ANGUS 1 N, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(210195) ANGUS
From Year=1902 To Year=1975
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 0 10 120 419 682 861 804 490 205 12 0 3605
40 S 0 0 11 131 550 1232 2093 2897 3388 3593 3605 3605 3605
45 M 0 0 3 60 284 533 706 649 351 117 3 0 2706
45 S 0 0 3 63 347 880 1586 2235 2586 2703 2706 2706 2706
50 M 0 0 1 25 172 386 551 494 229 56 1 0 1915
50 S 0 0 1 26 198 584 1135 1629 1858 1914 1915 1915 1915
55 M 0 0 0 8 93 249 397 344 132 22 0 0 1244
55 S 0 0 0 8 101 350 747 1091 1223 1244 1244 1244 1244
60 M 0 0 0 2 42 136 251 207 65 7 0 0 710
60 S 0 0 0 2 44 180 430 638 703 710 710 710 710
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 8 88 275 425 556 514 308 139 10 0 2323
50 S 0 0 9 97 371 797 1353 1867 2174 2313 2323 2323 2323
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