OSHKOSH, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(256385) OSHKOSH 1 W
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 6 20 92 272 561 835 1068 995 678 343 63 9 4942
40 S 6 26 118 390 951 1786 2854 3849 4527 4870 4934 4942 4942
45 M 1 5 39 163 411 685 913 840 530 216 20 2 3824
45 S 1 5 44 207 618 1303 2216 3056 3586 3802 3823 3824 3824
50 M 0 1 12 83 274 536 758 685 387 114 4 0 2854
50 S 0 1 13 95 370 906 1664 2349 2736 2850 2854 2854 2854
55 M 0 0 3 33 161 390 603 531 255 46 0 0 2021
55 S 0 0 3 36 197 587 1190 1720 1975 2021 2021 2021 2021
60 M 0 0 0 9 77 253 448 377 144 12 0 0 1322
60 S 0 0 0 9 86 339 788 1165 1310 1322 1322 1322 1322
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 19 40 105 211 355 525 689 639 440 271 89 25 3408
50 S 19 59 164 375 730 1255 1943 2583 3022 3293 3382 3408 3408
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