DELL CITY 5 SSW, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(412354) DELL CITY 5 SSW
From Year=1979 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 135 234 445 658 960 1175 1270 1215 974 696 321 137 8221
40 S 135 369 815 1472 2433 3608 4878 6093 7067 7764 8084 8221 8221
45 M 50 127 301 510 805 1025 1115 1060 824 544 195 55 6612
45 S 50 177 478 988 1793 2818 3933 4993 5818 6362 6557 6612 6612
50 M 11 52 176 367 650 875 960 905 675 395 98 14 5179
50 S 11 64 240 607 1257 2132 3092 3997 4672 5066 5164 5179 5179
55 M 2 14 82 234 496 725 805 750 525 253 35 2 3924
55 S 2 16 98 332 828 1553 2358 3108 3633 3887 3922 3924 3924
60 M 0 2 25 123 344 575 650 595 378 133 8 0 2834
60 S 0 3 28 151 495 1070 1720 2315 2693 2827 2834 2834 2834
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 169 218 353 457 594 699 785 762 614 469 279 160 5559
50 S 169 387 740 1197 1791 2491 3276 4038 4652 5121 5400 5559 5559
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