WADENA 3 S, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(218579) WADENA 3 S
From Year=1893 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 16 142 451 713 901 832 506 215 21 0 3798
40 S 0 0 16 158 609 1323 2223 3055 3561 3776 3798 3798 3798
45 M 0 0 6 74 312 564 746 677 364 123 7 0 2872
45 S 0 0 6 80 393 956 1702 2379 2743 2865 2872 2872 2872
50 M 0 0 2 34 194 415 591 522 237 61 1 0 2057
50 S 0 0 2 35 229 645 1236 1758 1994 2055 2057 2057 2057
55 M 0 0 0 13 105 275 436 369 135 25 0 0 1359
55 S 0 0 0 13 118 393 830 1199 1334 1359 1359 1359 1359
60 M 0 0 0 4 47 154 286 228 67 8 0 0 794
60 S 0 0 0 4 51 206 492 720 786 794 794 794 794
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 12 101 276 437 582 527 303 135 15 0 2388
50 S 0 0 13 113 389 826 1408 1935 2237 2372 2388 2388 2388
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