VALLEY CITY 3 NNW, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(328937) VALLEY CITY 3 NNW
From Year=1893 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 1 16 150 462 722 922 854 523 213 17 0 3880
40 S 0 1 17 167 629 1351 2272 3127 3650 3863 3880 3880 3880
45 M 0 0 5 81 323 572 767 699 382 119 4 0 2953
45 S 0 0 5 86 410 982 1749 2448 2830 2949 2953 2953 2953
50 M 0 0 1 39 203 424 612 545 253 58 1 0 2136
50 S 0 0 1 40 244 668 1280 1824 2078 2136 2136 2136 2136
55 M 0 0 0 16 112 284 457 392 148 23 0 0 1432
55 S 0 0 0 16 128 412 869 1260 1409 1432 1432 1432 1432
60 M 0 0 0 5 52 162 306 249 75 7 0 0 856
60 S 0 0 0 5 57 219 525 774 849 856 856 856 856
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 15 117 296 447 595 545 333 153 18 1 2522
50 S 0 1 16 133 429 876 1472 2017 2350 2503 2521 2522 2522
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