SOLON SPRINGS, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(477892) SOLON SPRINGS
From Year=1906 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	1	19	126	415	684	868	791	494	208	24	1	3631
40 S	0	1	19	145	560	1244	2112	2904	3398	3606	3630	3631	3631
45 M	0	0	7	64	279	535	713	636	351	117	8	0	2710
45 S	0	0	7	71	350	885	1598	2235	2586	2702	2710	2710	2710
50 M	0	0	2	29	167	388	558	482	224	57	2	0	1909
50 S	0	0	2	32	199	587	1145	1627	1851	1907	1909	1909	1909
55 M	0	0	1	12	87	251	404	331	124	22	0	0	1233
55 S	0	0	1	12	99	351	755	1086	1210	1232	1233	1233	1233
60 M	0	0	0	4	39	138	257	194	58	7	0	0	697
60 S	0	0	0	4	42	181	437	631	690	697	697	697	697

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	1	17	110	285	435	559	504	311	141	18	1	2382
50 S	0	1	18	128	413	849	1408	1912	2223	2364	2382	2382	2382

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