LAKE WILSON, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(214534) LAKE WILSON
From Year=1973 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 49 228 566 827 1004 911 626 286 54 1 4556
40 S 1 5 54 282 848 1674 2679 3590 4215 4502 4555 4556 4556
45 M 0 1 22 137 418 677 849 756 479 175 24 0 3538
45 S 0 1 23 160 579 1255 2104 2860 3339 3514 3538 3538 3538
50 M 0 0 9 73 283 527 694 601 340 94 8 0 2629
50 S 0 0 9 82 365 892 1587 2187 2527 2621 2629 2629 2629
55 M 0 0 3 35 170 381 539 446 217 43 2 0 1836
55 S 0 0 3 38 208 589 1128 1575 1792 1834 1836 1836 1836
60 M 0 0 1 14 86 243 386 297 120 16 0 0 1163
60 S 0 0 1 15 101 344 729 1026 1146 1162 1163 1163 1163
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 4 35 148 341 527 670 595 388 178 35 1 2923
50 S 1 5 40 187 528 1055 1726 2321 2709 2887 2921 2923 2923
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