MOORHEAD ST TEACHERS, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(215589) MOORHEAD ST TEACHERS C
From Year=1900 To Year=1953
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 1 19 167 478 740 942 878 560 246 21 1 4053
40 S 0 1 20 187 665 1405 2347 3225 3786 4031 4052 4053 4053
45 M 0 0 7 92 339 591 787 723 418 146 5 0 3108
45 S 0 0 7 99 437 1028 1815 2538 2956 3102 3108 3108 3108
50 M 0 0 2 45 218 442 632 568 286 74 1 0 2269
50 S 0 0 2 47 265 707 1339 1908 2194 2269 2269 2269 2269
55 M 0 0 1 18 123 301 477 415 176 31 0 0 1542
55 S 0 0 1 19 142 444 921 1336 1511 1542 1542 1542 1542
60 M 0 0 0 5 60 177 325 269 93 10 0 0 941
60 S 0 0 0 6 66 243 568 837 930 941 941 941 941
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 14 111 289 455 611 561 338 152 17 1 2549
50 S 0 0 15 126 415 870 1481 2041 2380 2531 2548 2549 2549
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