HANSBORO 4 NNE, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(323963) HANSBORO 4 NNE
From Year=1908 To Year=2011
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 7 114 387 637 820 762 445 165 11 0 3351
40 S 0 0 7 122 509 1146 1966 2729 3174 3339 3350 3351 3351
45 M 0 0 2 56 259 488 665 607 310 87 3 0 2479
45 S 0 0 2 58 317 805 1471 2078 2388 2475 2479 2479 2479
50 M 0 0 0 24 154 343 511 453 194 39 1 0 1719
50 S 0 0 0 24 178 522 1032 1486 1680 1719 1719 1719 1719
55 M 0 0 0 8 79 213 358 306 105 14 0 0 1083
55 S 0 0 0 8 88 300 658 964 1069 1083 1083 1083 1083
60 M 0 0 0 2 34 110 215 176 48 3 0 0 588
60 S 0 0 0 2 36 146 361 537 585 588 588 588 588
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 7 91 257 392 519 480 289 125 13 0 2174
50 S 0 0 7 98 355 747 1267 1747 2036 2161 2174 2174 2174
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