KENTON, OKLAHOMA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(344766) KENTON
From Year=1900 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	50	85	208	426	715	981	1167	1118	857	526	184	59	6376
40 S	50	135	343	768	1483	2464	3631	4749	5606	6132	6317	6376	6376
45 M	16	35	114	292	561	831	1012	963	708	380	93	21	5026
45 S	16	51	165	457	1018	1850	2862	3824	4532	4912	5005	5026	5026
50 M	4	10	49	176	411	681	857	808	560	246	35	4	3843
50 S	4	14	64	240	651	1333	2190	2997	3557	3803	3838	3843	3843
55 M	1	2	15	88	271	532	702	653	415	134	9	0	2822
55 S	1	3	18	106	377	909	1611	2264	2679	2812	2822	2822	2822
60 M	0	0	3	33	152	386	547	498	278	57	1	0	1955
60 S	0	0	3	36	188	574	1121	1619	1897	1953	1955	1955	1955

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	86	111	195	302	451	619	744	718	548	371	185	93	4422
50 S	86	197	392	694	1145	1763	2507	3225	3774	4145	4329	4422	4422

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