CASHTON, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(471280) CASHTON
From Year=1949 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 0 3 33 229 561 812 962 898 613 308 57 4 4482
40 S 0 4 37 266 828 1639 2601 3499 4113 4421 4478 4482 4482
45 M 0 1 15 138 412 662 807 743 465 191 24 2 3460
45 S 0 1 16 154 565 1227 2034 2777 3243 3434 3458 3460 3460
50 M 0 0 6 73 274 512 652 588 324 105 8 0 2543
50 S 0 0 6 79 353 865 1517 2105 2429 2534 2542 2543 2543
55 M 0 0 2 34 159 366 497 433 201 48 2 0 1741
55 S 0 0 2 36 195 560 1057 1491 1691 1739 1741 1741 1741
60 M 0 0 0 14 77 229 343 283 108 17 0 0 1072
60 S 0 0 0 14 92 321 664 947 1055 1072 1072 1072 1072
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 20 135 330 518 640 585 363 164 26 2 2785
50 S 0 1 21 157 487 1004 1644 2229 2593 2757 2783 2785 2785
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

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