MORRIS WC EXP STN, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(215638) MORRIS WC EXP STN
From Year=1886 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 25 184 510 782 956 886 572 258 29 1 4203
40 S 0 1 26 210 720 1502 2457 3343 3915 4173 4202 4203 4203
45 M 0 0 10 104 367 632 801 731 427 156 10 0 3238
45 S 0 0 10 114 481 1113 1914 2644 3072 3228 3237 3238 3238
50 M 0 0 3 52 240 483 646 576 293 83 2 0 2379
50 S 0 0 3 55 296 779 1424 2000 2293 2376 2379 2379 2379
55 M 0 0 1 22 139 339 491 422 179 37 0 0 1631
55 S 0 0 1 23 162 502 993 1415 1594 1631 1631 1631 1631
60 M 0 0 0 7 69 210 339 276 96 13 0 0 1009
60 S 0 0 0 7 76 286 625 901 996 1009 1009 1009 1009
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 19 121 304 490 628 570 347 163 22 1 2665
50 S 0 1 20 141 445 934 1562 2132 2479 2642 2664 2665 2665
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