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Table 3 Number of days in the summer season in which severe heat stress (THI > 79) was measured during any time of the day (MAX), or heat stress (THI > 72) during the coolest time of day (MIN, ~ 5:00) at the Bet Dagan weather station

From: Broad phenotypic impact of the effects of transgenerational heat stress in dairy cattle: a study of four consecutive generations

Year MAX MIN
1995 40 22
1996 46 28
1997 16 13
1998 51 34
1999 32 32
2000 41 31
2001 47 30
2002 56 42
2003 45 31
2004 42 26
2005 47 33
2006 53 28
2007 58 40
2008 55 57
2009 54 47
2010 76 74
2011 68 49
2012 87 77
2013 48 57
2014 55 52
2015 67 54
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Genetics Selection Evolution

ISSN: 1297-9686