HIGH POINT PARK, NEW JERSEY

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(283935) HIGH POINT PARK
From Year=1956 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	3	6	43	196	508	729	900	855	611	314	92	14	4272
40 S	3	10	53	249	757	1486	2386	3241	3853	4166	4259	4272	4272
45 M	1	2	21	111	361	579	745	700	462	193	38	5	3219
45 S	1	3	23	134	496	1075	1819	2520	2982	3176	3214	3219	3219
50 M	0	0	8	57	229	429	590	546	318	104	12	1	2294
50 S	0	0	8	66	295	724	1314	1860	2178	2281	2293	2294	2294
55 M	0	0	2	26	128	287	436	392	190	44	4	0	1508
55 S	0	0	2	29	156	443	878	1270	1460	1504	1508	1508	1508
60 M	0	0	1	11	59	162	285	244	94	12	1	0	870
60 S	0	0	1	11	71	233	518	762	856	869	870	870	870

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	3	29	120	293	445	586	548	357	174	45	7	2609
50 S	2	5	34	154	447	891	1478	2025	2382	2556	2601	2609	2609

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