ELLSWORTH 1 E, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(472556) ELLSWORTH 1 E
From Year=1908 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 1 41 215 547 798 970 897 607 303 51 2 4432
40 S 0 1 42 257 804 1602 2572 3469 4076 4379 4430 4432 4432
45 M 0 0 18 125 398 648 815 742 460 189 22 1 3418
45 S 0 0 18 144 542 1190 2005 2747 3207 3395 3417 3418 3418
50 M 0 0 8 65 263 499 660 587 319 104 7 0 2512
50 S 0 0 8 73 335 835 1494 2081 2401 2504 2511 2512 2512
55 M 0 0 3 29 151 354 505 433 197 49 2 0 1722
55 S 0 0 3 32 183 537 1042 1474 1671 1720 1722 1722 1722
60 M 0 0 1 11 74 220 351 283 105 19 0 0 1064
60 S 0 0 1 12 86 305 656 940 1045 1064 1064 1064 1064
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 26 138 329 508 646 586 367 179 28 1 2809
50 S 0 1 27 166 494 1002 1648 2234 2601 2780 2808 2809 2809
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