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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(476330) OSHKOSH
From Year=1893 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 1 36 202 531 808 991 921 653 325 61 4 4534
40 S 1 2 38 240 771 1579 2570 3491 4144 4469 4530 4534 4534
45 M 0 0 17 116 383 658 836 766 505 204 25 1 3512
45 S 0 0 17 133 517 1175 2011 2776 3282 3486 3511 3512 3512
50 M 0 0 7 60 252 508 681 611 363 113 8 0 2604
50 S 0 0 7 67 319 827 1508 2119 2482 2595 2603 2604 2604
55 M 0 0 3 27 147 363 526 456 235 53 2 0 1812
55 S 0 0 3 30 177 540 1066 1522 1757 1810 1812 1812 1812
60 M 0 0 1 11 74 230 372 306 133 20 0 0 1148
60 S 0 0 1 12 86 316 688 994 1127 1147 1148 1148 1148
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 23 119 310 514 662 605 396 176 29 2 2838
50 S 0 1 24 143 453 967 1629 2234 2630 2807 2836 2838 2838
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