BRAVO, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(411033) BRAVO
From Year=1941 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	70	108	266	468	744	983	1143	1091	839	536	211	76	6535
40 S	70	178	444	912	1655	2639	3781	4873	5712	6249	6460	6535	6535
45 M	24	47	157	330	590	833	988	936	690	390	117	28	5130
45 S	24	72	228	558	1148	1981	2969	3905	4595	4985	5102	5130	5130
50 M	5	15	76	205	438	683	833	781	541	254	51	7	3889
50 S	5	20	96	301	739	1422	2255	3036	3577	3831	3882	3889	3889
55 M	0	3	28	106	293	534	678	626	395	140	15	1	2818
55 S	0	3	31	136	430	963	1641	2267	2662	2802	2817	2818	2818
60 M	0	0	6	40	166	385	523	471	258	60	2	0	1912
60 S	0	0	6	46	212	597	1120	1591	1850	1909	1912	1912	1912

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	96	125	236	339	474	623	738	710	537	369	186	97	4530
50 S	96	220	457	795	1270	1893	2630	3341	3878	4247	4433	4530	4530

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