KIMBALL 2NE, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(254440) KIMBALL
From Year=1893 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 12 22 72 213 474 756 989 933 620 299 68 16 4475
40 S 12 34 106 319 793 1549 2538 3471 4091 4390 4459 4475 4475
45 M 2 5 28 119 331 606 834 778 475 181 25 4 3387
45 S 2 7 35 153 484 1090 1924 2702 3177 3359 3383 3387 3387
50 M 0 1 8 54 205 458 679 623 337 90 5 0 2461
50 S 0 1 8 62 267 726 1405 2028 2365 2455 2460 2461 2461
55 M 0 0 2 18 107 317 525 469 212 34 0 0 1683
55 S 0 0 2 20 126 443 968 1437 1649 1683 1683 1683 1683
60 M 0 0 0 4 42 191 372 317 111 8 0 0 1045
60 S 0 0 0 4 46 237 608 925 1036 1045 1045 1045 1045
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 23 36 84 174 307 467 622 587 405 240 83 29 3056
50 S 23 59 143 317 624 1091 1713 2299 2704 2944 3027 3056 3056
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