HUTCHINSON 1 N, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(213962) HUTCHINSON 1 N
From Year=1893 To Year=2009
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 35 225 571 828 998 915 619 291 39 1 4525
40 S 0 2 37 262 834 1662 2660 3575 4194 4484 4524 4525 4525
45 M 0 0 14 133 422 678 843 760 472 180 15 0 3519
45 S 0 0 14 148 570 1248 2091 2851 3323 3503 3519 3519 3519
50 M 0 0 5 70 286 529 688 605 334 99 5 0 2621
50 S 0 0 5 75 361 890 1578 2183 2517 2616 2621 2621 2621
55 M 0 0 1 32 172 382 533 451 211 46 1 0 1830
55 S 0 0 1 34 206 588 1121 1572 1783 1830 1830 1830 1830
60 M 0 0 0 12 89 245 379 301 116 17 0 0 1160
60 S 0 0 0 12 102 347 726 1027 1143 1160 1160 1160 1160
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 24 140 343 530 666 598 378 175 25 1 2881
50 S 0 2 25 165 508 1038 1704 2302 2680 2855 2880 2881 2881
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