

19.4

Middle

11.73

8.85

16.19

4.1

20.1

Late

12.48

8.97

16.78

5.9

24.4

  1. 1) average daily mean temperature; average daily minimum temperature; average daily maximum temperature; minimum temperature; maximum temperature. 2) Based on data provided by China Meteorological Information Center