MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(475335) MENOMONIE SEWAGE PLANT
From Year=1948 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	2	43	236	563	809	984	915	624	308	52	3	4539
40 S	0	2	45	281	844	1653	2637	3552	4176	4484	4536	4539	4539
45 M	0	0	20	137	412	659	829	760	476	191	20	1	3506
45 S	0	0	20	158	570	1229	2058	2818	3294	3485	3505	3506	3506
50 M	0	0	8	72	274	509	674	605	335	104	7	0	2588
50 S	0	0	8	80	354	863	1537	2142	2477	2581	2588	2588	2588
55 M	0	0	3	33	161	362	519	450	211	49	2	0	1790
55 S	0	0	3	36	197	559	1078	1529	1739	1788	1790	1790	1790
60 M	0	0	1	14	80	226	365	300	115	18	0	0	1119
60 S	0	0	1	14	95	321	686	986	1101	1119	1119	1119	1119

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	1	32	162	352	520	653	601	387	189	32	1	2933
50 S	0	2	34	196	548	1068	1722	2323	2710	2899	2931	2933	2933

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