MORAN 5 WNW, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(486440) MORAN 5 WNW
From Year=1911 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	0	1	18	147	356	583	531	274	63	2	0	1973
40 S	0	0	1	19	166	522	1104	1636	1909	1972	1973	1973	1973
45 M	0	0	0	3	57	217	428	377	148	15	0	0	1244
45 S	0	0	0	3	60	277	705	1081	1229	1244	1244	1244	1244
50 M	0	0	0	0	14	103	275	227	55	2	0	0	676
50 S	0	0	0	0	14	117	392	619	674	676	676	676	676
55 M	0	0	0	0	1	32	134	97	12	0	0	0	278
55 S	0	0	0	0	1	34	168	265	277	278	278	278	278
60 M	0	0	0	0	0	5	37	22	1	0	0	0	65
60 S	0	0	0	0	0	5	42	64	65	65	65	65	65

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	1	4	38	142	271	428	406	254	101	5	0	1651
50 S	0	1	5	43	185	456	884	1290	1544	1646	1651	1651	1651

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