EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(472314) EAGLE RIVER
From Year=1939 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 23 99 390 699 837 776 480 184 20 0 3509
40 S 0 0 24 122 512 1211 2048 2825 3305 3488 3509 3509 3509
45 M 0 0 10 47 260 550 682 621 338 99 6 0 2614
45 S 0 0 10 58 317 867 1549 2170 2509 2608 2614 2614 2614
50 M 0 0 4 19 153 404 527 466 213 48 1 0 1836
50 S 0 0 4 23 176 580 1107 1573 1787 1835 1836 1836 1836
55 M 0 0 2 6 76 270 374 316 118 21 0 0 1182
55 S 0 0 2 8 84 353 728 1043 1161 1182 1182 1182 1182
60 M 0 0 1 2 32 154 229 180 55 6 0 0 658
60 S 0 0 1 2 34 189 418 598 652 658 658 658 658
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 17 79 242 435 533 484 276 105 10 0 2182
50 S 0 1 18 97 339 774 1307 1791 2067 2172 2182 2182 2182
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