PINE BLUFFS, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(487235) PINE BLUFFS
From Year=1919 To Year=1988
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	12	21	56	193	445	724	977	923	605	291	55	17	4316
40 S	12	32	88	281	726	1450	2426	3349	3954	4244	4299	4316	4316
45 M	2	5	19	102	303	574	822	768	460	173	17	4	3249
45 S	2	7	26	128	432	1006	1828	2595	3055	3228	3245	3249	3249
50 M	0	1	4	42	182	427	667	613	322	83	3	1	2344
50 S	0	1	5	48	229	657	1324	1936	2258	2341	2344	2344	2344
55 M	0	0	1	12	89	288	512	458	197	29	0	0	1587
55 S	0	0	1	12	102	390	902	1360	1558	1586	1586	1587	1587
60 M	0	0	0	2	32	167	358	306	98	6	0	0	970
60 S	0	0	0	2	34	201	560	866	964	970	970	970	970

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	20	32	69	165	296	451	607	578	406	241	73	26	2963
50 S	20	52	122	287	582	1033	1640	2218	2624	2865	2937	2963	2963

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