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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(326620) OAKES WATER WORKS
From Year=1922 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 21 169 492 761 969 910 553 234 20 1 4132
40 S 0 2 23 192 684 1446 2415 3324 3877 4111 4131 4132 4132
45 M 0 0 8 95 352 612 814 755 409 136 6 0 3186
45 S 0 0 8 103 454 1066 1880 2635 3044 3180 3185 3186 3186
50 M 0 0 3 46 228 464 659 600 279 69 1 0 2348
50 S 0 0 3 49 277 741 1400 2000 2279 2348 2348 2348 2348
55 M 0 0 1 19 130 322 504 446 170 29 0 0 1620
55 S 0 0 1 19 149 471 975 1421 1591 1620 1620 1620 1620
60 M 0 0 0 6 63 195 352 299 90 9 0 0 1014
60 S 0 0 0 6 69 264 616 915 1005 1014 1014 1014 1014
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 20 126 306 472 627 581 350 172 22 1 2679
50 S 0 2 22 148 454 926 1552 2134 2483 2655 2677 2679 2679
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