TURNER 11 N, MONTANA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(248415) TURNER 11 N
From Year=1985 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 7 36 180 431 649 843 837 511 205 28 2 3732
40 S 2 9 45 225 657 1306 2149 2986 3497 3702 3730 3732 3732
45 M 0 1 11 93 291 499 688 682 369 110 9 0 2755
45 S 0 2 13 106 398 897 1585 2267 2636 2745 2755 2755 2755
50 M 0 0 3 41 170 352 533 528 238 47 2 0 1914
50 S 0 0 3 44 213 565 1099 1627 1865 1912 1914 1914 1914
55 M 0 0 0 14 82 215 380 376 131 16 0 0 1215
55 S 0 0 0 14 96 312 691 1068 1199 1214 1215 1215 1215
60 M 0 0 0 3 32 109 233 236 59 3 0 0 675
60 S 0 0 0 3 35 144 377 613 672 675 675 675 675
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 7 37 147 282 392 526 525 337 156 23 2 2435
50 S 2 9 46 193 474 867 1392 1917 2254 2411 2434 2435 2435
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 Jul 28, 2006
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