EDGELEY 3WNW, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(322482) EDGELEY 3 WNW
From Year=1901 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 2 23 157 451 710 919 874 541 243 24 1 3946
40 S 0 2 26 183 634 1344 2263 3137 3679 3921 3945 3946 3946
45 M 0 0 8 85 312 561 764 719 399 142 7 0 2998
45 S 0 0 8 94 406 967 1731 2450 2849 2991 2998 2998 2998
50 M 0 0 3 40 194 414 609 564 269 72 2 0 2166
50 S 0 0 3 43 237 650 1259 1824 2093 2165 2166 2166 2166
55 M 0 0 1 15 103 275 455 412 160 30 0 0 1451
55 S 0 0 1 16 120 395 849 1261 1422 1451 1451 1451 1451
60 M 0 0 0 5 46 157 304 267 82 9 0 0 870
60 S 0 0 0 5 51 208 512 779 861 870 870 870 870
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 2 23 122 289 439 587 557 345 176 25 2 2566
50 S 1 2 25 147 436 875 1462 2018 2363 2539 2564 2566 2566
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