LAONA 6 SW, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(474582) LAONA 6 SW
From Year=1927 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 16 121 404 639 794 731 466 207 27 1 3407
40 S 0 1 17 138 542 1181 1975 2706 3172 3379 3406 3407 3407
45 M 0 0 6 63 269 489 639 576 325 116 9 0 2494
45 S 0 0 6 70 339 828 1467 2044 2369 2484 2494 2494 2494
50 M 0 0 2 30 160 344 484 422 204 57 3 0 1706
50 S 0 0 2 32 192 536 1020 1443 1646 1703 1706 1706 1706
55 M 0 0 1 12 83 214 332 275 110 23 0 0 1050
55 S 0 0 1 13 96 310 642 917 1027 1050 1050 1050 1050
60 M 0 0 0 4 36 111 194 148 49 7 0 0 550
60 S 0 0 0 5 41 152 346 494 543 550 550 550 550
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 13 94 264 395 503 453 272 122 15 1 2131
50 S 0 1 14 108 372 766 1269 1722 1994 2116 2131 2131 2131
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