DALTON, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(252145) DALTON
From Year=1913 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 15 29 97 239 502 775 1019 950 639 322 84 21 4691
40 S 15 43 140 379 881 1656 2675 3625 4264 4586 4670 4691 4691
45 M 3 8 44 138 356 625 864 795 493 202 35 5 3568
45 S 3 11 55 192 549 1174 2038 2833 3326 3528 3562 3568 3568
50 M 0 2 15 67 226 477 709 640 353 107 9 1 2606
50 S 0 2 17 84 310 788 1496 2137 2490 2597 2606 2606 2606
55 M 0 0 3 25 122 334 554 486 227 45 1 0 1798
55 S 0 0 4 29 150 485 1039 1525 1752 1797 1798 1798 1798
60 M 0 0 0 6 51 204 400 334 121 13 0 0 1129
60 S 0 0 0 6 57 261 661 995 1116 1129 1129 1129 1129
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 20 37 97 187 319 482 647 603 408 239 83 27 3149
50 S 20 57 154 341 660 1142 1789 2392 2800 3039 3122 3149 3149
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