GREEN RIVER, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(484065) GREEN RIVER
From Year=1897 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 2 26 142 381 627 887 821 498 198 19 1 3603
40 S 0 3 29 171 552 1180 2066 2887 3385 3583 3602 3603 3603
45 M 0 0 6 65 247 479 732 666 356 95 4 0 2648
45 S 0 0 6 71 318 796 1528 2194 2549 2645 2648 2648 2648
50 M 0 0 1 22 136 336 577 511 224 33 0 0 1839
50 S 0 0 1 23 158 494 1071 1582 1806 1839 1839 1839 1839
55 M 0 0 0 5 57 207 422 359 112 6 0 0 1169
55 S 0 0 0 5 62 269 691 1050 1162 1169 1169 1169 1169
60 M 0 0 0 1 16 103 270 212 38 1 0 0 640
60 S 0 0 0 1 16 119 389 602 640 640 640 640 640
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 6 40 137 283 422 569 540 381 206 40 3 2628
50 S 1 7 47 184 467 889 1458 1998 2378 2585 2625 2628 2628
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