EL DORADO 1 SSW, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(472507) EL DORADO 1 SE
From Year=1939 To Year=1981
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 1 33 206 524 790 950 895 621 343 57 4 4425
40 S 1 2 35 241 765 1554 2504 3400 4021 4364 4421 4425 4425
45 M 0 0 15 119 377 640 795 740 473 219 25 1 3405
45 S 0 0 15 135 512 1152 1947 2687 3160 3379 3404 3405 3405
50 M 0 0 6 63 245 491 640 585 331 122 8 0 2492
50 S 0 0 6 69 314 805 1445 2030 2361 2484 2492 2492 2492
55 M 0 0 1 29 141 346 485 431 206 58 2 0 1699
55 S 0 0 1 30 171 517 1002 1433 1640 1698 1699 1699 1699
60 M 0 0 0 11 70 215 331 282 112 22 0 0 1044
60 S 0 0 0 11 81 296 627 909 1021 1044 1044 1044 1044
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 20 128 320 502 627 582 383 199 29 2 2793
50 S 0 1 21 149 468 970 1597 2180 2562 2762 2791 2793 2793
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