LUVERNE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(214937) LUVERNE
From Year=1893 To Year=2000
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 4 49 231 569 833 987 934 629 299 40 2 4576
40 S 0 4 53 284 852 1685 2673 3607 4236 4534 4574 4576 4576
45 M 0 1 21 135 418 683 832 779 482 185 14 1 3551
45 S 0 1 22 157 575 1259 2091 2870 3352 3537 3551 3551 3551
50 M 0 0 8 71 281 534 677 624 342 99 3 0 2639
50 S 0 0 8 79 360 894 1571 2195 2537 2636 2639 2639 2639
55 M 0 0 2 32 166 388 522 470 217 43 1 0 1842
55 S 0 0 2 35 201 589 1111 1581 1798 1841 1842 1842 1842
60 M 0 0 0 13 84 250 369 319 118 15 0 0 1168
60 S 0 0 0 13 96 347 716 1034 1153 1168 1168 1168 1168
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 5 39 156 353 535 653 613 396 199 32 2 2983
50 S 1 6 44 201 553 1088 1741 2353 2750 2948 2981 2983 2983
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