MOOSE LAKE 1 SSE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(215598) MOOSE LAKE 1 SSE
From Year=1913 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	0	15	118	397	651	867	802	502	213	22	1	3587
40 S	0	0	15	133	530	1181	2047	2850	3351	3564	3586	3587	3587
45 M	0	0	5	57	260	501	712	647	359	117	7	0	2664
45 S	0	0	5	62	322	823	1535	2182	2540	2657	2664	2664	2664
50 M	0	0	2	23	147	355	557	493	230	54	1	0	1862
50 S	0	0	2	25	172	527	1084	1576	1806	1860	1862	1862	1862
55 M	0	0	0	8	70	220	403	342	129	20	0	0	1192
55 S	0	0	0	8	79	299	701	1043	1172	1192	1192	1192	1192
60 M	0	0	0	2	27	112	255	204	62	5	0	0	667
60 S	0	0	0	2	29	141	396	600	662	667	667	667	667

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	0	13	100	269	410	558	513	307	135	14	0	2319
50 S	0	1	14	114	383	793	1351	1863	2170	2305	2318	2319	2319

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