ARTICHOKE LAKE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(210287) ARTICHOKE LAKE
From Year=1917 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 1 27 193 541 800 990 919 609 285 32 1 4400
40 S 0 1 29 222 763 1563 2553 3472 4081 4367 4399 4400 4400
45 M 0 0 10 109 395 650 835 764 462 175 11 0 3413
45 S 0 0 11 120 515 1165 2000 2764 3226 3402 3412 3413 3413
50 M 0 0 4 54 262 501 680 609 323 95 3 0 2531
50 S 0 0 4 58 320 821 1501 2110 2434 2528 2531 2531 2531
55 M 0 0 1 23 153 355 525 455 202 42 1 0 1756
55 S 0 0 1 24 177 533 1058 1512 1714 1756 1756 1756 1756
60 M 0 0 0 8 76 221 371 305 109 15 0 0 1106
60 S 0 0 0 8 85 306 677 982 1091 1106 1106 1106 1106
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 20 123 323 505 655 597 368 171 22 1 2788
50 S 0 2 22 144 468 973 1628 2225 2594 2764 2787 2788 2788
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