BORGER, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(410955) BORGER
From Year=1944 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	101	152	294	539	841	1095	1251	1224	955	668	272	126	7517
40 S	101	253	546	1086	1926	3022	4272	5496	6451	7119	7391	7517	7517
45 M	44	80	183	402	686	945	1096	1069	805	515	160	57	6043
45 S	44	125	308	710	1396	2341	3437	4505	5311	5826	5986	6043	6043
50 M	16	32	97	275	532	795	941	914	656	369	79	21	4727
50 S	16	48	145	420	952	1748	2688	3602	4258	4627	4706	4727	4727
55 M	3	9	41	168	383	645	786	759	507	236	29	7	3573
55 S	3	13	54	222	605	1250	2036	2795	3302	3537	3567	3573	3573
60 M	0	2	12	85	247	497	631	604	363	129	7	1	2579
60 S	0	3	14	99	347	844	1475	2079	2442	2570	2577	2579	2579

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	104	129	220	348	525	706	819	796	612	423	201	118	5002
50 S	104	233	454	801	1326	2033	2852	3648	4260	4683	4884	5002	5002

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