HORSE CREEK 2 NW, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(484700) HORSE CREEK 2 NW
From Year=1955 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 10 11 40 125 373 632 861 817 522 285 55 14 3747
40 S 10 22 62 187 560 1192 2053 2871 3393 3678 3733 3747 3747
45 M 2 2 14 55 238 483 706 662 380 170 17 2 2733
45 S 2 4 17 73 311 794 1500 2163 2543 2714 2731 2733 2733
50 M 0 0 3 18 128 339 552 508 251 83 3 0 1884
50 S 0 0 3 21 149 488 1039 1547 1798 1881 1884 1884 1884
55 M 0 0 0 4 52 208 397 355 138 29 0 0 1184
55 S 0 0 0 4 57 265 662 1017 1155 1183 1184 1184 1184
60 M 0 0 0 1 17 102 246 210 56 5 0 0 637
60 S 0 0 0 1 17 119 365 575 631 637 637 637 637
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 8 33 98 240 391 552 524 341 198 39 8 2436
50 S 4 12 45 143 382 773 1325 1850 2191 2389 2428 2436 2436
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