BAYFIELD 6 N, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(470603) BAYFIELD 6 N
From Year=1893 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 1 12 110 356 621 843 809 528 246 30 2 3557
40 S 0 1 13 123 478 1099 1942 2751 3279 3525 3556 3557 3557
45 M 0 0 4 54 223 472 688 654 382 139 10 0 2626
45 S 0 0 4 58 281 753 1441 2095 2477 2616 2626 2626 2626
50 M 0 0 1 24 123 328 534 499 247 66 3 0 1824
50 S 0 0 1 25 148 476 1010 1509 1755 1822 1824 1824 1824
55 M 0 0 0 9 59 200 380 346 138 26 0 0 1159
55 S 0 0 0 9 68 269 649 995 1133 1158 1159 1159 1159
60 M 0 0 0 2 24 103 235 206 64 8 0 0 643
60 S 0 0 0 3 26 129 365 570 635 643 643 643 643
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 9 73 212 371 533 504 291 124 14 1 2134
50 S 0 1 10 83 295 666 1199 1703 1994 2119 2133 2134 2134
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