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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(471897) CRIVITZ HIGH FALLS
From Year=1948 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 0 1 15 136 452 704 867 816 512 233 31 1 3767
40 S 0 1 15 151 603 1307 2174 2990 3502 3735 3766 3767 3767
45 M 0 0 5 72 311 554 712 661 366 132 10 0 2823
45 S 0 0 5 76 387 941 1654 2315 2681 2812 2822 2823 2823
50 M 0 0 1 33 192 406 557 506 234 64 3 0 1997
50 S 0 0 1 34 227 633 1190 1696 1930 1994 1997 1997 1997
55 M 0 0 0 14 104 267 403 354 129 25 1 0 1295
55 S 0 0 0 14 118 385 788 1141 1270 1295 1295 1295 1295
60 M 0 0 0 5 48 149 256 212 60 8 0 0 738
60 S 0 0 0 5 53 202 458 671 730 738 738 738 738
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 14 108 299 444 559 522 312 151 20 1 2433
50 S 0 1 15 123 422 866 1426 1948 2260 2411 2431 2433 2433
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