FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(212721) FARIBAULT
From Year=1895 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 40 224 556 823 997 928 642 325 53 3 4592
40 S 0 2 43 267 823 1646 2642 3570 4212 4537 4590 4592 4592
45 M 0 0 18 132 408 673 842 773 494 210 23 1 3574
45 S 0 1 19 151 560 1233 2074 2847 3341 3551 3574 3574 3574
50 M 0 0 7 70 276 524 687 618 353 121 8 0 2663
50 S 0 0 7 78 353 877 1563 2181 2535 2655 2663 2663 2663
55 M 0 0 2 33 166 378 532 463 229 60 2 0 1865
55 S 0 0 2 35 201 579 1111 1574 1803 1863 1865 1865 1865
60 M 0 0 0 13 87 243 378 314 131 24 0 0 1190
60 S 0 0 0 13 100 344 721 1035 1166 1190 1190 1190 1190
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 27 143 339 526 663 609 396 196 33 2 2934
50 S 0 2 29 172 511 1037 1699 2308 2704 2900 2933 2934 2934
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