SHARON, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(327986) SHARON
From Year=1923 To Year=2002
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 11 136 450 693 890 846 502 203 13 0 3745
40 S 0 0 11 148 597 1290 2180 3026 3528 3731 3744 3745 3745
45 M 0 0 3 72 313 544 735 691 361 113 4 0 2836
45 S 0 0 3 76 389 933 1668 2358 2720 2832 2836 2836 2836
50 M 0 0 1 35 196 396 580 536 236 53 1 0 2034
50 S 0 0 1 36 231 628 1207 1744 1980 2033 2034 2034 2034
55 M 0 0 0 14 107 257 425 384 136 21 0 0 1345
55 S 0 0 0 14 121 379 804 1188 1324 1345 1345 1345 1345
60 M 0 0 0 4 49 140 275 241 68 5 0 0 783
60 S 0 0 0 4 54 193 469 710 778 783 783 783 783
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 9 95 277 422 569 535 304 131 11 0 2355
50 S 0 0 10 105 382 804 1373 1908 2212 2344 2355 2355 2355
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