BRIMSON 1E, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(210989) BRIMSON 1 E
From Year=1948 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	0	15	71	311	579	728	668	405	114	11	0	2901
40 S	0	0	15	86	396	975	1704	2372	2776	2890	2901	2901	2901
45 M	0	0	5	31	191	431	573	513	268	55	4	0	2071
45 S	0	0	5	36	226	657	1230	1744	2012	2067	2071	2071	2071
50 M	0	0	2	11	103	291	419	361	157	24	0	0	1368
50 S	0	0	2	13	117	408	827	1187	1344	1368	1368	1368	1368
55 M	0	0	1	4	50	172	271	219	79	8	0	0	803
55 S	0	0	1	4	55	227	498	716	796	803	803	803	803
60 M	0	0	0	1	20	82	146	109	33	2	0	0	392
60 S	0	0	0	1	21	102	248	358	390	392	392	392	392

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	0	15	74	226	369	464	431	260	86	8	0	1933
50 S	0	0	16	89	316	684	1149	1580	1839	1925	1933	1933	1933

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