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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(474383) LAC VIEUX DESERT
From Year=1908 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 17 76 327 627 765 639 430 183 8 0 3072
40 S 0 0 17 93 420 1047 1812 2451 2881 3063 3072 3072 3072
45 M 0 0 8 35 203 478 610 485 293 102 2 0 2214
45 S 0 0 8 43 246 723 1333 1817 2110 2212 2214 2214 2214
50 M 0 0 4 14 108 336 455 334 174 48 0 0 1473
50 S 0 0 4 18 125 462 916 1250 1424 1473 1473 1473 1473
55 M 0 0 1 5 45 215 305 197 92 20 0 0 880
55 S 0 0 1 6 51 266 572 769 861 880 880 880 880
60 M 0 0 0 1 15 122 178 93 40 5 0 0 455
60 S 0 0 0 1 16 139 316 410 450 455 455 455 455
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 14 67 224 402 485 396 270 119 8 0 1987
50 S 0 0 14 81 306 708 1193 1589 1859 1979 1986 1987 1987
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