MAUSTON 1 SE, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(475178) MAUSTON
From Year=1905 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 1 2 46 223 538 786 959 880 603 302 63 4 4409
40 S 1 3 49 272 811 1597 2556 3436 4039 4342 4405 4409 4409
45 M 0 0 22 130 390 636 804 725 455 188 27 1 3380
45 S 0 1 23 153 543 1179 1984 2709 3164 3352 3379 3380 3380
50 M 0 0 10 67 257 487 649 570 315 104 10 0 2469
50 S 0 0 10 78 334 821 1470 2040 2355 2459 2468 2469 2469
55 M 0 0 4 31 148 341 494 416 193 49 3 0 1679
55 S 0 0 4 35 183 524 1018 1434 1627 1676 1679 1679 1679
60 M 0 0 2 12 73 210 341 269 102 18 0 0 1027
60 S 0 0 2 14 87 296 637 906 1008 1026 1027 1027 1027
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 34 148 332 503 634 572 374 189 39 2 2829
50 S 0 2 36 183 515 1018 1652 2225 2599 2787 2827 2829 2829
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