CARRINGTON 4 N, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(321362) CARRINGTON 4 N
From Year=1967 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 1 16 149 469 718 887 849 523 199 17 0 3828
40 S 0 1 17 166 635 1354 2241 3089 3612 3811 3828 3828 3828
45 M 0 0 5 78 330 568 732 694 380 108 5 0 2900
45 S 0 0 5 83 413 981 1713 2407 2787 2895 2900 2900 2900
50 M 0 0 2 38 210 420 577 539 249 50 1 0 2086
50 S 0 0 2 39 249 669 1246 1785 2035 2085 2086 2086 2086
55 M 0 0 0 16 117 278 423 387 144 18 0 0 1383
55 S 0 0 0 17 134 412 834 1221 1365 1383 1383 1383 1383
60 M 0 0 0 6 54 155 273 244 71 5 0 0 807
60 S 0 0 0 6 60 215 488 732 802 807 807 807 807
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 14 114 299 443 570 540 329 139 15 0 2463
50 S 0 1 15 129 428 871 1441 1980 2309 2448 2463 2463 2463
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