MEDINA, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(325798) MEDINA
From Year=1905 To Year=2010
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 20 26 363 682 755 805 496 251 -99 0 -99
40 S 0 0 20 47 409 1091 1846 2651 3147 3398 -99 -99 -99
45 M 0 0 3 3 211 532 600 650 371 159 -99 0 -99
45 S 0 0 3 6 217 749 1349 1999 2369 2528 -99 -99 -99
50 M 0 0 0 0 87 382 445 495 262 81 -99 0 -99
50 S 0 0 0 0 87 469 915 1409 1671 1752 -99 -99 -99
55 M 0 0 0 0 22 242 291 345 173 21 -99 0 -99
55 S 0 0 0 0 22 264 555 900 1072 1093 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 128 148 216 100 0 -99 0 -99
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 128 276 492 592 592 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 27 50 306 434 499 534 402 252 -99 0 -99
50 S 0 0 27 77 383 816 1315 1849 2251 2503 -99 -99 -99
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