CENTENNIAL 1 NE, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(481610) CENTENNIAL 1 N
From Year=1899 To Year=2007
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 1 7 58 220 462 679 618 378 145 17 2 2588
40 S 1 2 9 67 287 749 1428 2047 2424 2569 2586 2588 2588
45 M 0 0 1 18 113 317 524 463 242 60 2 0 1740
45 S 0 0 1 18 131 448 972 1436 1677 1737 1740 1740 1740
50 M 0 0 0 3 41 186 369 310 125 15 0 0 1049
50 S 0 0 0 3 44 230 600 909 1034 1049 1049 1049 1049
55 M 0 0 0 0 8 83 219 164 43 2 0 0 518
55 S 0 0 0 0 8 90 309 473 517 518 518 518 518
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 22 90 52 9 0 0 0 173
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 22 112 164 173 173 173 173 173
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 8 54 165 306 427 389 260 119 17 1 1747
50 S 0 2 9 63 228 534 961 1350 1610 1729 1746 1747 1747
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