ALBERT LEA 3 SE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(210075) ALBERT LEA 3 SE
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 43 228 568 837 1011 940 646 325 52 2 4655
40 S 0 2 45 273 841 1679 2690 3630 4276 4600 4652 4655 4655
45 M 0 0 20 136 419 687 856 785 499 208 21 1 3632
45 S 0 0 20 156 575 1263 2119 2904 3402 3611 3632 3632 3632
50 M 0 0 8 71 284 538 701 630 358 119 6 0 2716
50 S 0 0 8 80 364 901 1603 2232 2590 2709 2716 2716 2716
55 M 0 0 3 33 171 391 547 475 232 57 1 0 1911
55 S 0 0 3 36 207 598 1145 1620 1852 1909 1911 1911 1911
60 M 0 0 1 13 89 254 392 324 132 23 0 0 1228
60 S 0 0 1 14 102 356 749 1073 1205 1227 1228 1228 1228
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 29 136 332 533 677 617 392 191 31 1 2939
50 S 0 2 30 166 498 1031 1708 2324 2716 2907 2938 2939 2939
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