GREAT BARRINGTON 2N, MASSACHUSETTS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(193213) GREAT BARRINGTON ARPT
From Year=1973 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 4 7 45 176 483 724 886 824 542 235 81 14 4021
40 S 4 11 56 232 715 1439 2325 3150 3692 3926 4007 4021 4021
45 M 1 2 20 92 336 574 731 669 394 131 36 5 2992
45 S 1 3 22 115 451 1025 1756 2425 2820 2951 2987 2992 2992
50 M 0 0 8 43 206 426 576 514 258 62 14 1 2108
50 S 0 1 8 51 257 682 1258 1773 2031 2093 2107 2108 2108
55 M 0 0 3 18 109 284 422 361 147 23 3 0 1371
55 S 0 0 3 21 131 414 836 1197 1345 1368 1371 1371 1371
60 M 0 0 1 7 48 161 271 217 69 6 0 0 781
60 S 0 0 1 8 56 217 488 705 774 780 781 781 781
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 7 37 126 299 455 575 530 338 161 52 10 2596
50 S 4 11 48 174 473 928 1504 2034 2372 2533 2585 2596 2596
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