HINCKLEY, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(213793) HINCKLEY
From Year=1905 To Year=2011
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 18 146 439 700 886 813 515 212 29 1 3760
40 S 0 0 18 164 603 1303 2190 3003 3518 3730 3759 3760 3760
45 M 0 0 6 77 299 550 731 658 371 119 10 0 2822
45 S 0 0 6 83 382 932 1663 2321 2693 2812 2821 2822 2822
50 M 0 0 2 35 181 402 576 503 241 58 2 0 2001
50 S 0 0 2 37 218 620 1196 1699 1940 1998 2001 2001 2001
55 M 0 0 0 13 93 263 421 351 137 22 0 0 1302
55 S 0 0 0 14 107 370 791 1142 1279 1302 1302 1302 1302
60 M 0 0 0 4 40 146 272 211 66 6 0 0 746
60 S 0 0 0 4 44 191 463 674 740 746 746 746 746
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 14 109 278 436 574 519 316 136 19 0 2401
50 S 0 0 14 123 401 837 1411 1930 2246 2382 2401 2401 2401
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