CAMBRIDGE 5ESE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(211227) CAMBRIDGE STATE HOSP
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	1	23	179	516	771	943	867	544	252	29	1	4125
40 S	0	1	23	202	718	1489	2432	3299	3843	4095	4124	4125	4125
45 M	0	0	9	101	371	621	788	712	399	148	10	0	3159
45 S	0	0	9	111	481	1102	1890	2602	3001	3148	3158	3159	3159
50 M	0	0	4	51	241	472	633	557	266	74	3	0	2300
50 S	0	0	4	54	295	767	1400	1957	2223	2298	2300	2300	2300
55 M	0	0	1	22	138	328	478	404	157	31	1	0	1559
55 S	0	0	1	22	161	489	967	1371	1528	1559	1559	1559	1559
60 M	0	0	0	8	69	198	326	258	80	10	0	0	950
60 S	0	0	0	8	77	275	601	859	940	950	950	950	950

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	0	15	116	312	483	617	558	324	147	18	1	2590
50 S	0	1	16	131	443	926	1543	2100	2424	2572	2589	2590	2590

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