ULYSSES 3NE, KANSAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(148287) ULYSSES 2 E
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	30	64	197	429	734	1017	1214	1159	870	517	153	36	6421
40 S	30	94	291	720	1454	2471	3685	4845	5715	6232	6385	6421	6421
45 M	8	24	110	298	581	867	1059	1004	721	374	75	10	5131
45 S	8	32	142	440	1020	1887	2946	3951	4671	5046	5120	5131	5131
50 M	2	7	51	184	431	717	904	849	573	246	27	2	3993
50 S	2	9	60	244	675	1391	2296	3145	3718	3964	3991	3993	3993
55 M	0	1	19	98	291	568	749	694	429	140	7	0	2996
55 S	0	2	20	118	409	976	1726	2420	2849	2989	2996	2996	2996
60 M	0	0	5	41	171	420	594	540	294	65	1	0	2132
60 S	0	0	5	47	218	638	1233	1772	2066	2131	2132	2132	2132

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	62	89	186	305	461	642	770	738	552	363	157	65	4389
50 S	62	151	336	642	1103	1744	2514	3252	3805	4168	4325	4389	4389

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