Table 5. Generation of climatic factors from climate variables in based on communality in the before and after silking stage

Variables Factors in SS stage Factors in SH stage
First Second Third First Second Third
Growing degree days 0.01 −0.25 0.65 0.10 0.69 0.01
Highest temperature −0.24 0.68 0.50 −0.09 0.68 −0.13
Lowest temperature 0.26 0.07 0.73 0.71 0.48 0.30
Soil surface temperature −0.29 0.24 0.74 0.21 0.91 −0.07
Relative humidity 0.55 0.64 −0.14 0.44 −0.11 0.59
Rainfall amount 0.90 −0.10 −0.10 −0.34 −0.24 0.81
Wind speed 0.12 −0.92 0.06 0.89 −0.11 −0.14
Sunshine duration −0.84 0.05 −0.14 −0.39 0.73 −0.21
Lodging (%) 28.45 23.41 19.33 28.95 28.56 12.69
Cumulated lodging (%) 28.45 51.86 71.19 28.95 57.52 70.20
SS, seeding to silking; SH, silking to harvesting.