ARVILLA SP, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(320369) ARVILLA STATE PARK
From Year=1946 To Year=1967
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 11 141 444 713 903 859 500 213 15 0 3799
40 S 0 1 12 153 597 1310 2212 3072 3572 3785 3799 3799 3799
45 M 0 0 5 80 305 563 748 704 357 116 3 0 2883
45 S 0 0 5 86 391 954 1702 2406 2763 2880 2883 2883 2883
50 M 0 0 2 42 185 417 593 549 230 54 0 0 2073
50 S 0 0 2 44 230 646 1239 1788 2018 2072 2073 2073 2073
55 M 0 0 1 20 97 277 438 396 129 20 0 0 1378
55 S 0 0 1 21 118 395 833 1229 1358 1378 1378 1378 1378
60 M 0 0 0 8 41 156 287 253 63 6 0 0 814
60 S 0 0 0 8 50 206 493 746 808 814 814 814 814
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 11 113 304 453 584 548 325 158 14 0 2511
50 S 0 1 12 125 428 881 1465 2012 2338 2496 2510 2511 2511
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