GEORGETOWN 1 E, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(213104) GEORGETOWN 1 E
From Year=1962 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 19 183 531 782 956 886 570 230 24 0 4183
40 S 0 0 20 203 734 1516 2472 3358 3928 4159 4183 4183 4183
45 M 0 0 6 102 386 632 801 731 424 130 8 0 3220
45 S 0 0 6 108 494 1126 1927 2658 3082 3212 3220 3220 3220
50 M 0 0 2 51 256 482 646 576 288 63 2 0 2366
50 S 0 0 2 52 308 790 1436 2013 2301 2364 2366 2366 2366
55 M 0 0 0 22 150 337 491 422 174 25 0 0 1623
55 S 0 0 0 22 172 509 1001 1423 1597 1622 1623 1623 1623
60 M 0 0 0 8 75 204 339 274 92 9 0 0 1001
60 S 0 0 0 8 83 287 626 900 992 1001 1001 1001 1001
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 14 125 334 493 628 572 351 138 16 0 2673
50 S 0 0 14 140 473 967 1595 2167 2518 2656 2672 2673 2673
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