PINE BLUFFS 5 W, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(487240) PINE BLUFFS 5 W
From Year=1948 To Year=2009
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 11 16 70 174 430 703 941 874 565 240 67 13 4104
40 S 11 28 98 272 701 1404 2345 3219 3784 4024 4091 4104 4104
45 M 2 3 25 91 292 554 786 719 421 135 26 3 3057
45 S 2 5 30 121 413 966 1752 2471 2892 3028 3054 3057 3057
50 M 0 0 7 36 175 408 631 565 287 63 6 0 2177
50 S 0 0 7 43 218 626 1257 1821 2108 2171 2177 2177 2177
55 M 0 0 1 9 86 270 477 412 171 23 1 0 1449
55 S 0 0 1 10 96 366 843 1255 1426 1448 1449 1449 1449
60 M 0 0 0 1 31 152 326 262 81 4 0 0 858
60 S 0 0 0 1 32 184 510 772 853 857 858 858 858
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 23 33 90 159 287 436 584 548 380 211 81 26 2859
50 S 23 56 147 305 593 1028 1612 2160 2540 2751 2832 2859 2859
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