ARGYLE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(210252) ARGYLE 4 E
From Year=1890 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 0 9 133 440 704 874 821 496 184 14 0 3674
40 S 0 0 9 142 582 1285 2159 2980 3476 3660 3674 3674 3674
45 M 0 0 3 69 306 554 719 666 355 99 4 0 2774
45 S 0 0 3 72 377 931 1650 2316 2671 2770 2774 2774 2774
50 M 0 0 1 32 191 406 564 511 229 47 1 0 1982
50 S 0 0 1 33 224 630 1194 1706 1935 1982 1982 1982 1982
55 M 0 0 0 13 105 266 410 360 130 18 0 0 1302
55 S 0 0 0 13 118 384 794 1154 1283 1302 1302 1302 1302
60 M 0 0 0 4 48 147 262 221 63 5 0 0 750
60 S 0 0 0 4 53 199 461 682 745 750 750 750 750
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 7 98 284 434 561 521 309 125 11 0 2351
50 S 0 0 8 106 390 824 1385 1906 2215 2340 2351 2351 2351
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