ABERNATHY, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(410012) ABERNATHY
From Year=1943 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 105 139 344 544 840 1097 1169 1173 909 606 271 104 7302
40 S 105 244 588 1132 1972 3069 4238 5411 6320 6926 7198 7302 7302
45 M 43 70 218 400 686 947 1014 1018 759 460 160 46 5821
45 S 43 113 331 731 1417 2364 3378 4396 5155 5615 5775 5821 5821
50 M 12 28 119 268 533 797 859 863 609 321 78 15 4501
50 S 12 40 159 427 959 1757 2615 3478 4088 4408 4486 4501 4501
55 M 1 7 56 155 384 647 704 708 460 198 28 2 3350
55 S 1 9 64 220 604 1251 1955 2662 3123 3320 3348 3350 3350
60 M 0 1 20 72 249 497 549 553 315 99 6 0 2361
60 S 0 1 21 93 342 839 1388 1941 2256 2355 2361 2361 2361
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 136 146 264 363 525 715 782 780 584 393 222 122 5033
50 S 136 283 547 909 1435 2150 2932 3712 4296 4689 4911 5033 5033
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