DIXON, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(482610) DIXON
From Year=1922 To Year=1978
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	13	114	330	548	781	711	430	160	11	1	3101
40 S	0	1	14	128	458	1006	1787	2498	2928	3088	3099	3101	3101
45 M	0	0	2	45	195	400	626	556	288	66	2	0	2179
45 S	0	0	2	47	242	642	1268	1824	2111	2178	2179	2179	2179
50 M	0	0	0	12	89	258	471	402	160	17	0	0	1409
50 S	0	0	0	12	101	359	830	1232	1391	1409	1409	1409	1409
55 M	0	0	0	2	27	135	316	250	64	2	0	0	796
55 S	0	0	0	2	29	163	479	729	793	796	796	796	796
60 M	0	0	0	0	4	48	166	110	15	0	0	0	344
60 S	0	0	0	0	4	52	219	329	344	344	344	344	344

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	2	18	115	263	390	519	483	336	181	28	2	2337
50 S	0	2	20	135	398	787	1306	1790	2126	2307	2335	2337	2337

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