CANBY, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(211263) CANBY
From Year=1916 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	1	4	43	228	568	846	1050	974	656	330	51	3	4755
40 S	1	5	48	277	845	1690	2741	3715	4371	4701	4752	4755	4755
45 M	0	1	20	137	421	696	895	819	508	214	21	1	3733
45 S	0	1	20	158	579	1274	2170	2989	3497	3711	3733	3733	3733
50 M	0	0	8	74	287	546	740	664	368	124	7	0	2818
50 S	0	0	8	83	369	916	1656	2320	2688	2811	2818	2818	2818
55 M	0	0	3	35	175	400	585	509	242	61	2	0	2012
55 S	0	0	3	38	213	613	1198	1708	1949	2011	2012	2012	2012
60 M	0	0	1	14	93	263	431	358	141	25	0	0	1326
60 S	0	0	1	15	107	370	801	1159	1301	1325	1326	1326	1326

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	1	4	33	152	347	539	694	636	407	207	37	3	3060
50 S	1	5	38	190	537	1075	1769	2406	2813	3020	3057	3060	3060

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