KENT 8 SE, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(414770) KENT 8 SE
From Year=1988 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 194 258 446 671 947 1126 1136 1111 902 710 366 200 8066
40 S 194 452 898 1568 2515 3641 4777 5888 6790 7500 7866 8066 8066
45 M 96 153 308 524 792 976 981 956 753 557 240 105 6442
45 S 96 250 558 1082 1874 2850 3831 4787 5540 6096 6336 6442 6442
50 M 36 76 189 382 638 826 826 801 604 409 136 42 4964
50 S 36 112 301 683 1321 2147 2973 3773 4377 4785 4921 4964 4964
55 M 8 27 98 248 485 676 671 646 455 268 60 11 3654
55 S 8 36 134 382 867 1543 2214 2860 3315 3583 3643 3654 3654
60 M 1 7 41 137 338 526 516 491 312 143 17 1 2530
60 S 1 7 49 186 524 1050 1566 2057 2368 2512 2529 2530 2530
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 144 173 296 436 607 731 763 745 592 447 243 146 5322
50 S 144 316 613 1048 1655 2386 3149 3894 4486 4933 5176 5322 5322
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