RICE LAKE MUNI AP, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(477132) RICE LAKE
From Year=1948 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	27	179	495	747	920	848	547	241	32	1	4038
40 S	0	0	27	206	701	1449	2369	3217	3764	4005	4037	4038	4038
45 M	0	0	11	99	351	597	765	693	401	139	11	0	3069
45 S	0	0	11	111	461	1059	1824	2517	2918	3057	3068	3069	3069
50 M	0	0	4	49	223	449	611	538	267	70	4	0	2214
50 S	0	0	4	53	276	725	1335	1873	2140	2210	2214	2214	2214
55 M	0	0	1	20	124	305	456	384	156	30	1	0	1477
55 S	0	0	1	22	145	451	907	1291	1447	1476	1477	1477	1477
60 M	0	0	0	7	58	179	304	239	78	10	0	0	876
60 S	0	0	0	7	65	245	549	788	866	876	876	876	876

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	0	18	124	304	473	604	546	329	145	20	1	2564
50 S	0	0	19	142	446	919	1523	2069	2398	2544	2564	2564	2564

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