VALENTINE MILLER FLD, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(258760) VALENTINE WSO AP
From Year=1948 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 7 18 75 236 543 830 1071 1008 655 311 65 8 4825
40 S 7 24 99 335 877 1707 2777 3785 4441 4751 4817 4825 4825
45 M 1 5 35 142 395 680 916 853 509 195 27 2 3758
45 S 1 6 41 182 577 1257 2172 3025 3534 3729 3756 3758 3758
50 M 0 1 13 75 260 531 761 698 370 106 8 0 2824
50 S 0 1 14 90 350 881 1642 2340 2710 2816 2824 2824 2824
55 M 0 0 4 34 151 385 606 543 245 48 2 0 2018
55 S 0 0 4 38 189 574 1180 1723 1968 2017 2018 2018 2018
60 M 0 0 1 13 73 250 452 391 145 18 0 0 1343
60 S 0 0 1 14 87 337 789 1181 1325 1343 1343 1343 1343
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 28 76 173 335 520 687 645 417 232 73 19 3220
50 S 15 43 119 292 627 1147 1834 2479 2896 3128 3201 3220 3220
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