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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(478951) WAUPACA
From Year=1895 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 35 201 531 791 970 896 619 305 52 2 4403
40 S 0 1 36 237 768 1559 2529 3425 4043 4348 4400 4403 4403
45 M 0 0 16 116 383 641 815 741 471 188 21 1 3393
45 S 0 0 16 132 515 1156 1971 2712 3183 3371 3392 3393 3393
50 M 0 0 7 59 251 492 660 586 330 101 7 0 2494
50 S 0 0 7 66 318 810 1470 2056 2386 2487 2494 2494 2494
55 M 0 0 3 27 146 348 505 432 207 46 2 0 1713
55 S 0 0 3 30 175 523 1028 1459 1666 1712 1713 1713 1713
60 M 0 0 1 11 72 216 351 282 112 16 0 0 1063
60 S 0 0 1 12 84 301 652 934 1046 1062 1063 1063 1063
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 25 133 326 503 638 582 378 180 29 1 2797
50 S 0 1 26 159 485 988 1626 2208 2586 2766 2796 2797 2797
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