PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(326857) PARK RIVER
From Year=1903 To Year=1995
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 1 12 146 465 722 912 856 525 224 17 1 3881
40 S 0 1 12 159 623 1345 2258 3113 3639 3863 3880 3881 3881
45 M 0 0 4 77 327 572 757 701 383 128 5 0 2955
45 S 0 0 4 81 408 980 1738 2439 2822 2950 2955 2955 2955
50 M 0 0 1 37 208 424 603 546 255 62 1 0 2137
50 S 0 0 1 38 246 670 1273 1818 2074 2136 2137 2137 2137
55 M 0 0 0 15 117 284 448 393 150 25 0 0 1432
55 S 0 0 0 15 132 416 864 1257 1407 1432 1432 1432 1432
60 M 0 0 0 5 56 163 297 249 74 7 0 0 851
60 S 0 0 0 5 61 224 521 770 844 851 851 851 851
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 10 108 301 448 588 542 325 148 13 1 2484
50 S 0 1 11 119 419 867 1455 1997 2322 2470 2483 2484 2484
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