CUMBERLAND, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(471923) CUMBERLAND
From Year=1931 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	0	22	177	516	770	952	880	571	260	32	1	4182
40 S	0	0	23	200	716	1485	2438	3318	3888	4149	4181	4182	4182
45 M	0	0	9	99	370	620	797	725	424	153	12	0	3208
45 S	0	0	9	108	478	1097	1895	2620	3043	3196	3208	3208	3208
50 M	0	0	3	49	239	471	642	570	287	77	3	0	2341
50 S	0	0	3	52	291	762	1404	1974	2261	2338	2341	2341	2341
55 M	0	0	1	20	135	326	488	416	171	31	1	0	1589
55 S	0	0	1	21	156	482	970	1386	1557	1588	1589	1589	1589
60 M	0	0	0	7	64	195	335	268	86	10	0	0	965
60 S	0	0	0	7	71	266	600	868	955	964	965	965	965

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	0	16	119	311	483	629	569	337	149	17	1	2632
50 S	0	0	16	135	447	929	1558	2128	2465	2614	2632	2632	2632

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