DIMMITT 2 N, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(412464) DIMMITT 2 N
From Year=1959 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 63 100 257 469 758 996 1132 1080 833 535 211 73 6508
40 S 63 163 420 889 1647 2644 3776 4855 5688 6223 6434 6508 6508
45 M 22 45 149 331 604 846 977 925 683 390 116 27 5113
45 S 22 66 215 545 1150 1996 2973 3898 4581 4971 5087 5113 5113
50 M 5 15 72 208 453 696 822 770 536 255 49 6 3887
50 S 5 20 92 300 753 1450 2271 3041 3577 3832 3881 3887 3887
55 M 1 3 27 111 310 547 667 615 391 141 14 1 2827
55 S 1 3 30 141 451 998 1665 2280 2671 2812 2827 2827 2827
60 M 0 0 6 44 184 399 512 460 255 61 2 0 1923
60 S 0 0 6 50 235 633 1145 1605 1860 1921 1923 1923 1923
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 95 121 231 340 480 629 730 698 527 363 187 97 4496
50 S 95 216 447 787 1266 1895 2625 3322 3850 4213 4400 4496 4496
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