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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(131954) CRESCO 1 NE
From Year=1893 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 2 45 219 546 807 967 907 614 304 52 3 4464
40 S 0 2 46 266 811 1618 2585 3491 4105 4409 4461 4464 4464
45 M 0 0 22 129 398 657 812 752 467 191 23 1 3450
45 S 0 0 22 151 549 1206 2017 2769 3236 3427 3449 3450 3450
50 M 0 0 10 68 264 508 657 597 328 106 7 0 2544
50 S 0 0 10 78 342 849 1506 2103 2430 2537 2544 2544 2544
55 M 0 0 3 32 154 362 502 442 206 50 2 0 1752
55 S 0 0 3 35 189 551 1053 1495 1701 1751 1752 1752 1752
60 M 0 0 1 12 76 226 349 292 112 19 0 0 1089
60 S 0 0 1 13 90 316 664 957 1069 1088 1089 1089 1089
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 29 139 327 513 641 591 376 183 31 2 2833
50 S 0 1 30 169 496 1010 1651 2241 2618 2800 2832 2833 2833
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu