LARAMIE 2, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(485411) LARAMIE 2
From Year=1962 To Year=1976
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 3 6 23 82 303 541 789 719 425 206 30 3 3129
40 S 3 9 32 113 416 957 1747 2466 2890 3097 3127 3129 3129
45 M 0 1 5 30 177 394 634 564 288 106 5 0 2204
45 S 0 1 6 36 213 606 1241 1805 2093 2199 2204 2204 2204
50 M 0 0 0 7 83 255 480 410 166 39 0 0 1441
50 S 0 0 0 7 91 346 825 1235 1401 1441 1441 1441 1441
55 M 0 0 0 1 27 139 327 260 69 7 0 0 828
55 S 0 0 0 1 27 166 493 753 822 828 828 828 828
60 M 0 0 0 0 5 57 179 123 12 1 0 0 376
60 S 0 0 0 0 5 61 240 363 376 376 376 376 376
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 21 67 199 330 497 447 270 151 26 2 2014
50 S 1 4 25 92 291 621 1118 1565 1835 1986 2012 2014 2014
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