BAUDETTE 21 SSE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(210520) BAUDETTE 21 SSE
From Year=1963 To Year=1990
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 7 107 403 639 816 715 412 163 14 0 3276
40 S 0 0 7 114 517 1156 1971 2687 3099 3262 3275 3276 3276
45 M 0 0 1 51 268 489 661 560 275 83 4 0 2393
45 S 0 0 1 52 320 810 1470 2031 2306 2389 2393 2393 2393
50 M 0 0 0 21 160 342 506 407 161 33 1 0 1632
50 S 0 0 0 21 181 523 1029 1436 1597 1631 1632 1632 1632
55 M 0 0 0 7 82 207 353 263 81 12 0 0 1005
55 S 0 0 0 7 89 296 649 912 993 1005 1005 1005 1005
60 M 0 0 0 2 36 101 208 142 36 3 0 0 528
60 S 0 0 0 2 38 139 347 489 526 528 528 528 528
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 6 90 269 400 523 455 256 105 11 0 2116
50 S 0 0 6 97 365 765 1289 1744 2000 2105 2116 2116 2116
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