HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(394007) HOT SPRINGS
From Year=1894 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 9 19 81 234 504 778 1032 978 650 324 66 13 4688
40 S 9 28 109 344 847 1625 2657 3635 4285 4610 4676 4688 4688
45 M 1 4 34 134 357 628 877 823 504 202 23 3 3591
45 S 1 6 40 174 531 1159 2036 2859 3363 3565 3588 3591 3591
50 M 0 1 11 64 226 480 722 668 364 105 6 0 2647
50 S 0 1 12 76 302 782 1503 2171 2535 2641 2646 2647 2647
55 M 0 0 2 23 123 336 567 514 237 42 1 0 1846
55 S 0 0 2 25 149 485 1052 1565 1802 1845 1845 1846 1846
60 M 0 0 0 6 55 207 413 362 133 11 0 0 1187
60 S 0 0 0 6 61 268 682 1043 1176 1187 1187 1187 1187
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 14 29 91 189 327 484 645 610 429 255 75 18 3167
50 S 14 44 135 324 651 1134 1780 2390 2819 3073 3148 3167 3167
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