GOODWELL RSCH STN, OKLAHOMA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(343628) GOODWELL RESEARCH STN
From Year=1910 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 61 97 238 462 754 1027 1216 1163 893 570 205 61 6746
40 S 61 158 396 858 1613 2639 3855 5018 5910 6480 6685 6746 6746
45 M 23 44 140 326 600 877 1061 1008 743 423 113 21 5379
45 S 23 67 207 533 1133 2010 3071 4078 4822 5245 5358 5379 5379
50 M 7 15 69 206 450 727 906 853 595 288 50 5 4171
50 S 7 22 91 297 747 1474 2379 3232 3827 4115 4165 4171 4171
55 M 1 4 27 111 308 578 751 698 450 171 17 1 3115
55 S 1 5 32 143 451 1028 1779 2477 2926 3098 3115 3115 3115
60 M 0 1 7 47 184 430 596 543 311 84 4 0 2208
60 S 0 1 8 56 240 670 1265 1808 2119 2204 2208 2208 2208
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 83 112 210 323 470 648 773 743 566 381 181 81 4571
50 S 83 195 405 728 1198 1847 2620 3363 3929 4310 4491 4571 4571
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