LITTLE FALLS 1 N, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(214793) LITTLE FALLS 1 N
From Year=1895 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 1 24 185 511 775 968 889 577 265 30 1 4225
40 S 0 1 25 210 722 1496 2464 3353 3930 4195 4224 4225 4225
45 M 0 0 10 105 366 625 813 734 431 158 10 0 3252
45 S 0 0 10 115 481 1106 1918 2652 3083 3242 3252 3252 3252
50 M 0 0 4 53 238 475 658 579 294 82 3 0 2385
50 S 0 0 4 56 294 770 1427 2006 2301 2382 2385 2385 2385
55 M 0 0 1 22 136 331 503 425 178 34 0 0 1630
55 S 0 0 1 23 159 490 992 1417 1595 1630 1630 1630 1630
60 M 0 0 0 7 65 200 350 278 92 12 0 0 1004
60 S 0 0 0 7 73 273 622 900 992 1004 1004 1004 1004
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 19 130 321 491 636 576 355 166 20 1 2715
50 S 0 1 19 149 470 961 1597 2173 2528 2694 2714 2715 2715
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