SANTIAGO 3 E, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(217502) SANTIAGO 3 E
From Year=1959 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 34 211 537 783 953 870 574 257 34 1 4256
40 S 0 1 36 247 784 1567 2520 3390 3964 4221 4255 4256 4256
45 M 0 0 14 122 388 633 798 715 427 152 13 0 3262
45 S 0 0 15 136 525 1157 1956 2671 3098 3249 3262 3262 3262
50 M 0 0 6 62 254 483 643 560 291 80 4 0 2383
50 S 0 0 6 68 322 805 1448 2008 2299 2379 2383 2383 2383
55 M 0 0 2 28 145 337 489 406 176 35 1 0 1618
55 S 0 0 2 29 174 511 1000 1406 1582 1617 1618 1618 1618
60 M 0 0 0 11 71 205 336 260 92 13 0 0 988
60 S 0 0 0 11 82 287 623 882 974 988 988 988 988
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 25 147 338 500 628 564 361 166 22 1 2753
50 S 0 1 26 173 511 1011 1639 2203 2564 2730 2752 2753 2753
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