BOOTLEG CORNER, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(410947) BOOTLEG CORNER
From Year=1976 To Year=1982
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	53	111	239	418	696	1018	1163	1070	882	525	222	120	6517
40 S	53	163	402	821	1516	2534	3697	4767	5649	6175	6397	6517	6517
45 M	14	50	134	281	541	868	1008	915	732	379	152	51	5125
45 S	14	64	198	479	1019	1887	2895	3810	4542	4922	5074	5125	5125
50 M	2	15	52	166	386	718	853	760	582	243	86	12	3876
50 S	2	17	68	235	621	1338	2191	2952	3534	3777	3863	3876	3876
55 M	0	2	14	82	239	568	698	605	433	133	35	1	2808
55 S	0	2	15	97	336	904	1602	2207	2641	2773	2808	2808	2808
60 M	0	0	3	26	116	422	543	450	289	54	7	0	1910
60 S	0	0	3	29	145	566	1109	1560	1849	1903	1910	1910	1910

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	80	126	218	301	438	624	741	702	557	355	182	139	4462
50 S	80	207	424	725	1163	1787	2528	3230	3786	4141	4323	4462	4462

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