PHELPS, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(476518) PHELPS DEERSKIN DAM
From Year=1910 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 0 7 110 309 593 764 646 442 179 19 0 3069
40 S 0 0 7 117 426 1019 1783 2429 2871 3050 3069 3069 3069
45 M 0 0 1 61 190 444 609 492 306 99 4 0 2207
45 S 0 0 1 62 252 697 1306 1797 2103 2202 2207 2207 2207
50 M 0 0 0 34 104 302 455 339 183 51 0 0 1470
50 S 0 0 0 34 138 441 896 1235 1419 1470 1470 1470 1470
55 M 0 0 0 17 49 182 307 205 90 23 0 0 873
55 S 0 0 0 17 66 247 554 759 850 873 873 873 873
60 M 0 0 0 7 20 89 180 103 34 7 0 0 439
60 S 0 0 0 7 27 116 296 398 433 439 439 439 439
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 9 93 219 376 494 412 274 118 12 0 2007
50 S 0 0 9 102 321 697 1192 1604 1878 1995 2007 2007 2007
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