REMER 2, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(216849) REMER 2
From Year=1957 To Year=2000
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 11 102 395 649 837 758 446 187 15 0 3401
40 S 0 0 12 114 509 1158 1995 2753 3198 3385 3400 3401 3401
45 M 0 0 4 47 260 499 682 603 305 100 4 0 2504
45 S 0 0 4 51 311 811 1493 2096 2400 2500 2504 2504 2504
50 M 0 0 1 18 150 352 527 448 185 45 0 0 1727
50 S 0 0 1 18 169 521 1048 1496 1682 1726 1727 1727 1727
55 M 0 0 0 5 73 216 374 300 99 16 0 0 1083
55 S 0 0 0 5 79 295 669 969 1067 1083 1083 1083 1083
60 M 0 0 0 1 28 110 228 169 45 4 0 0 584
60 S 0 0 0 1 29 139 367 536 581 584 584 584 584
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 10 85 261 407 539 479 271 119 12 1 2183
50 S 0 0 10 95 356 763 1301 1781 2052 2171 2183 2183 2183
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