BAGGS, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(480484) BAGGS
From Year=1979 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	30	149	355	613	849	780	486	176	16	1	3456
40 S	0	1	31	180	535	1147	1996	2777	3263	3439	3455	3456	3456
45 M	0	0	7	66	218	464	694	625	342	80	3	0	2499
45 S	0	0	7	73	291	755	1449	2075	2417	2496	2499	2499	2499
50 M	0	0	1	19	109	318	539	470	207	25	0	0	1689
50 S	0	0	1	20	129	447	986	1457	1664	1689	1689	1689	1689
55 M	0	0	0	3	38	184	384	316	96	4	0	0	1026
55 S	0	0	0	4	42	226	610	926	1022	1026	1026	1026	1026
60 M	0	0	0	0	7	77	233	169	29	0	0	0	515
60 S	0	0	0	0	7	84	317	486	515	515	515	515	515

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	2	45	149	278	430	550	518	363	180	31	2	2548
50 S	0	3	47	196	474	904	1454	1972	2334	2515	2546	2548	2548

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