CARPENTER 3N, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(481547) CARPENTER
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 14 22 61 191 440 709 946 893 596 295 64 18 4249
40 S 14 36 97 289 728 1437 2383 3276 3872 4167 4231 4249 4249
45 M 3 6 22 98 296 560 791 738 451 176 23 4 3165
45 S 3 8 30 128 424 984 1775 2512 2963 3138 3161 3165 3165
50 M 0 1 5 39 173 412 636 583 312 85 5 1 2253
50 S 0 1 7 46 219 631 1267 1850 2162 2248 2252 2253 2253
55 M 0 0 1 11 81 272 481 428 190 31 0 0 1494
55 S 0 0 1 12 92 364 845 1274 1463 1494 1494 1494 1494
60 M 0 0 0 1 26 151 329 277 91 7 0 0 881
60 S 0 0 0 2 27 178 506 783 874 881 881 881 881
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 21 33 78 169 300 443 591 563 395 238 74 28 2933
50 S 21 55 132 302 602 1045 1636 2198 2594 2832 2905 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