NORTH PELICAN, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(476122) NORTH PELICAN
From Year=1948 To Year=2004
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 12 121 415 646 792 723 439 197 21 1 3366
40 S 0 1 13 133 548 1194 1986 2708 3147 3344 3365 3366 3366
45 M 0 0 4 63 279 496 637 568 298 110 7 0 2462
45 S 0 0 4 67 346 842 1479 2047 2344 2455 2462 2462 2462
50 M 0 0 1 30 167 350 482 413 179 53 2 0 1677
50 S 0 0 1 31 198 548 1030 1443 1622 1675 1677 1677 1677
55 M 0 0 0 13 88 217 329 265 93 20 0 0 1025
55 S 0 0 0 13 101 318 646 912 1004 1024 1025 1025 1025
60 M 0 0 0 5 38 112 188 140 40 6 0 0 528
60 S 0 0 0 5 42 154 342 483 522 528 528 528 528
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 12 97 278 398 503 446 250 118 13 1 2114
50 S 0 1 13 109 387 785 1288 1733 1983 2101 2114 2114 2114
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