CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(321360) CARRINGTON
From Year=1929 To Year=2004
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 11 126 425 689 894 836 479 199 16 1 3675
40 S 0 1 12 138 563 1252 2146 2981 3460 3658 3674 3675 3675
45 M 0 0 3 67 291 539 739 681 340 110 5 0 2774
45 S 0 0 3 70 361 900 1639 2320 2659 2770 2774 2774 2774
50 M 0 0 1 32 180 393 584 526 218 52 1 0 1986
50 S 0 0 1 33 212 605 1189 1715 1933 1985 1986 1986 1986
55 M 0 0 0 13 97 255 430 374 123 20 0 0 1312
55 S 0 0 0 13 110 365 795 1169 1292 1312 1312 1312 1312
60 M 0 0 0 4 44 140 281 234 59 5 0 0 768
60 S 0 0 0 4 48 188 469 703 762 768 768 768 768
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 11 94 264 414 567 523 297 142 16 1 2331
50 S 0 1 12 106 370 784 1351 1874 2171 2313 2330 2331 2331
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