LOVELL, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(485770) LOVELL
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 1 5 53 202 471 718 970 884 525 222 27 3 4081
40 S 1 6 59 260 731 1449 2420 3303 3828 4051 4078 4081 4081
45 M 0 1 18 109 328 569 815 729 382 118 7 1 3076
45 S 0 1 19 128 456 1025 1840 2569 2951 3069 3076 3076 3076
50 M 0 0 4 48 204 421 660 574 251 48 1 0 2212
50 S 0 0 4 52 256 678 1338 1911 2163 2210 2211 2212 2212
55 M 0 0 0 15 107 283 506 420 141 14 0 0 1488
55 S 0 0 0 16 123 407 912 1333 1474 1488 1488 1488 1488
60 M 0 0 0 3 44 165 354 273 61 3 0 0 903
60 S 0 0 0 4 48 213 567 840 901 903 903 903 903
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 9 61 163 302 443 603 554 360 192 37 4 2730
50 S 2 11 72 234 536 979 1582 2137 2497 2689 2725 2730 2730
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