ELKHART, KANSAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(142432) ELKHART
From Year=1900 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	51	88	217	448	746	1011	1205	1156	872	546	190	62	6592
40 S	51	139	356	804	1550	2561	3766	4922	5794	6340	6530	6592	6592
45 M	17	38	123	313	593	861	1050	1001	723	401	102	23	5245
45 S	17	56	179	492	1085	1945	2996	3997	4720	5120	5222	5245	5245
50 M	4	13	58	195	442	711	895	846	575	268	44	6	4056
50 S	4	17	75	270	712	1423	2318	3164	3739	4006	4050	4056	4056
55 M	1	3	21	103	300	562	740	691	429	155	13	1	3020
55 S	1	4	25	128	428	990	1730	2421	2850	3006	3019	3020	3020
60 M	0	0	5	43	177	415	585	536	292	73	3	0	2130
60 S	0	0	6	49	226	641	1226	1762	2054	2127	2130	2130	2130

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	68	98	186	306	466	640	770	742	555	364	163	75	4432
50 S	68	166	352	658	1124	1764	2534	3276	3830	4194	4358	4432	4432

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