KELLIHER, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(214233) KELLIHER
From Year=1909 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 12 124 405 654 839 756 444 199 17 0 3450
40 S 0 0 12 135 541 1195 2034 2789 3233 3432 3450 3450 3450
45 M 0 0 3 64 274 505 684 601 308 109 6 0 2552
45 S 0 0 3 67 340 845 1529 2130 2438 2546 2552 2552 2552
50 M 0 0 0 28 165 358 529 447 191 51 1 0 1771
50 S 0 0 0 28 194 552 1081 1528 1719 1770 1771 1771 1771
55 M 0 0 0 10 87 222 376 299 103 20 0 0 1117
55 S 0 0 0 10 96 319 694 993 1096 1117 1117 1117 1117
60 M 0 0 0 2 39 115 230 169 47 6 0 0 608
60 S 0 0 0 2 41 156 386 555 602 608 608 608 608
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 8 89 254 401 535 474 268 116 10 0 2155
50 S 0 0 9 97 351 752 1287 1762 2029 2145 2155 2155 2155
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