WASKISH 4NE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(218700) WASKISH RANGER STN
From Year=1923 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 11 109 404 655 826 762 479 179 9 0 3435
40 S 0 0 11 120 525 1180 2006 2767 3247 3426 3435 3435 3435
45 M 0 0 4 52 271 506 671 607 339 97 2 0 2547
45 S 0 0 4 56 326 832 1503 2109 2448 2545 2547 2547 2547
50 M 0 0 1 19 160 360 516 452 218 46 0 0 1774
50 S 0 0 1 21 181 541 1057 1509 1727 1773 1774 1774 1774
55 M 0 0 1 5 82 225 363 302 124 19 0 0 1121
55 S 0 0 1 6 88 313 676 978 1102 1121 1121 1121 1121
60 M 0 0 0 1 35 117 220 170 58 7 0 0 608
60 S 0 0 0 1 36 152 373 543 601 608 608 608 608
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 9 88 259 402 526 484 297 112 5 0 2183
50 S 0 0 9 97 356 758 1284 1768 2066 2178 2183 2183 2183
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