MINONG 5 WSW, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(475525) MINONG 5 WSW
From Year=1961 To Year=2004
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 20 147 478 723 896 830 533 241 29 1 3900
40 S 0 1 21 168 646 1369 2265 3095 3628 3869 3898 3900 3900
45 M 0 0 7 77 334 573 741 675 387 138 11 0 2944
45 S 0 0 7 84 418 991 1732 2407 2794 2933 2944 2944 2944
50 M 0 0 2 36 210 424 586 520 255 70 3 0 2107
50 S 0 0 2 38 248 672 1258 1779 2034 2104 2107 2107 2107
55 M 0 0 0 14 117 282 432 367 149 30 1 0 1393
55 S 0 0 0 15 132 414 846 1213 1362 1392 1393 1393 1393
60 M 0 0 0 4 57 161 281 225 74 11 0 0 813
60 S 0 0 0 4 61 222 503 728 802 813 813 813 813
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 16 113 311 459 585 533 319 141 17 1 2495
50 S 0 1 17 129 441 899 1485 2018 2337 2478 2494 2495 2495
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