CHURCH BUTTES GAS PL, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(481736) CHURCH BUTTES GAS PLT
From Year=1891 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 19 91 313 579 856 796 486 197 21 1 3360
40 S 0 2 21 112 424 1004 1860 2655 3141 3338 3359 3360 3360
45 M 0 0 5 37 190 432 701 641 345 102 4 0 2456
45 S 0 0 5 41 231 663 1364 2005 2350 2452 2456 2456 2456
50 M 0 0 1 11 95 294 546 486 216 41 0 0 1690
50 S 0 0 1 11 107 401 947 1433 1649 1689 1690 1690 1690
55 M 0 0 0 2 36 174 392 334 109 10 0 0 1057
55 S 0 0 0 2 37 211 603 937 1047 1057 1057 1057 1057
60 M 0 0 0 0 8 83 241 191 38 1 0 0 562
60 S 0 0 0 0 8 91 332 523 561 562 562 562 562
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 19 81 218 374 553 514 322 149 20 1 2252
50 S 0 1 20 101 319 693 1247 1760 2082 2231 2251 2252 2252
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