BOWLER, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(470991) BOWLER RANGER STN
From Year=1948 To Year=2003
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 0 18 150 431 684 847 767 485 214 30 1 3627
40 S 0 0 18 168 599 1283 2130 2897 3382 3596 3626 3627 3627
45 M 0 0 7 81 293 534 692 612 343 120 9 0 2690
45 S 0 0 7 88 380 914 1606 2218 2561 2681 2690 2690 2690
50 M 0 0 2 40 178 387 537 457 216 57 2 0 1875
50 S 0 0 2 42 219 606 1143 1601 1816 1873 1875 1875 1875
55 M 0 0 0 18 95 250 383 307 117 21 0 0 1192
55 S 0 0 0 18 113 363 746 1053 1170 1191 1192 1192 1192
60 M 0 0 0 8 42 137 238 175 52 6 0 0 658
60 S 0 0 0 8 50 187 425 600 652 658 658 658 658
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 16 108 275 428 545 483 295 140 20 1 2311
50 S 0 1 16 125 400 828 1373 1856 2150 2291 2310 2311 2311
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