CODDINGTON 1 E, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(471708) CODDINGTON EXP FARM
From Year=1921 To Year=1984
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	21	160	456	704	865	797	534	254	42	2	3836
40 S	0	1	22	182	638	1342	2207	3004	3539	3792	3834	3836	3836
45 M	0	0	9	89	315	554	710	642	391	151	17	1	2879
45 S	0	0	9	97	413	967	1677	2319	2711	2861	2878	2879	2879
50 M	0	0	3	45	197	406	555	488	262	77	6	0	2039
50 S	0	0	3	47	244	650	1206	1694	1956	2033	2039	2039	2039
55 M	0	0	1	20	108	268	401	339	157	34	1	0	1329
55 S	0	0	1	21	129	397	798	1137	1294	1328	1329	1329	1329
60 M	0	0	0	7	51	153	256	203	83	11	0	0	765
60 S	0	0	0	7	58	211	467	670	753	764	765	765	765

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	1	16	117	298	450	567	520	338	162	26	1	2497
50 S	0	1	17	134	433	883	1450	1969	2307	2469	2495	2497	2497

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