diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # FedData (development version)
+- Updated the getting started article to not include a degree symbol in the Daymet graph, which caused compilation errors in Windows. Fixes [Issue #106](https://github.com/ropensci/FedData/issues/106).
 - Updated `get_nlcd()` to inlcude the 2021 NLCD as the default, in response to [Issue #105](https://github.com/ropensci/FedData/issues/105).
 - Updated outdated package description
 
diff --git a/vignettes/articles/FedData.Rmd b/vignettes/articles/FedData.Rmd
index a279c18..6237c19 100644
--- a/vignettes/articles/FedData.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/articles/FedData.Rmd
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ DAYMET <- get_daymet(
 )
 
 plot_map(DAYMET$tmax$`1985-10-23`,
-  layer.name = "TMAX on 23 Oct 1985 (ºC)",
+  layer.name = "TMAX on 23 Oct 1985 (Degrees C)",
   maxpixels = terra::ncell(DAYMET$tmax)
 )
 ```
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ plot_nhd(NHD, template = FedData::meve)
 NHD[purrr::map_lgl(NHD, ~ (nrow(.x) != 0))] %>%
   plot_map()
 
-# You can also retriev the Watershed Boundary Dataset
+# You can also retrieve the Watershed Boundary Dataset
 WBD <-
   get_wbd(
     template = FedData::meve,