GORDON, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(473186) GORDON
From Year=1951 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 0 19 134 424 682 859 786 487 199 26 1 3615
40 S 0 0 19 153 577 1258 2117 2902 3389 3589 3614 3615 3615
45 M 0 0 7 70 288 532 704 631 345 112 9 0 2698
45 S 0 0 7 77 365 898 1601 2232 2577 2689 2697 2698 2698
50 M 0 0 3 33 175 386 549 476 221 55 2 0 1900
50 S 0 0 3 36 211 597 1145 1622 1842 1898 1900 1900 1900
55 M 0 0 1 13 92 252 395 327 124 23 0 0 1227
55 S 0 0 1 14 107 358 753 1080 1204 1227 1227 1227 1227
60 M 0 0 0 4 40 140 250 192 60 8 0 0 696
60 S 0 0 0 5 45 186 436 628 688 696 696 696 696
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 17 112 289 436 557 505 307 133 18 0 2375
50 S 0 1 18 130 419 855 1412 1917 2224 2356 2374 2375 2375
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