HUGOTON, KANSAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(143855) HUGOTON 2SE
From Year=1904 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 43 77 208 437 740 1017 1201 1147 862 536 173 46 6489
40 S 43 120 328 765 1505 2523 3724 4871 5733 6269 6442 6489 6489
45 M 14 32 119 305 586 867 1046 992 713 391 90 16 5172
45 S 14 46 165 470 1056 1924 2970 3962 4675 5066 5156 5172 5172
50 M 3 10 58 189 437 717 891 837 565 260 37 4 4009
50 S 3 13 71 260 697 1415 2306 3143 3708 3968 4005 4009 4009
55 M 0 2 23 101 297 568 736 682 421 152 12 1 2994
55 S 0 3 25 127 424 992 1728 2410 2831 2982 2994 2994 2994
60 M 0 0 6 45 178 421 582 527 286 74 3 0 2121
60 S 0 0 7 52 229 650 1231 1758 2044 2118 2121 2121 2121
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 65 90 177 293 457 648 776 742 545 351 151 63 4359
50 S 65 155 332 625 1082 1731 2507 3249 3794 4145 4296 4359 4359
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