LAKEWOOD 3 NE, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(474523) LAKEWOOD 3 NE
From Year=1968 To Year=2008
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 17 141 441 683 843 781 498 195 25 1 3626
40 S 0 1 18 159 600 1283 2126 2907 3405 3600 3625 3626 3626
45 M 0 0 5 74 300 533 688 626 354 105 9 0 2694
45 S 0 0 5 79 379 912 1600 2226 2580 2685 2693 2694 2694
50 M 0 0 1 34 183 386 533 472 225 48 2 0 1884
50 S 0 0 1 35 219 605 1138 1609 1834 1882 1884 1884 1884
55 M 0 0 0 15 98 250 379 320 124 19 0 0 1206
55 S 0 0 0 15 113 363 743 1063 1187 1206 1206 1206 1206
60 M 0 0 0 6 43 137 234 185 54 6 0 0 665
60 S 0 0 0 6 49 186 420 604 659 665 665 665 665
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 17 117 296 433 541 498 303 125 16 1 2347
50 S 0 1 18 135 430 864 1405 1903 2206 2330 2347 2347 2347
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