LODGEPOLE, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(254900) LODGEPOLE
From Year=1894 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 11 26 98 270 552 832 1075 1023 697 370 78 15 5047
40 S 11 36 134 405 957 1789 2864 3887 4584 4954 5032 5047 5047
45 M 1 6 43 161 403 683 920 868 550 239 28 3 3905
45 S 1 8 50 211 615 1297 2217 3086 3635 3874 3902 3905 3905
50 M 0 1 14 81 268 534 765 713 406 131 6 0 2919
50 S 0 1 15 95 363 897 1662 2375 2781 2913 2919 2919 2919
55 M 0 0 3 31 155 389 610 558 273 56 1 0 2076
55 S 0 0 3 35 189 578 1188 1746 2020 2076 2076 2076 2076
60 M 0 0 0 9 73 254 456 404 159 17 0 0 1372
60 S 0 0 0 9 81 335 791 1196 1355 1372 1372 1372 1372
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 25 44 110 216 356 516 674 643 451 288 97 30 3450
50 S 25 69 178 394 750 1266 1940 2583 3035 3323 3420 3450 3450
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