LA MOURE, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(324937) LA MOURE
From Year=1948 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 26 174 498 760 954 883 543 221 25 1 4085
40 S 0 0 26 201 699 1459 2413 3297 3839 4060 4085 4085 4085
45 M 0 0 10 96 355 611 799 728 399 123 7 0 3127
45 S 0 0 10 105 460 1071 1870 2598 2997 3120 3127 3127 3127
50 M 0 0 3 47 229 462 644 573 267 59 1 0 2285
50 S 0 0 3 50 279 741 1385 1959 2226 2284 2285 2285 2285
55 M 0 0 1 20 128 319 490 420 157 23 0 0 1558
55 S 0 0 1 21 149 468 958 1377 1535 1558 1558 1558 1558
60 M 0 0 0 7 58 191 338 275 80 7 0 0 955
60 S 0 0 0 7 64 256 593 868 948 955 955 955 955
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 24 130 314 479 619 566 345 164 25 2 2670
50 S 0 2 26 156 470 949 1568 2134 2479 2643 2668 2670 2670
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