GAYLORD, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(213076) GAYLORD
From Year=1956 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	2	42	235	594	861	1026	936	632	310	44	2	4684
40 S	0	2	44	279	873	1734	2760	3696	4327	4638	4682	4684	4684
45 M	0	0	19	141	444	711	871	781	483	195	17	1	3662
45 S	0	0	19	160	604	1314	2186	2966	3450	3645	3662	3662	3662
50 M	0	0	7	75	305	561	716	626	342	108	5	0	2745
50 S	0	0	7	83	388	949	1665	2291	2632	2740	2745	2745	2745
55 M	0	0	3	36	187	413	561	471	216	52	1	0	1940
55 S	0	0	3	38	225	638	1200	1671	1887	1939	1940	1940	1940
60 M	0	0	1	14	99	272	407	319	117	20	0	0	1249
60 S	0	0	1	14	113	385	792	1111	1228	1249	1249	1249	1249

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	1	27	144	354	553	687	614	382	184	26	1	2974
50 S	0	2	29	173	528	1080	1767	2381	2763	2947	2973	2974	2974

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