SUTTON 1 W, ALASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(508915) SUTTON 2 E
From Year=1978 To Year=2011
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 0 1 31 212 415 531 462 209 24 1 0 1886
40 S 0 0 1 32 245 659 1190 1652 1861 1885 1886 1886 1886
45 M 0 0 0 6 91 265 376 307 91 4 0 0 1140
45 S 0 0 0 6 97 362 738 1045 1136 1140 1140 1140 1140
50 M 0 0 0 1 27 126 222 158 21 1 0 0 556
50 S 0 0 0 1 28 154 376 534 555 556 556 556 556
55 M 0 0 0 0 6 38 84 50 1 0 0 0 179
55 S 0 0 0 0 6 44 128 178 179 179 179 179 179
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 6 14 8 0 0 0 0 28
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 7 21 28 28 28 28 28 28
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 1 35 171 254 285 247 117 9 0 0 1119
50 S 0 0 1 35 206 461 746 993 1109 1119 1119 1119 1119
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