REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(477052) REEDSBURG
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 3 60 247 554 813 983 917 631 332 75 5 4622
40 S 1 4 64 311 865 1678 2662 3579 4210 4542 4617 4622 4622
45 M 0 0 30 149 404 664 828 762 483 211 33 2 3565
45 S 0 1 30 179 583 1246 2075 2837 3319 3531 3563 3565 3565
50 M 0 0 14 81 268 514 673 607 341 119 12 0 2628
50 S 0 0 14 95 362 876 1549 2156 2497 2616 2628 2628 2628
55 M 0 0 5 40 156 366 518 453 216 59 3 0 1815
55 S 0 0 5 45 201 567 1085 1538 1754 1812 1815 1815 1815
60 M 0 0 2 17 78 230 364 302 118 24 0 0 1136
60 S 0 0 2 19 97 327 691 994 1112 1136 1136 1136 1136
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 2 40 161 342 525 654 603 394 203 44 3 2971
50 S 1 2 43 204 546 1071 1725 2328 2722 2925 2968 2971 2971
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