BIG SPRINGS, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(250865) BIG SPRINGS
From Year=1916 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 10 25 101 277 562 845 1083 1019 684 354 75 13 5048
40 S 10 35 136 413 975 1820 2903 3922 4607 4960 5036 5048 5048
45 M 1 7 46 167 413 696 928 864 537 226 28 2 3915
45 S 1 8 55 222 635 1330 2258 3122 3659 3885 3913 3915 3915
50 M 0 1 16 86 275 547 773 709 393 123 7 0 2931
50 S 0 1 17 103 378 925 1698 2407 2800 2924 2930 2931 2931
55 M 0 0 4 35 160 402 618 554 261 54 1 0 2089
55 S 0 0 4 39 199 601 1219 1773 2034 2088 2089 2089 2089
60 M 0 0 1 10 75 266 464 401 150 16 0 0 1383
60 S 0 0 1 11 86 352 816 1217 1366 1383 1383 1383 1383
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 24 42 107 209 349 528 694 651 438 268 93 30 3433
50 S 24 67 173 382 731 1259 1953 2604 3042 3310 3403 3433 3433
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