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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299129) HOT SPRINGS CAA AIRPORT
From Year=1951 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	105	176	352	577	854	1123	1224	1153	937	655	280	100	7536
40 S	105	281	633	1210	2064	3187	4411	5564	6501	7156	7436	7536	7536
45 M	37	85	219	429	699	973	1069	998	787	502	159	36	5992
45 S	37	122	342	770	1469	2442	3511	4509	5296	5798	5957	5992	5992
50 M	8	30	113	287	544	823	914	843	637	352	69	8	4629
50 S	8	39	152	438	983	1806	2720	3562	4200	4551	4621	4629	4629
55 M	1	6	46	161	392	673	759	688	488	214	18	1	3447
55 S	1	7	53	214	606	1279	2038	2726	3214	3427	3446	3447	3447
60 M	0	0	11	67	247	523	604	533	340	101	2	0	2429
60 S	0	0	11	78	325	848	1452	1985	2325	2426	2428	2429	2429

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	95	141	248	376	546	715	803	769	613	409	195	91	5000
50 S	95	236	483	859	1405	2120	2923	3693	4305	4714	4909	5000	5000

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